The Status Screens

8.2. The Plug Status Screen

The Plug Status screen shows the On/Off status of the MPC's switched outlets, and lists user-defined Plug Names, Boot/Sequence Delay values, and Default On/Off settings.

Note:

When the Plug Status Screen is viewed by an account with "Administrator" or "SuperUser" command access, all MPC plugs are listed. When the Plug Status Screen is viewed by an account with "User" or "ViewOnly" command access, then the screen will list only the outlets that are allowed by that account.

Section 5.7 describes the procedure for configuring the plug parameters that are listed in the Plug Status Screen.

When the Plug Status Screen is viewed via the Text Interface, only the first 16 plugs will be displayed. If you are viewing the status of a 20 plug unit, press [Enter] to display the additional plugs. Press [Esc] to exit from the Plug Status Screen.

To view the Plug Status Screen, access the MPC command mode and then proceed as follows:

Text Interface: Type /S and press [Enter].

Web Browser Interface: Click on the "Plug Status" link on the left hand side of the screen.

The Plug Status Screen lists the following parameters for each switched outlet:

Plug: The alphanumeric number of each switched outlet.

Note: If an asterisk appears next to the plug number in this column, this indicates that the plug is "busy", and still in the process of completing a previous command. This could be a command that was invoked by the current user or another user.

Name: The user-defined name for each switched outlet.

Status: The current On/Off status of each switched outlet. If the Status column includes an asterisk, this means that this outlet is busy completing another command, that was previously invoked, either by you or another user.

Boot Seq. Delay: The user-defined Boot/Sequence Delay for each switched outlet.

Default: The Default On/Off value for each switched outlet.

Priority: The user-defined priority setting for each switched outlet.

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Western Telematic MPC-20V-1 MPC-8H-2, MPC-20VD20-2, MPC-20VD20-1 Plug Status Screen, Text Interface Type /S and press Enter

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