ViewPoint Manual

About This Manual
ViewPoint Manual—426801-001
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Summary of Contents
Summary of Contents
The manual describes how to use the ViewPoint application in the following sections
and appendixes:
Sections
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Section 1, Introduction to ViewPoint gives a concise overview of ViewPoint
capabilities.
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Section 2, Using ViewPoint lists step-by-step procedures to help the person who
monitors and controls the system to get started with using ViewPoint.
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Section 3, Definition of ViewPoint Screens describes the fields appearing on the
screens and the function keys that you use with the screens.
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Section 4, Process Definition Commands describes specifications for the commands
in the Define Process library, including considerations for usage.
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Section 5, Functional Description gives a conceptual overview of how ViewPoint
performs the operations available to the person monitoring and controlling the
systems. Introduces all terms and concepts pictorially.
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Section 6, Customizing ViewPoint describes how to add custom features to extend
the ViewPoint application.
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Section 7, Installation, Configuration, and Startup explains how to install, configure,
and start the ViewPoint application.
Appendixes
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Appendix A, Server Assigns and Parameters lists many of the SET SERVER
ASSIGN values that can be specified in the Pathway configuration file for
ViewPoint.
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Appendix B, Error Messages lists error and warning messages returned by
ViewPoint.
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Appendix C, ViewPoint Event Messages lists event messages that ViewPoint reports
to Event Management Service (EMS).
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Appendix D, Sample Custom Status Server shows an example of how to write a
custom status server.
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Appendix E, Supplemental Information for D-Series Systems explains how to use
ViewPoint on a D-series system.
In addition, the manual contains a glossary of terms used in this manual. The first time
a glossary item appears in the text, the item is printed in boldface type.