ViewPoint Manual

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Using ViewPoint
Introduction
This section is designed to help you get started quickly using ViewPoint. It covers the
following topics:
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Starting ViewPoint from the TACL screen
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Navigating among the ViewPoint screens
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Monitoring the status of a network
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Monitoring events passed to your terminal
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Managing configuration files to control the content and appearance of your terminal
displays
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Using ViewPoint with DSM/PM
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Using the Define Process (DP) command with TACL to start background processes
of local or remote processes (such as FUP or PUP)
This section provides tutorial information on using ViewPoint to monitor status and
events. It does not describe each screen in detail. For a complete description of the
ViewPoint screens, see Section 3, Definition of ViewPoint Screens
.
Before You Begin
Before you can start ViewPoint, the ViewPoint application must be installed, and the
PATHMON process that controls ViewPoint must be started. Depending on your site,
you might want to ask your site administrator to start ViewPoint or you can try starting
it (see the next subsection, “Starting ViewPoint”). If ViewPoint is not installed, refer to
Section 7, Installation, Configuration, and Startup
for instructions on installing and
configuring ViewPoint.
You can run ViewPoint on either a monochrome or color monitor. For information on
running ViewPoint on a color monitor, see the subsection, “The Color Monitor” in
Section 7, Installation, Configuration, and Startup
.
The procedures in this manual assume that you are running ViewPoint with TACL and
are using the configuration information initially supplied by Compaq. If your system
manager has changed these default values or has established security restrictions, you
might need to ask your system manager for additional information before starting the
installation procedures.