ViewPoint Manual

Using ViewPoint
ViewPoint Manual—426801-001
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Changing the Delay Between Updates
displayed on line 25 of your terminal, and the terminal’s bell tone sounds each time
a new message is displayed in this line.
Line 3 tells you the name of the event collector process currently being used, the
name of the current filter, and the number of action and critical events on this
display.
Notice that the display for each event gives the time of the event, the system node
name, and the event-message text (the first 62 characters).
3. This is the end page, as indicated in the upper-right corner of this screen. Search
through the various pages of earlier events.
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To observe earlier events, press PREV PAGE (or PG UP on some terminals).
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When the current page is not the last page, press NEXT PAGE (or PG DN on
some terminals) to observe later events.
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To select the first page, press SHIFT-PREV PAGE (or ALT-PG UP).
Alternatively, you can type the page number in the option line and then press
F3.
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To select the END page, press SHIFT-NEXT PAGE or by selecting a page
number of 20 (or greater). Notice that only the END page gets updated as new
event messages arrive.
4. Press F1 to return to the TACL screen.
If you want, you can print this screen by following the same steps used to print status
information. For more details on printing, see “Printing Status Information” earlier in
this section.
Changing the Delay Between Updates
You can change the amount of time between updates of events displayed on the Primary
Events screen with the Primary Events Configuration screen. For example, suppose you
want a longer or shorter interval between the updates to the Primary Events screen.
To change the delay between updates, follow these steps:
1. Press F1 to display the TACL screen, if it is not already selected.
2. Press F3 to display the Primary Events screen.
3. Press F12 to display the Primary Event Configuration screen.
Note the current value in the field called Delay Between Updates. This is a
minimum time, given in seconds. If events come at longer intervals, the screen is
updated only when the event message arrives; if events come at shorter intervals, the
screen is updated when the specified delay time expires.
4. Write down the current delay value and keep it for later. Enter some other value in
this field. If the current value is fairly long, such as 15 or 20 seconds, change it to
1 second; if the current value is very short, such as 0 or 1 second, change it to
15 seconds.