In the Resource viewer, the following tools are available to give the user a simple and specific view of resources:
Refresh - Updates the current view and all connection status.
Auto-refresh - Pause/Start the automatic update of the resources viewer to, for example, automatically highlight pinged devices, point out active connections, etc.
Please note that each time the view is refreshed, current device selections are cancelled; to avoid this inconvenience, pause the "auto-refresh".
NB: This function will be available only if the "automatic view refresh" option has been enabled under the "Options" section.
Zoom in - Increase the screen view of the resources map.
Zoom out - Decrease the screen view of the resources map.
Options - Open the "Options" form, which allows setting specific colours for each module and also enables the automatic view refresh of resources.
View connection type - Select from the drop-down list the connection types displayed on the resource map: All, Video, LAN, Other or Only used connection. This latter option will visualize only those connections currently in use.
Modules filter - Select the station, workstation, module and related functions to be filtered in the resource view.
Frequently used filters can be saved by pressing the [Save filter] button. Subsequently, it will be easy to quickly apply these filters the next time the "modules filter" is used.
Find - Search for specific devices in the resources map by entering the device (or a part of it) and clicking the [Search] button; a list containing all devices matching the inserted criteria will be displayed. The available searches are:
• Find Device: Search for a particular device(s).
• Find a Device with Etere software installed: Search for a particular device(s) with the condition that an Etere module is installed.
To highlight a searched device in the map, just select it from the results list.
View - Provides the following tools for managing the way resources are displayed:
• Manage all SNMP messages: Show all the received SNMP messages.
• Archive all active SNMP messages for all devices: Set the messages of all displayed devices as archived, thus cleaning any visual warning from the resource view. This option is available for specific devices through the right-click contextual menu or the SNMP Messages sidebar.
• Export schema to an image file: Save the current resource view as a JPG image file.
Ping devices - Ping all devices in the map which have been set as a parameter 'Pingable' and an IP address configured. The system pings these devices and updates the map with a red balloon on those resources with an error message concerning the health of their connection and a green balloon if there is no error. Once the ping command is completed, a message will appear next to the Ping devices button indicating the date and time the last ping command occurred.