The software keeps the files containing the screen layouts for the device oriented user interface in a directory called dscreens which is usually located on standard installation in /home/satnms/dscreens. There is one file for each parameter screen. The screens are created with the same tool used to design customer supplied screens for the task oriented user interface.
To protect the predefined screens from being accidentally modified, the layout editing tool normally has no access to these screens. To edit a screen for the device oriented user interface, run the client with the following command line options:
Linux / on the MNC server
java -cp client.jar satnms3.guiconf.Configurator localhost /dscreens/...where ... is the name of the screen to edit. This opens the layout editing tool with the given file name. Please note, that the MNC server must be running at this time. The layout editing tool reads the file via the data base capabilities of the server rather than accessing the disk file directly.
Linux / on a remote machine You also may start the layout editing tool on a client computer over the LAN. At this place open a terminal sessionand enter:
java -cp client.jar satnms3.guiconf.Configurator [ip] /dscreens/...Like above, ... has to be replaced by the name of the screen to edit. [ip] stands for the IP address of the MNC server.
Windows / on a remote machine You also may start the layout editing tool on a MS Windows based client computer over the LAN. At this place open a command prompt window or create a shortcut with the following command line:
java -cp client.jar satnms3.guiconf.Configurator [ip] /dscreens/...**Like above, ... has to be replaced by the name of the screen to edit. [ip] stands for the IP address of the MNC server. If your computer does not recognize the `java`` command, try jre instead and check the installation of your Java Runtime Environment.
Editing the screen layout for the parameter screens is straight forward. It is recommended to use a layout similar to the existing screens. The software's user manual describes the usage of the layout editing program and introduces the types of display elements a screen may consist of.