ViewPoint Manual

Using ViewPoint
ViewPoint Manual—426801-001
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Changing the Status Interval
4. Press F10 to copy the selected lines to your clipboard file (ZZVPCLIP) in your
default logon subvolume.
If the clipboard file did not exist previously, it is created now. “Clipping” is
displayed in the advice line. When the copying is done, “Lines clipped” is
displayed.
5. Specify a printer. Move the cursor to the option line and type:
$S.#printer
where printer is the name of a printer on your system.
6. Press F9 to print the file to the spooler file you specified.
When the printing is done, “Screen printed” is displayed.
7. Press SF8 to thaw the screen and continue displaying network status.
8. To verify the contents of the ZZVPCLIP file, follow these steps:
a. Press F1 to go to the TACL screen.
b. To display a list of the files, type FILES.
Note that the ZZVPCLIP file is now present. ZZVPCLIP is created in your
logon subvolume, so if you are working in another subvolume, request FILES
logon-subvolume.
c. Type > TEDIT ZZVPCLIP to observe the contents of the file.
d. Press SF16 to exit TEDIT.
e. Type > PURGE ZZVPCLIP to delete the test edit file.
Changing the Status Interval
If you want to display the status information more or less frequently, you can change the
time between updates of the status display.
To change the time between updates, follow these steps:
1. Press F1 to display the TACL screen, if it is not already selected.
2. Press F2 to display the Network Status Summary screen.
3. Move the cursor to the option line and press F12 to display the Status Configuration
screen.
Note the sampling interval and write it down for future use.
4. Change the sampling interval to something significantly different, such as half or
double by typing over the original value.
5. Press F12 to confirm your change and return to the Network Status Summary
screen.
Observe your new frequency of updates.