Visara LINCS Configuration - Manual (Page 21)

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Chapter 1. Getting Started
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• Data Entry Panels - Data entry panels are used to select specific options. Some fields
require you to enter data, while others allow you to press the Enter key to toggle forward
through a set of choices, or to press Alt + Enter to toggle backward through the choices.
• Information Panels - Information panels display instructions, status information, or
warnings. Messages about the status of the configuration, for example, are displayed on
information panels.
You may use PF keys to move from panel to panel. To find out what the PF keys do, see the
descriptions of PF keys for that series of panels (usually displayed in the 24
th row of the
display).
Please remember that this document often represent the panels as closely as possible. But the
actual content of the panel and flow between panels is not always the same as the panels
content and panel flow you would see during configuration
, particularly if you are running a
code version other than the one represented in the panel.
Menu selection
When any Central Control mode menu is displayed, enter the desired item number at the
‘Select item:’ prompt , then press the Enter key. If an item has input parameters (refer to
individual item descriptions), these are entered following the item select character, using a
comma to separate item parameters.
For example, entering Select: 1,MCC1.002 selects Item 1 (Terminal test) with parameter of MCC1.002
(for Port 2 on MCC1). Entering this item selection executes the Terminal test for that port.
Direct Path Selection
Some items display submenus that provide further item selections. If submenu selections are
known, direct pathing may be used to execute the item. All items are separated by a slash (/)
with a comma following the final item selection to separate any input parameters. All item
parameters are separated by commas.
For example, entering Select Item: 4/2,MCC1.001 displays the Vital Product Data (Item 4
from the Main Central Control menu) on the attached port (Item 2 - Port VPD from the VPD
menu) selected as Port 1 on board MCC1.
If the first character input at the Select Item prompt is a slash ( / ), input will be parsed as if the
Main menu is being displayed. For example, if the Vital Product Data menu is being displayed
on the screen, /6/2 can be entered at the Select Item prompt (Select Item: /6/2) to select the
Display Device Status item from the Main menu.
Optional Update Parameter
Some menu items allow an optional update, denoted by ,u after the item number on the menu.
Updates require the supervisory password, so after entering item, u , the password prompt
(Enter Password:_) will be displayed above the Select Item: prompt. Entering the password
and pressing Enter will execute the selected item.
For example from the Central Control menu, 4/2,u ,1 can be entered to update VPD for Port
1. If the test input is specified as 4/2,1 the password prompt will not be displayed and no
update will be allowed.