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CHAPTER 6: Operation
The Pro Switching System map has five levels — overview submap, site submap,
rack status display, line status display, alarm definition display — proceeding in
logical fashion from most general to most particular.
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• Top level: An “overview” submap that shows site icons.
NOTE
Each site in the network is represented on the “overview” submap by a
site icon. No site icon appears on any other submap.
To construct the overview submap, add site icons and enter descriptive
information about each site. Each site icon displays a label box for ready
identification. You may separately add other informative labels outside the icon, if
desired.
• Second level: Clicking on a site icon brings you down to a site submap, which
shows icons representing the rack at that site.
NOTE
Rack icons appear only on a site submap. They are not intermixed with
site icons on the “overview” submap.
To construct the site submap, add rack icons and enter descriptive information
about each rack. Each rack icon displays a label box for ready identification. You
may separately add other informative labels outside the icons, if desired.
• Third level: Clicking on a rack icon brings you into “eye contact” with the front
and rear of the rack (the rack status display). You see detailed front and rear
views, showing line cards, LEDs, and rear connectors.
• Fourth Level: Clicking on a line-card panel opens up a breakout box showing
the status of each lead on the line (the line status display).
• Fifth level: Clicking on a command button on the line status display brings you
down to an alarm definition screen. Here you can define lead status alarms for
the line.
6.2 Initializing PC Control6.2.1 B
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Before you can set up the database and the map, you need to obtain and list some
basic system information. Most of what you need is supplied by the Rack