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Here is the Data Files Archive window:

4.

In the Drive to Archive To field, enter the drive where the configu-
ration is to be archived.

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Press Enter.

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Enter a description for the archived file. Do not exceed 40 charac-
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To restore an archived file:

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Highlight Restore Archive.

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Press Enter.

Here is the Data Files Restore window:

GPP SYSTEM DEFINITION

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Summary of Contents for 46502

Page 1: ...scharge safety precautions refer to BellcoreTM Technical Reference TR NWT 000870 Copyright 1999 by Dantel Inc Dantel is a registered trademark of Dantel Inc ISO 9001 Registered Printed in the U S A INSTALLATION OPERATION MANUAL 46502 0999 90 00021 46502 STATUS MONITOR GPP EDITOR About this Practice This practice has been reissued to Document up issue of the product to incorporate enhancements for ...

Page 2: ...mended or two 3 5 diskette drives DOS version 3 0 or later TO INSTALL THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM ON YOUR COMPUTER 1 Turn on the power to your computer and monitor Wait for the DOS Disk Operating System prompt to appear 2 Insert the 46502 software disk from Dantel into the diskette drive 3 Make sure you are in the hard disk drive normally C where you want to install the program At the prompt type MD TSHE...

Page 3: ...of the program Press the F1 Info key to display the version number 7 Type COPY A This assumes that the disk is in drive A If it is in a different drive type the letter of that drive 8 Press Enter to copy all the files into your TSHELL directory from the disk in your diskette drive 9 After the software has been copied into the TSHELL directory store the disk in a safe place INSTALLATION STANDARDS S...

Page 4: ...e first field they exit that window 2 If you are at a submenu they return you to the previous menu 3 If you are at the Master Menu they bring up a window that asks if you want to exit the program Up Arrow The up arrow usually does one of the following two things 1 Selects the preceding option from a menu 2 Selects the previous field within an option Dn Arrow The down arrow usually does one of the ...

Page 5: ... parts of the data onto the screen Usually these special keys are active only when the cursor is at the first item far left in a given line of data The special keys and their functions are as follows KEY FUNCTION Up Arrow Moves the cursor up one line When the cursor is on the top line the previous line scrolls down into the window Down Arrow Moves the cursor down one line When the cursor is on the...

Page 6: ...the T Shell program NEVER turn off the computer without properly exiting the program Doing so could corrupt the data files 4 If you wish to change the system parameters highlight System Parameters and press Enter The System Parameters window appears It lets you configure the system for LCD or color mode menu verification and pulse or tone dialing Refer to the System Parameters section of this chap...

Page 7: ...or uploading and downloading T Shell configurations between the 46502 Sta tus Monitor GPP Editor and the 46062 GPP Specifies where to store reports on configurations on your computer Terminal Allows you to use a terminal emulator program to communicate with devices such as the 46062 GPP that have a terminal interface Quit Returns you to the T Shell Master Menu F1 Command Key Displays the product n...

Page 8: ... LCD Mode If you are using a monochrome monitor or a laptop computer with a monochrome LCD display select YES use LCD mode If you are using a color monitor select NO do not use LCD mode This field defaults to NO do not use LCD mode Menu Ver The Menu Ver field allows you to configure the method of opening menu options when using hot keys A hot key is a specific key that can select a menu option Sel...

Page 9: ...ation are synonymous Here is the GPP Editor screen with the GPP System Menu TO SELECT AN OPTION 1 Highlight an option For brief descriptions of the options refer to the next section on Menu Overview NOTE Whenever you access the GPP System menu from the GPP System Module menu you must choose Select GPP first 2 Press Enter 3 Go to the section of this chapter that explains the option that you selecte...

Page 10: ...ING AND POINTS Configures polling list entries and their corresponding alarm points TRANSFER Provides utilities for the following Downloading the configuration to a GPP database Uploading a configuration from a GPP database REPORTS Generates reports on the configuration UTILITIES Copies the files associated with the configuration for the follow ing purposes To backup the files To transfer the file...

Page 11: ...ere is the GPP System screen with the GPP selection fields Below are the instructions for entering a system name SYSTEM NAME A T Shell GPP configuration must have a name If there are existing configurations a default box appears with their names CAUTION When you upload a GPP configuration use a name other than one for an existing configuration If a database has text errors the GPP Editor corrects ...

Page 12: ...e Wish to add Y N Type Y to add the new name If N is typed you will be prompted for another name WARNING Refer to the Utilities section of this chapter for information on copying configurations Do not use the DOS copy function GPP TYPE You must define the type of GPP you are using To define a new GPP type 1 Enter a name Use the Tab key to highlight S for a standard GPP or L for a large GPP 2 Press...

Page 13: ... and operator information in the name or descrip tion fields The system name is not a good location for storing complicated information Here is the GPP System screen with the Edit GPP menu Below are the instructions for entering a password a GPP address and a description of the system configuration EDIT PASSWORD This option lets you create or change a password to access the configuration To create...

