Menus
The main menu gives access to the main available function of the software. Some commands of the main menu are accessible more quickly from the buttons of the toolbar (see § 4.4 "Toolbar"). In addition, on the tree of the main screen and its associated view, contextual menus give a direct access to commands dedicated to the selected entities (see § 4.6 "Main screen").
Menus depend on the profile of the logged user and on the configuration of this profile. The menus marked (1) below are accessible only to an operator declared with a "control" or "system" profile (in standard configuration), those marked (2) are accessible only to an operator having a "system" profile (in standard configuration). File menu
Logout... Operator leaves the application (without closing it) (1) Links Control of DDE and OPC links: closure or restoration of links with the supervised application (2) New Erase the current configuration (2) Open... Open a saved or remote configuration (2) Save As... Save the current configuration (1) Import... Importation of tag or user list from a text file (1) Print... Printing of configuration tables
(1) Printer setup... Selection and configuration of the printer (1) Line printer... Selection and configuration of the line printer (trace) (1) Line printer setup... Selection of event types to trace on the line printer (1) Trace... Configuration of options for debug trace (1) Exit Closure of the application
Operation menu
User record... Consultation of the record of logged user Send a message... Send a message or files to one or several operators Calls in progress... Consultation and acknowledgment of current calls Schedule Display and modification of schedules Alarms Display and acknowledgment of alarms History Display of history and statistics Call overview Display of call overview screen 1 Event log Display of the event log (journal) Logbook Display of logbook and report edition Viewer Display of alarm viewer page 2
Team changeover... Team changeover (Begin/End of on-call period) Schedule derogation... Set or reset the derogation state of on call groups Alarm Mask/Unmask... Mask or unmask alarms Stop sound alarm Stop the sound alarm message 3
1 The "Call overview" command is only displayed when th e data base export option is activated (see § 7.1 "General options") 2 The "Viewer" commands is only displayed when the Alert viewer module-in is activated (see § 7.1.2 "Alert Viewer Configuration"). 3 The "Stop sound alarm" command is only displayed when a sound alarm message is repetitively played on the sound output of the local station.
Configuration menu
On-call Management... Configure on call management (operators, groups, teams...) (1) Message processor... Configure the message processor 1 (2) User profiles... Configure the user profiles (1) User statuses... Definition of availability statuses of operators Communication... Configure the communication parameters (2) Vocal server... Configure the vocal server (1) Screen editor... Launch the screen editor (VAEdit) 2 (1) Options... Configure the application options (1) Applications... Configure the list of associated applications (2) Toolbar... Customize the tool bar (1) Record messages by telephone Indicate the messages recorded by telephone are to be keep (alarm messages) Help menu (?)
(2) DDE Server... List of available item for the DDE clients Quick start... Display of the quick start guide User guide Display of the application user guide Contextual Help Display of the contextual help screen (1) Drivers help Display of the user guide of drivers
Technical Support Display a HTML page which contains information (telephone numbers, hyperlinks) about Technical Support About ALERT... Display miscellaneous information (version, copyright) , registration of options authorized by the license
1 The "Message processor..." command is only displayed when the message processor is activated 2 The "Screen editor" commands is only displayed when the Alert viewer module-in is activated (see § 7.1.2 "Alert Viewer Configuration").
