6.4.3 Customizing a Visual Monitoring window

(1) Setting a background image for a Visual Monitoring window

You can set a background image for a Visual Monitoring window. The background image must be stored in the following folder in any of the three indicated file formats:

• Image file folder: View-path\image\map\

• Supported image file formats: JPEG, GIF, and PNG

  Figure 6‒12: Setting the background image

1. Open the Background Image Settings window.

   Use one of the following methods to display the Background Image Settings window:

   • In the Visual Monitoring (Editing) window, on the toolbar, click .

   • Right-click any empty area in the monitoring point display area (with no monitoring node selected), and from the pop-up menu, choose Background Image Settings.

2. Select a background image.

   In the Background Image Settings window, select the name of an image file that is to be used for the background, and then click the OK button.

   You can also use the Visual Monitoring window with a white background. In this case, select No background image for the file.

   When you make a selection, a configuration dialog box appears. Click the Yes button.

3. Assign a name to the Visual Monitoring window.

   Once you have chosen the background image, assign a name to the Visual Monitoring window.

   In the Window Name field enter a name. In the Comment field enter an optional comment, such as an explanation of the monitoring purposes or an image description.

   The window name is displayed on the title bar of the Visual Monitoring window, and the comment is displayed at the bottom of the background image.

Hints on Visual Monitoring window operation

While a background image is selected in the monitoring point display area, you can scroll the background image by dragging the mouse.

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(2) Adding monitoring nodes to a Visual Monitoring window

You can add monitoring nodes on the background image of a Visual Monitoring window. You do this by dragging monitoring node icons from the Monitoring Tree window and dropping them onto the Visual Monitoring window.

Figure 6‒13: Adding monitoring nodes to a Visual Monitoring window

1. Select a monitoring node on the monitoring tree.

   In the Monitoring Tree (Editing) window, display and select the monitoring node that you want to monitor by using the Visual Monitoring window.

2. Drag-and-drop the monitoring node in the Visual Monitoring window.

   In the Monitoring Tree (Editing) window, drag (left-click) the monitoring node icon and drop it onto the Visual Monitoring (Editing) window.

In the case of a monitoring node icon added by the above method, the appropriate status color (such as red for failure) is displayed in the monitoring tree, thus reflecting the monitoring node's status.

There will be a delay before information in the Monitoring Tree window takes effect on the Visual Monitoring window.

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(3) Deleting monitoring nodes from the Visual Monitoring window

To delete monitoring nodes from the Visual Monitoring window:

1. Select a monitoring node icon and then delete it.

   Use one of the methods described below. To delete multiple icons in a batch, use to select multiple icons.

   • Select an icon, and then in the Visual Monitoring (Editing) window, on the toolbar, click .

   • Select an icon, and then from the right-click pop-up menu, choose Delete Icon.

   When a configuration dialog box appears, click the Yes button.

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(4) Setting the attributes of monitoring nodes

If you set the attributes of a monitoring node in the Visual Monitoring (Editing) window, the specified settings are applied to the corresponding monitoring node in the Monitoring Tree (Editing) window.

To set attributes for a monitoring node that has been placed in the Visual Monitoring (Editing) window:

1. Open the Properties window for the monitoring node.

   Select a monitoring node and then use the following method to open the Properties window:

   • From the right-click pop-up menu, choose Properties.

2. Specify the settings on the General page.

   Specify the monitoring node name, icon to be used, visual icon to be used,^#1 background image settings (monitoring groups only), monitoring status, and JP1 resource group^#2.

3. Specify the settings on the Basic Information page.

   Specify basic information for the monitoring node.

4. Specify the settings on the Status-Change Condition page.

   Specify the JP1 events that are to change the status of the monitoring node when those events are received by JP1/IM - Manager.

   For details about the settings for status change conditions, see Chapter 4. Lists of System-Monitoring Objects (for Central Scope) in the manual JP1/Integrated Management 2 - Manager Command, Definition File and API Reference.

5. Specify the settings on the Event-Issue Conditions page.

   Specify the status of the monitoring node that is to trigger issuance of a JP1 event.

   If an automated action is to be executed based on the status of the monitoring node, specify the settings in Event-Issue Conditions, and then set an automated action for the JP1 event whose event ID is 00003FB0.

6. Click the OK or Apply button.

#1: Certain advance preparations are required in order to use visual icons. For details, see 6.3.4(7) Settings for using visual icons.

#2: You can set this item if the monitoring range setting is enabled for the monitoring tree.

For an example of property settings, see 6.3.4(2) Setting the attributes of monitoring nodes.

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(5) Changing the monitoring status of monitoring nodes

If you change the monitoring status of a monitoring node in the Visual Monitoring (Editing) window, the change is applied to the corresponding monitoring node in the Monitoring Tree (Editing) window.

To change the monitoring status of a monitoring node placed in the Visual Monitoring (Editing) window:

1. Select a monitoring node.

2. From the right-click pop-up menu, choose Change Monitoring Status to change the monitoring node to a desired monitoring status.

   A confirmation dialog box appears.

3. In the confirmation dialog box, click the Yes button.

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(6) Searching for a monitoring node

You can use this function to locate a particular monitoring node in a monitoring tree that has a complex hierarchical structure.

To search for a monitoring node:

1. Select a monitoring node.

   The selected monitoring node and its subordinate monitoring nodes become the target monitoring nodes.

2. Display the Search window.

   From the right-click pop-up menu, choose Search.

3. Enter a search condition and then click the Search button.

   The monitoring nodes that satisfy your search condition are listed.

4. Select the monitoring node that you want to monitor in the Visual Monitoring window from the displayed list, and then drag-and-drop it into the Visual Monitoring (Editing) window.

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