Page 14: ...hange slave addresses 1 Highlight Edit Slave Addresses 2 Press Enter 3 Type in the slave addresses Acceptable values are 1 255 Separate each address with a comma Blocks of addresses can be separated by putting a dash between the first and last addresses of the block 4 Press Enter EDIT DESCRIPTORS Entering text in this field is optional You can enter text to name the GPP and remind yourself about t...

Page 15: ...the polling list and returns to entry MAP field 2 Press Enter 3 In the Display field type in the display number Valid entries are 1 64 It is important to understand the different ways in which different DCPF devices report their alarm displays Most DCPF devices that the Status Monitor will poll report up to 32 displays of alarms for each address entered in step 1 Some devices report up to 64 displ...

Page 16: ...e polling list with Device Failure entries at 129 and 130 and the Slave Failure at 131 If you define a Large GPP you can define up to 512 entries in the polling list with Device failure entries at 513 to 520 and the Slave Fail entry at 521 5 When you finish press F8 to save the information MAP POINT CONFIGURATION To edit MAP points 1 In the MAP field select a MAP address NOTE If you do not type in...

Page 17: ...press F8 to save the information SCOPE FIELD COMMAND KEYS Here are brief descriptions of the command keys that you can use while the cursor is in the Scope field F1 GOTO Goes directly to a specific point number F3 Blank Deletes the current point F5 Range Functions Lets you specify a range of points to Edit specific attributes of points Copy attributes of one point to a range of points Delete one p...

Page 18: ... 64 6 Press Enter F8 Save Saves point definitions and returns to the polling list F9 Help Displays a help screen Alt F3 Delete Point Deletes current point All points below the deleted point move up one position Alt F4 Insert Point Inserts one point above the current point Alt F5 Block Move When you press Alt F5 the Block Move window pops up To move a block 1 Type in the first point of the block Ac...

Page 19: ...1 Type in the first point of the block Acceptable values are 1 64 2 Press Enter 3 Type in the last point of the block Acceptable values are 1 64 4 Press Enter 5 Enter the first point of the new block location Acceptable values are 1 64 NOTE The selected destination block must accommodate the entire source block For example a block from points 1 10 cannot be moved to a block starting at point 60 be...

Page 20: ...ation from a GPP database Download a GPP configuration to 46062 GPP memory Request a GPP database to identify itself Here is the GPP Editor screen with the Transfer window Before beginning the transfer process 1 Press Alt F9 to check the communications parameters Refer to the chapter on Parameters for descriptions of the parameters 2 Check the GPP Configuration address The address is shown in the ...

Page 21: ... download in progress Aborted downloads partially configure the GPP and disable polling UPLOADING A GPP CONFIGURATION NOTE If you upload a GPP configuration into an existing file the new configuration overwrites all previously saved data in that file A successful upload requires no duplicate addresses in an existing GPP database Ensure configuration integrity by using the CON keyboard printer synt...

Page 22: ...en a file or a printer Here is the GPP Editor screen with the GPP Reports menu To select an option 1 Highlight an option A brief description of each option appears be low 2 Press Enter 3 Go to the subsection that explains the option you selected Polling List Without Points Contains an output of all defined polling list entries Polling List With Points Contains an output of all defined polling list...

Page 23: ... to continue The computer exits the program and returns to the Master Menu When a file is selected as the destination of a report you are prompted for a DOS file name If no file name extension is entered the extension LST is automatically appended The file will be sent to the destination specified in the Rpt Path of the Parameters option Refer to the Parameters chapter Here is an example of the re...

Page 24: ...etween polling list entries NOTE Before printing form feeds ensure the first line of print is at the very top of the page Reports print on all 66 lines of a standard 8 1 2 by 11 inch page When a file is selected as the destination of a report you are prompted for a DOS file name If no file name extension is entered the extension LST is automatically appended The file will be sent to the destinatio...

Page 25: ...les from another computer Change database filenames when copying files COPY FILES 1 In the Utilities menu highlight Copy Files 2 Press Enter COPY TO To copy a file to another location 1 Highlight Copy From Data Path To 2 Press Enter Here is the Copy To window 3 In the Path field enter the destination drive and path where the configuration is to be copied 4 Press Enter 5 The Name field defaults to ...

Page 26: ...r NOTE The configuration files are being copied not moved therefore the files being copied are not being erased from their original location COPY FROM To copy a file from another location 1 Highlight Copy From To Data Path 2 Press Enter Here is the Copy From window 3 In the Path field enter the drive and path from which you want to copy a configuration 4 Press Enter 5 In the Name field enter the s...

Page 27: ...Enter 11 To start the copying process press Enter NOTE The configuration files are being copied not moved therefore the files being copied are not being erased from their original location ARCHIVE FILES Archive Files copies and archives data files from a hard disk to floppy disks Archived data cannot be edited or downloaded You must restore archived data before you can use it NOTE You cannot copy ...

Page 28: ... enter the drive where the configu ration is to be archived 5 Press Enter 6 Enter a description for the archived file Do not exceed 40 charac ters RESTORE ARCHIVE To restore an archived file 1 Highlight Restore Archive 2 Press Enter Here is the Data Files Restore window GPP SYSTEM DEFINITION CONTINUED ...

