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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:TAEC::BEROUD
Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

1407.0. "Rule description for Iconic Map alarm display" by KAOT01::S_HYNDMAN () Tue Aug 27 1991 21:44

    
    DECMCC BMS V1.1
    
    	Is it possible to get the description field displayed on the
    iconic map alarm display?  The mail notification command procedure
    includes this information from my rule but the iconic map notification
    does not.
    
    	This is would be usefull to me as our operators can receive
    additional information from this field.  I would like to simplify
    their tasks by eliminating the need for reading mail.
    
    	If this is a limitation, has anyone created a work around?
    
    
    Scott
    
    p.s.  I have just started a major enterprise management project
          using DECMCC and have found this notesfile to be a great help.
          Keep up the good work!
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1407.1what you see is what we get...TOOK::CALLANDERJill Callander DTN 226-5316Wed Sep 04 1991 12:2415
Sorry, in V1.1 the alarms FM is not passing all of that information back
to the presentation modules, and that is why you are not recieving it.
What you could do is bring up an FCL in another window, then do a use
mode forms to get it into forms mode (this will give you a 500 line
scrollable buffer). Then modify you alarms action procedure so that it
broadcasts the description to your users terminal. The FCL traps broadcast
messages an displays them in the output scroll region. Now the manager
will have a color change on the map and the textual information in thw
next window. Some of the benefits are that the FCL info will be chronologically
ordered, and can be printed or saved to a file for further examination.

In V1.2 we are working to make this all part of the new notification presentation
functions that will come with the map.

jill
1407.2Related behaviorsCSC32::T_MILTONTed MiltonMon Sep 23 1991 14:5216
    
    
    	I have also noticed that it is not possible to create an
    	alarm rule in the ICONIC map with a long description field.
    	This works fine from the FCL.  It seems like there is an
    	inconsistency between the two PMs in the maximum field
    	lengths allowed.  What are the maximum sizes for the fields
    	when creating an alarm and why the inconsistencies?    The only
    	length description I can find in the documentation is for the the alarm 
    	rule name.  Is the maximum field length for the other fields going
    	to be documented in V1.2?
    
        Thanks,
    
    	Ted Milton
    	
1407.3TOOK::HAOMon Sep 23 1991 15:195
    Have you tried pressing on MB2 while over the Description text field?
    I believe selecting 'Expand Field' will give you more room to add text.
    
    Christine
    
1407.4Limit is Batch parameter lengthNSSG::R_SPENCENets don't fail me now...Mon Sep 23 1991 18:487
    The only limit I know of for the Description length is the length for
    a string to be passed to Batch as a parameter. If you are using
    proceedures from your alarm rules then the description should be less
    than the parameter size restriction (and I forgto what that was...
    128?)
    
    s/rob