Fortress Technologies BreadCrumb Wireless Network manual Anatomy of the BreadCrumb Box

Chapter 5. Using BCAdmin™

Tip: BCAdmin makes an effort to layout the Topology Area in an easily readable way, with a minimum of line intersections and superimposed boxes. Sometimes, however, the screen can get cluttered. BCAdmin provides two features to help cope with this, which may be used in combination:

•A Play/Pause button in the toolbar below the File menu allows you to enable/disable continuous layout, effectively allowing you to "lock" BreadCrumb devices in place.

•BreadCrumb device and client device icons can be dragged to desired positions in the Topology Area using the mouse.

The larger blocks in the Topology Area represent BreadCrumb devices. The smaller blocks with blue outlines represent client devices.

Detailed information for a BreadCrumb device can be viewed in the Info Area by selecting the BreadCrumb device in the Topology Area. To select a BreadCrumb device, single-click it with your mouse. The selected BreadCrumb device will be highlighted with a dashed border. A description of the detailed information is provided later in this chapter.

Anatomy of the BreadCrumb Box

The following figure shows a close-up image of a BreadCrumb device as represented on the BCAdmin Topology Area.

Figure 5-2. The BreadCrumb Box

1.BreadCrumb Device Name

The BreadCrumb device’s name is displayed in the upper-left area of the BreadCrumb Box. The name is assigned by an administrator using the process described in the Section called Configuring

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