In order to start listen to the alarms, hit on the Start button. The foreground of the Start button will turn to green color when the trap viewer is running. Conversely, select the Stop button to disable the Trap Viewer, where the foreground of the Stop button changes to red color. The traps received will be displayed at the table provided.

The table displays the trap’s description, source IP Address, trap severity and the time it is caught. For more details regarding the trap, select the desired row and click on the info button. A dialog box will pop-up and display more details of the node, as shown by the following figure.

These traps should be deleted once they are reviewed or resolved. In order to delete the trap from the table, select the desired row or rows, and click on the Clear button.

By default, every alarm shown in the table will be logged into a file, named Alarm_Default in the TrapLog folder at the application directory. However, options are available for the users to write into a different file or even disable the log feature. To change a log file, enter a new file name at

41