Page 29: ...message appears at the bottom left corner of the screen An example of the warning message is shown below Delete the System SMGPP Y N Delete the configuration by typing Y Yes If you do not want to delete the configuration type N No WARNING Do not use this command unless you are positive that you will never need the configuration again This command erases all references to the configuration GPP SYST...

Page 30: ...type of setup allows you to access different configurations easily by simply swapping disks Here is the GPP Edit screen with the Edit Data Path windows The current data path is shown in the upper window The lower window displays any database configurations that are stored at the current path To change the data path 1 Type the new path Sample path specifications are shown below B C TSHELL GPP DATA ...

Page 31: ...aining fields are acceptable press F8 to save the changes and return to the GPP Editor Module menu At the last field Rpt Path if you change the value press Enter to save all changes to the system parameters If you do not change the value of the report path press Enter or F8 to save any other changes to the system parameters The GPP Editor Module menu appears Here are descriptions of each parameter...

Page 32: ...s that the computer waits for the device at the other end of the communi cations line to acknowledge that it is ready to receive data Acceptable values are 50 9999 milliseconds This field defaults to 2000 milliseconds 2 seconds Resend Max Specifies the number of resends that the com puter attempts before declaring a Com Port Error when trying to upload or download data Acceptable values are 1 100 ...

Page 33: ...playback a lengthy string of characters that may constitute a command an often used phrase etc F2 Toggle Capture File Cap Starts and stops the captur ing of data received by the terminal The data then can be reviewed at a later time F3 Open Capture File O Cap Opens a capture file F4 Close Capture File C Cap Closes a capture file F5 Load Configuration File Ld Cnf Changes the current terminal config...

Page 34: ...guration window appears From this window you can do the following Change the terminal s configuration for communicating with another device See Terminal Attributes in this section Program the function keys See Shift Fxx Ctrl Fxx and Alt Fxx in this section Create a file to save the changes made in the two items above See Finish in this section TERMINAL EMULATOR ...

Page 35: ...n to the Edit Configuration window At the last field Prot base if you change the value press Enter to make all changes to the terminal attributes If you do not change the value of the protocol base press Enter or F8 to make any other changes to the system parameters If you change the default settings the changes remain in effect until you change them again or you exit the program to the Master Men...

Page 36: ...N one This field defaults to None Echo Specifies how the terminal emulator communicates Acceptable values are Y es echo results in half duplex opera tion and N o don t echo results in full duplex operation This field defaults to N Append LF Tells the computer whether to add a linefeed when it receives an Enter CR or carriage return command Acceptable values are Y es append a linefeed character aft...

Page 37: ...M 3 Press Enter If you do not want to program a particular function key press En ter to advance to the next field If you do not want to program all the function keys press F10 to return to the Edit Configuration window At the last field Shift F10 the Edit Configuration window appears when you press Enter The programming of the function keys remains in effect until you change the programming or you...

Page 38: ... 3 Press Enter If you do not want to program a particular function key press En ter to advance to the next field If you do not want to program all the function keys press F10 to return to the Edit Configuration window At the last field Ctrl F10 the Edit Configuration window appears when you press Enter The programming of the function keys remains in effect until you change the programming or you e...

Page 39: ...Press Enter If you do not want to program a particular function key press En ter to advance to the next field If you do not want to program all the function keys press F10 to return to the Edit Configuration window At the last field Alt F10 the Edit Configuration window appears when you press Enter The programming of the function keys remains in effect until you change the programming or you exit ...

Page 40: ...file name TERM 5 Press Enter The new settings are now the defaults for the terminal configu ration whenever you enter the T Shell program from the Master Menu To create a file that does not change the default settings 1 Make the changes as described under Terminal Attributes in this section 2 Make the changes as described under Shift Fxx Ctrl Fxx and Alt Fxx in this section 3 Type F when you are i...

Page 41: ...s F4 when you want to end the screen capture save the data and close the file The maximum amount of data that can be stored in one capture file is 16 kilobytes This is the contents of approximately eight screens When the file is full new data will overwrite old data To capture more than 16 kilobytes of data close the file when you have captured about eight screens of data and open another file If ...

Page 42: ...on press either Esc or F10 Control returns to the terminal emulator upon completion of the file transmission NOTE Use the Edit Configuration screen to set the data transmission parameters To access this screen press the F1 key Before you attempt a file download verify that the terminal configuration parameters are compatible with those of device that will be receiving the data Here are description...

Page 43: ...his is the parameter that controls whether your computer transmits line feeds at the ends of lines Accept able responses are Y yes or N no The Send Line Feeds defaults to N DEBUG MODE PROTOCOL ANALYZER To toggle the debug mode on and off press F8 from the main terminal emulator screen It is used for troubleshooting equip ment connected to the terminal emulator When the debug mode is on data displa...

Page 44: ...en instrument signed by a duly authorized officer of the Seller and accepted by the Buyer Warranty and remedies on products not manufactured by the Seller are in accordance with warranty of the respective manufacturer THE SELLER MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR POSE WHICH EXCEEDS THE AFORESAID OBLIGATIONS I...

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