Harmonic ProView 7000 - Chapter 4 Element Management System (EMS); ProView 7000 EMS Structure

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Chapter 4
Element Management System (EMS)
The sections are:
■ ProView 7000 EMS Structure
■ ProView 7000 EMS Menu Bar
■ ProView 7000 Device Management
■ Device Explorer
■ Element Properties Configuration
■ Cross Connections
■ Refreshing the EMS Screen
4.1 ProView 7000 EMS Structure
The ProView 7000 Element Management System (EMS) is an intuitive Graphical User
Interface (GUI) which provides control elements for managing the ProView
7000 features,
options, and capabilities.
The ProView 7000 EMS has wizards that guide the user through various ProView 7000
configuration and operation processes.
Figure 4–1 illustrates the ProView 7000 EMS Graphical User Interface (GUI) and shows the
main elements which build the GUI.
4.1.1 GUI Display TIPS
The ProView 7000 EMS GUI displays the graphical information in boxes. These boxes can be
collapsed when not needed or expanded to fill all available screen space.
■ A right/left or up/down set of arrows (Box Expand/Collapse Control, see EMS GUI example)
control collapsing and expanding the boxes.
■ Manual setup of the coverage area is also enabled by pulling up/down left/right (as
applicable) the box borders.
Display coverage management is provided for the following boxes in the EMS GUI:
■ Devices box
■ Physical Input box
■ Multiplex Input box together with the Multiplex & Decoding Output box
■ Physical Output box together with the Multiplex & Decoding Output box
■ Alarms box