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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
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Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
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3655.0. "DECmcc questions" by TAVIS::ORNA () Mon Aug 31 1992 10:01

    I have several questions:
    1. Is it possible to have entities icons in different colors?
    2. Let's say that an entity has been colored because of
       a certain alarm, and the cause of this alarm has been
       already fixed. Is there a way to cancel the coloring
       of the icon except for reset or "by hand" canceling?
    3. Is there a way to see an event after it has been hided?
    4. Is there a way o change the size of the Toolbox window?
    5. Is the number of icons in the Toolbox defined somewhere?
    6. Is there a possibility to change the text of the
       alarm/notification in the notification window?
    7. We have tried to enroll the YOURMM AM after we
       compiled, linked,... but could not see the icon
       in the Toolbox, why?
    
    Thanks in advance for every reply,
    
    Orna.
    
    
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3655.1Some answersFRSOLD::ORCHIS::SYSTEMInformation, that's all I need...Tue Sep 01 1992 11:3325
Hi,

here's some answers to your questions:

1. No, not to my knowledge.
2. Yes, create an alarm or notification with severity CLEAR and change the colour
   of CLEAR to the normal icon colour. This should "hide" the clear alarm. However,
   don't forget to let DECmcc give you the latest, not highest priority (it's in
   the Customize menu).
3. Dunno, but I think so.
4. Dunno, but I don't think so.
5. DECmcc scans through MCC_ICONS and displays every 
   MCC_<entity_name>_<icon_name>_ICON.DAT (e.g. MCC_BRIDGE_LB200_ICON.DAT).
6. Dunno.
7. This is because there's no icon defined for YOURMM. Read the release notes.

In any case, dealing with DECmcc is an art of straightforwardness and imagina-
tion. Take care.


Hope this helps



Josch
3655.2And don't sell DECmcc without at least Implementation Service!!!FRSOLD::ORCHIS::SYSTEMInformation, that's all I need...Tue Sep 01 1992 11:340
3655.3SAMPLE AM is the toolkit example which works w/ mapMOLAR::BLACKFri Sep 04 1992 11:254
    See the SAMPLE AM for a model of registration.  The YOURMM starter MM
    doesn't support registration or have an icon and therefore doesn't work
    with the iconic map.
    
3655.4more answersMCC1::DITMARSPeteFri Sep 04 1992 13:4318
     2. Make sure you know what you're giving up by using "latest" before you
	decide to implement around it.  
	If the alarm rule is a "polling" type of rule, and it finds the
	condition to no longer be true, it will itself generate another
	notification with the severity set to "Clear".  For information
	on how correlation is done in the IMPM, read "Correlation of 
	Notifications" and "Advanced Customization" in the 
	"DECmcc Alarms and Notification Use" manual.

	If you want/need to get fancier than that, contact me offline.

     3. To resume viewing all hidden notifications,  bring up
	the filters window and press "Use System Settings" and "Apply".
	Hiding is the most granular method of filtering out a notification.

     4. I can do it under motif... I don't remember if resize is disabled
	under XUI.
3655.5TAVIS::ORNASun Sep 13 1992 15:0414
    4. We also did it under Motif; But the thing is that
       although we saved it, we could not see it in a new management
       window or a new startup of mcc_iconic_map....
    
    7. We have define an Icon for YOURMM and still got this result.
    
    5. We added a new Icon and could not see it in the ToolBox
       window. We renamed an existed Icon to a different name
       and then our new Icon appeared. Doesn't it mean that
       the number of entities in the Toolbox is defined
       somewhere?
    
    Orna.
    
3655.6MCC1::DITMARSPeteMon Sep 14 1992 21:189
>    5. We added a new Icon and could not see it in the ToolBox
>       window. We renamed an existed Icon to a different name
>       and then our new Icon appeared. Doesn't it mean that
>       the number of entities in the Toolbox is defined
>       somewhere?

Was your icon file named following the proper naming conventions?
Or is it possible that the icon was simply not visible in the
toolbox and could have been made visible using the scrollbars?
3655.7TAVIS::ORNATue Sep 15 1992 09:145
    Yeh, its named follows the naming cnvention,
    and no: it was not there at all.
    
    Orna.
    
3655.8check your dictionaryTOOK::MCPHERSONLife is hard. Play short.Tue Sep 15 1992 12:2917
Is it that 
	1) you see no icon at all for the class YOURMM in the toolbox
	 or
	2) you see the "?" Icon for the class YOURMM in the toolbox?

If 1) 
    This indicates that the Iconic MAP is not finding the class definitions for
    YOURMM in the dictionary.  Did you run the MSL xlator and load the
    dictionary with the YOURMM definitions? Do you have MCC_SYSTEM pointing to
    an area containing another version of the dictionary?


If 2) 
    This indicates that the class YOURMM was found in the dictionary, but the
    icon bitmap files could not be found.

/doug
3655.9Could there be some hardcoding in the IMPMMOLAR::ROBERTSKeith Roberts - Network Management ApplicationsTue Sep 15 1992 14:437
  The Sample AM did not support registration - and therefore could not
  be put onto the map ... The IMPM had hardcoded the Sample Entity Class
  Code to prevent it from showing up.

  Could this be the same for the YOURMM entity somehow ?

  /keith
3655.10VERNA::V_GILBERTTue Sep 15 1992 14:534
Yup, the Iconic Map filters out yourmm from our internal representation
of dictionary information, so you would never see it.

Verna