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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

114.0. "Polling interval in 1.1 should not be fixed!" by EMDS::SEAVER (LENAC Net Mgnt Mktg 223-4573) Thu Dec 31 1992 01:21

From:	ZPOVC::RAMARAJ "M Ramaraj, Singapore, 290-7711  31-Dec-1992 0901" 30-DEC-1992 20:13:25.94
To:	EMDS::SEAVER
CC:	MEMIT::FORREST,RAMARAJ
Subj:	Polling interval should NOT be fixed

Bill,

Going thru the manual and the FT kit, the polling interval seems to be fixed
in V1.1.  This was adjustable in V1.0.  Fixing it not a good idea.

Every customer we demo it to want a adjustable value
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Name		DateLines
114.1polling interval is variableEMDS::SEAVERLENAC Net Mgnt Mktg 223-4573Thu Dec 31 1992 13:569
From:	LEVERS::SWEET        "Bruce Sweet: NAC Network Management 227-3511" 31-DEC-1992 08:19:12.43
To:	EMDS::SEAVER
CC:	SWEET
Subj:	RE: Is the polling interval fixed on 1.1?

it is variable as is the retry count.

Bruce
114.2In 1.1 field test polling in not varibaleEMDS::SEAVERLENAC Net Mgnt Mktg 223-4573Wed Jan 06 1993 00:0259
From:	QUIVER::PARK         "Jae Park @TAY2-2/B4 227-3795"  4-JAN-1993 10:30:27.52
To:	ZPOVC::RAMARAJ
CC:	EMDS::SEAVER,LEVERS::SWEET,PARK
Subj:	 HW manual comments, polling interval

	Happy New Year, Raj.

	Thanks for your comment.  Please see my comment marked as ">>".

	Jae

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From:	ZPOVC::RAMARAJ "M Ramaraj, Singapore, 290-7711  02-Jan-1993 1224"  1-JAN-1993 23:18:38.72
To:	EMDS::SEAVER
CC:	LEVERS::SWEET,TNPUBS::F_BUTLER,RAMARAJ
Subj:	HW manual comments, polling interval

Bill,

For the polling interval, pg 5-7 states, polling interval is predetermined.
But does not state how it is predetermined.

I'm running T1.1.2.
When running HW, options-polling does not have any interval values that can
be entered.
How is the interval value set? Has it been implemented in T1.1.2 yet?

>> The polling interval is hard coded as 10 seconds at this moment.  
>> We will provide a option menu to set this polling interval in the 
>> next release.

There is not documentation on the command line arguments to startup Hubwatch.
eg. DH90_main -x -c -a -l -p ...
The switches and values to be entered should be documented.

>> The command argument -l(logical front panel view) or -p(physical front
>> panel view) was needed in the T1.1.0 because we didn't provide a 
>> mechanism to switch the view in the run time.   Now, it is in the
>> T1.1.2.   What we need is to document the resource file to set these
>> values(including some other arguments such as -t for timeout and -r for
>> retry count) as a default.

Also, there is no documentation on the resource file.  Environment variables
specific to HW, like XENVIRONMENT should be documented.  Can the resource file 
contents be documented so that colors can be manipulated by end-users. 
Although examples resource files are given, users do want to be able to change
to suit them.
>>
>> Yes, we need documentation on the resource file and XENVIRONMENT.
>> When the HUBwatch is installed, the default resource file,
>> DH90_tan, is installed at /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/DH90.  In this case,
>> a user does not have to define the XENVIRONMENT.  However, if a user
>> wants to use a private resource file, a user have to define the
>> XENVIRONMENT.


Raj