Rogue Wave® JViews TGO
provides a comprehensive, user-friendly interface designed to
illustrate changes in network telecom equipment states.
Within this framework, JViews
TGO includes a wide range of visual techniques to identify changes
in equipment states and alarms. These visual cues are a combination
of:
- Several base representations for network elements, links, and cards.The following illustration shows a network element in three of the fundamental states, namely Out Of Service (OOS), In service but carrying No Traffic (NT), and In service and Carrying Traffic (CT).
Network management workstation in different states - Variable visual parameters for links and regions (thickness, line style, color, pattern).
Links showing disabled, inactive, and active states - Sets of decorations (icons, labels, balloons, gauges).
Network elements and links with icons
In addition, a number of graphical
properties have been developed to notify the telecommunication
network operator that alarms are present. When a new alarm is
detected on an element, four visual cues are added to its graphical
representation:
- An alarm counter is displayed in the network element base
- An alarm balloon appears above the network element displaying another alarm count.
- The object base turns a vibrant color (red, orange, or yellow) depending on the alarm severity.
- A colored outline is associated with the object base.
A network element in three different
alarm states
Passive devices
Predefined business objects that do not have a specific object
state are considered as passive
devices. These devices do not report information about their
current states and alarms. Passive devices are graphically
represented with an icon located at the same position as alarm
counts in the case of alarms.
The passive icon is displayed when the
object is in its regular representation, but it is hidden when
the network element is collapsed. The following example
illustrates the use of passive devices with network elements.
How to use passive devices
object."ilog.tgo.model.IltNetworkElement" {
collapsed: true;
passiveIconVisible: false;
}
object."ilog.tgo.model.IltNetworkElement":selected {
collapsed: false;
passiveIconVisible: true;
}
The result is shown in the following
images:
Passive device expanded
Passive device collapsed (passive
icon not visible)