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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

2034.0. "A handy HUBwatch tip" by CGOOA::PITULEY (Ain't technology wonderful?) Tue Feb 21 1995 15:38

    While installing HUBwatch on a customer's site, the customer was
    complaining about having to type in an agent name or IP address every
    time he launched HUBwatch.  In a moment of inspiration, I remembered
    that Windows has the ability to run a program with options that are
    added on the command line that launches the application.  We tried it
    and it worked really well.
    
    What we did:
    
    With HUBwatch closed, we highlighted the HUBwatch icon and under the
    "FILE" heading selected "PROPERTIES".  In the window that pops up there
    is an entry called "COMMAND LINE" that is the path and name of the
    HUBwatch executable.  At the end of that statement we added a space and
    then the name of one of the agents on the network.  Now every time
    HUBwatch is launched it comes up with the physical view of the hub that
    is managed by the agent we named.  Very handy and convenient.
    
    This may be old news to some but it is not something I had heard of
    being done before.
    
    Brian Pituley
    NPC, Calgary

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2034.1		SLINK::HOOD	This is my new personal name for Notes	`Tue Feb 21 1995 18:33`	2
	Version 4 of HUBwatch for Windows will pop-up the agents file on startup so you can click on the agent to manage.
2034.2	also in STARS......	NETCAD::SKABO	Expect Nothing U never disappointed	`Tue Feb 21 1995 18:59`	67
	STARS V2.6-1 [HUBwatch] Windows: How to Set Up an Icon for each Agent/Hub COPYRIGHT (c) 1988, 1993 by Digital Equipment Corporation. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No distribution except as provided under contract. Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1994. All rights reserved. PRODUCT: Hubwatch for Windows OP/SYS: MS-DOS[R] SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation SUBJECT: How to set up an icon for each agent/hub so the user can display the hub versus getting a "specify agent" window when selecting Hubwatch. DESCRIPTION: 1. Select "Program Manager" icon to open the window. 2. Select "Hubwatch for Windows" icon to open the Hubwatch window. 3. With the Hubwatch window open select File from the Program Manager window. 4. Select Properties within File. This will bring up a "Program Item Properties" window for Hubwatch. Note the Command Line, C:\HUBWATCH\HUBWATCH, and Working Directory, C:\HUBWATCH. 5. Cancel "Program Item Properties" window. 6. Select "File" from Program Manager window. 7. Select "New" within File. This will bring up a "New Program Obect" window. 8. Select "Program Item" and OK within the "New Program Obect" window. This will bring up a "Program Item Properties" window. 9.Specify the following: Description = desired name of icon Command line = command line information retrieved above PLUS -x (ip addresss of agent) and -c (community). Note the qualifiers are lower case. Click on OK to add the entry to the Hubwatch Window [R] MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. \ CONTRIBUTORS: \ \ Technical: \ Ray Hall (156918) of NSU \ Grant Burton (173877) of NSU \ \ Editorial: \ Rob Saunders (70906) of ESDG \ \\ NSU HUBWATCH WINDOWS STATUS=CURRENT \\ PROD=HUBWATCH-DOS SPD=37.87 CAT=COMM GRP=HUBWATCH GRP=NETMGMT OS=MS-DOS
2034.3	Other Tips for HUBWatch	KETJE::VANDENBERG_R		`Fri Feb 24 1995 06:31`	19
	Hi, This one can also help: 1.You can automate the configuration of hubs and maintain the configuration using the 'Recorder' function in the MS-DOS accessories Program Item this info can be saved as separate Macros per hub. 2. I you want to have a look of the HUBWATCH help in the plane, your bed or bath room etc.. It is possible to access the online help without to be online with a hub by using the Online Help of any MS-DOS application, then from: File Open ->the HubWatch directory howto.hlp And off you go. B.R. Robert
2034.4	...and reading OpenVMS or OSF/1 help files	SLINK::HOOD	This is my new personal name for Notes	`Fri Feb 24 1995 13:24`	12
	> It is possible to access the online help without to be online with a hub ditto for the motif versions of HUBwatch (OSF/1 and OpenVMS). You can read the help without HUBwatch: OpenVMS: SYS$HELP:HUBWATCH.DECW$BOOK OSF/1: /usr/lib/X11/help/hubwatch.decw_book You can read the file with bookreader. Tom Hood HUBwatch