Lantronix 900-510 manual IGoogle Gadgets, To set up an SLB iGoogle gadget

12: Maintenance and Operation

iGoogle Gadgets

You can create an iGoogle gadgets that enables you to view the status of the ports of many SLB branch office managers on one web page.

Anyone with a Google email account (gmail.com) can create an iGoogle gadget for viewing web pages. There are two types of iGoogle gadgets: public gadgets and private gadgets. The public gadgets are listed for import on iGoogle web pages. The SLB gadget is a private gadget, whose location is not publicly advertised.

To set up an SLB iGoogle gadget:

1. Load the following XML code on a web server that is accessible over the Internet. This code describes how to retrieve information and how to format the data for display.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> - <Module>

<ModulePrefs title="__UP_model__ Devport Status" title_url="http://www.lantronix.com" directory_title="SLC/SLB Status" description="Devport status and counters" scrolling="true" width="400" height="360" />

- <UserPref name="model" display_name="Model" datatype="enum" default_value="slc">

<EnumValue value="SLC" display_value="SLC" /> <EnumValue value="SLB" display_value="SLB" />

</UserPref>

<UserPref name="ip" display_name="IP Address" required="true" />

- <UserPref name="rate" display_name="Refresh Rate" datatype="enum" default_value="10">

<EnumValue value="1" display_value="1 second" /> <EnumValue value="5" display_value="5 seconds" /> <EnumValue value="10" display_value="10 seconds" /> <EnumValue value="30" display_value="30 seconds" /> <EnumValue value="60" display_value="1 minute" /> <EnumValue value="300" display_value="5 minutes" /> <EnumValue value="600" display_value="10 minutes" />

</UserPref>

<Content type="url" href="http://__UP_ip__/devstatus.htm" /> </Module>

2.On the iGoogle web page, click the Add stuff link.

3.On the new page, click the Add feed or gadget link.

4.In the field that displays, type the URL of the gadget location.

5.Return to the gadget viewing page and complete the SLB gadget configuration fields.

You should see an iGoogle gadget similar to the following:

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