|
Editor
Menu Editor
To change the preferences for the Menu Editor, select the menu:
- File, Preferences, or click on the Preferences button in the File toolbar (a red screwdriver)
- Then choose the Menu Editor tab
The following values can be set to customize the 6 menus:
- #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6: Check one of these buttons to enable the menus
- Title: This text will appear in the user menu.
- Command: the external executables or batch files that you want to launch
Since the menus are contextual, you can pass the IP address or the DNS name for the current node to your application.
For this, enter
- $A$ for the TCP/IP address
- $M$ for the MAC address without separator (000000000000)
- $M-$ for the MAC address with - separator (00-00-00-00-00-00)
- $M:$ for the MAC address with : separator (00:00:00:00:00:00)
- $N$ for the DNS name
where your utility needs them in the comand line.
Environment variables are accepted. Use % before and after. For example: %Program Files%, %WINDIR%
Three examples:
- VNC, %Program Files%\ORL\VNC\vncviewer.exe $A$. VNC is the free utility for remote control, available for Win32, Unix, and many platforms.
- NetMeeting, %WINDIR%\system32\rundll32.exe msconf.dll,CallToProtocolHandler $A$. Calls NetMeeting, which is included with all recent versions of Windows. It allows many functions: Chat, File Transfer, Whiteboard, and remote control with the Remote Desktop Sharing option.
- Telnet SMTP, %WINDIR%\system32\telnet.exe $n$ 25. This one will help you checking your SMTP servers.
Another example, using Terminal Services (MSTSC.EXE), is in the default preferences file. It is valid for Windows XP and 2003.
List Editor
To change the content of the lists, select the menu:
- File, Preferences or click on the Preferences button in the File Toolbar (a red screwdriver)
- Then choose the List Editor tab
The List Editor is the dialog that allows you to create lists with your own content. Eight different lists are already configured in the default values, but can easily be changed or adapted to your own needs. Up to 10 fields can be specified for each list.
- List Number: Choose the list you want to modify.
- Title: the name that will appear in the Lists menu and in the printed document
- Available fields: Almost all the fields from the .nvd document are proposed
- ">" and "<": Add or remove the field from the list.
- In List: The fields currently in the selected list. Use the Up and Down buttons to place the fields in the order you want.
- Column Width: the size of the column currently selected.
Message Editor
To change the preferences for monitoring, select the menu:
- File, Preferences or click on the Preferences button in the File Toolbar (a red screwdriver)
- Then choose the Message Editor tab
The Message Editor is used to create templates of the messages that are sent in the emails (single node or summary) or custom alerts.
Three choices are available in the Template Listbox:
- Summary Emails
- Single Node Emails
- Summary Custom Alerts
Depending on the selected Template, not all the values are available.
- Subject: subject for emails
- Header: Header of the DOWN events, normally a fixed text
- Down: one or several of the $$ values below
- Header: Header of the STILL DOWN events, normally a fixed text
- Still Down: one or several of the $$ values below
- Header: Header of the UP AGAIN events, normally a fixed text
- Up Again: one or several of the $$ values below
| $T$ |
Date and Time |
| $L$ |
Long Message |
| $S$ |
Short Message |
| $CR$ |
New Line |
| $M$ |
MAC Address |
| $A$ |
TCP/IP Address |
| $Y$ |
Node Type |
| $D$ |
SNMP System Description |
| $B$ |
NetBIOS Name |
| $O$ |
NetBIOS Domain |
| $C$ |
SNMP Contact |
| $I$ |
SNMP Location |
- Click Undo to revert changes
Label Editor
To change the content of the label sets, select the menu:
- File, Preferences or click on the Preferences button in the File toolbar (a red screwdriver)
- Then choose the Label Editor tab
You can select which fields will be displayed in the graphical view. Eight different sets are available, with up to 3 lines and up to 2 fields on each line. When two fields will be on a line, a separator (' / ') will be used.
- Label Set: select the label set number you want to modify. Numbers are from 1 to 8.
- Title: Enter a description for this set. It will appear in the Label Set selector of the Display toolbar.
- Available Fields: select one of these fields, or <None>
- Line, Position: press the > button to add the currently selected field to the position next to the button..
- Max Field Length: the fields are truncated at this position, and ... is added if the field is larger.
- Or: when this checkbox is enabled, the field in position 2 is displayed only when the position 1 is empty. It can be used for example for two very similar fields that would display duplicate data.
|
