CTI Products EXB Network Manager - Manual (Page 3)

Hot-Standby EXB / Network Manager Software Manual
CTI Products, Inc.
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1. SYSTEM OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 PC R EQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................................................. 3
1.2 R EFERENCE D OCUMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 3
2. HOT-STANDBY EXB OPERATION....................................................................................................... 4
2.1 D EFINITIONS ............................................................................................................................................. 4
2.2 O PERATION ............................................................................................................................................... 5
N ORMAL L INK C ONDITION ...................................................................................................................................... 6
2.4 O PEN F ORWARD (P ROBE ) L INK C ONDITION ............................................................................................. 7
2.5 O PEN R EVERSE (H OLDOFF ) L INK C ONDITION ........................................................................................... 8
3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION .............................................................................................................. 9
3.1 MCN H ARDWARE (EXB M ODULES ) I NSTALLATION ................................................................................ 9
3.2 S ERIAL EXB D UAL P ORT U SE .................................................................................................................. 9
3.3 PC N ETWORK I NTERFACE C ARD I NSTALLATION .................................................................................... 10
4. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION.............................................................................................................. 11
5. EXBNET CONFIG CONFIGURATION PROGRAM ......................................................................... 13
5.1 I NFORMATIONAL C USTOM D ATA ............................................................................................................ 13
5.2 C RITICAL C USTOM D ATA ........................................................................................................................ 14
5.3 C ONFIGURATION P ROGRAM O PERATION ................................................................................................. 15
5.3.1 N AVIGATING IN THE P ROGRAM ..................................................................................................... 15
5.3.2 E DITING D ATA .............................................................................................................................. 16
5.3.3 A DDING AN EXB C HANNEL .......................................................................................................... 16
5.3.4 D ELETING AN EXB C HANNEL ....................................................................................................... 16
5.3.5 S AVING THE D ATABASE ................................................................................................................ 16
5.3.6 S AVING C OLUMN S ETTINGS FOR THE C ONFIGURATION P ROGRAM ................................................ 16
5.3.7 E XPORTING THE D ATABASE .......................................................................................................... 18
5.3.8 I MPORTING A D ATABASE .............................................................................................................. 19
5.3.9 P RINTING D ATA ............................................................................................................................ 20
5.3.10 (R E ) L OADING D ATA .................................................................................................................... 20
5.3.11 E XITING THE C ONFIGURATION P ROGRAM ..................................................................................... 20
6. NETWORK MANAGER PROGRAM OPERATION.......................................................................... 21
6.1 M AIN W INDOW ....................................................................................................................................... 21
6.1.1 R ESIZING W INDOW & S CROLL B ARS ............................................................................................ 22
6.1.2 R ESIZING C OLUMNS ...................................................................................................................... 22
6.1.3 S YSTEM E VENTS W INDOW ............................................................................................................ 22
6.1.4 G RID D ATA D EFINITION ................................................................................................................ 23
6.2 F ILE M ENU ............................................................................................................................................. 25
6.3 P RINTER S ETUP ...................................................................................................................................... 25
6.3.1 S ELECT P RINTER ........................................................................................................................... 26
6.3.2 S ET I DENTIFICATION P REFIX ......................................................................................................... 26
6.3.3 S ET I NITIALIZATION S TRING 1 ....................................................................................................... 27
6.3.4 S ET I NITIALIZATION S TRING 2 ....................................................................................................... 27
6.4 O PTIONS M ENU ...................................................................................................................................... 28
6.4.1 B ACKGROUND C OLORS ................................................................................................................. 28
6.4.2 S TATUS B AR C HECK B OX ............................................................................................................. 29
6.5 P ROCESSING (A NALYSIS ) S TATUS I NDICATION ....................................................................................... 29
6.6 M ANUAL S TART A NALYSIS ..................................................................................................................... 29
6.7 EXB W INK F UNCTION ............................................................................................................................ 30
6.8 S YSTEM S TATUS A NALYSIS & E XAMPLE S CREENS ................................................................................. 31
6.8.1 N ORMAL S TATUS .......................................................................................................................... 31