Netconfig options, Health checker – Grass Valley NetConfig Network Configuration Application v.2.0.12 User Manual
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NetConfig Options
NetConfig Options
NetConfig Options are used to enable/disable checking device communi-
cation, set the toolbar view, and define the automatic polling interval to test
the devices.
choose the menu option
Configure > NetConfig Options
, or click the
Options
button in the toolbar to open the Configurations Options dialog box
(
Figure 38. NetConfig Options Dialog
Health Checker
This area is to enable/disable the periodic health check and to configure the
polling time interval for the periodic health check. The polling interval is
set in milliseconds, the default (and recommended) interval being 100 mil-
liseconds.
Depending on the polling interval specified in the interval, the devices
shown in the tree view will be polled for the health check if a periodic
health check is enabled. If the Network Configuration Tool is unable to
connect to the device, the icon beside the device’s IP address in the tree
view will be shown in red. Otherwise the icon will be displayed as green to
indicate that the device is in good health. When device icons are red in the
Device View, the icons for their entire device family will also be red.
When the check box
Perform periodic health check
is selected (checked), the
user can fill in the polling interval for the periodic health check. This peri-