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Components

The components that appear on the pages of an iC Web site are the workhorses of the system. Each component type has specific functions in the runtime environment of iC Web sites and each individual implementation of a component type can be configured specifically for its intended application.
Components can perform a variety of functions. Each component type implements one or more of these functions:
• Report the status for a specific device, a page within the site, a virtual alarm, etc.
• Perform an action such as send an e-mail, change a router crosspoint, etc. if the status changes
• Jump to another page in the site
• Operate a device such as to set a router crosspoint or open a control panel on command
• Display or monitor program content
The following table summarizes the various types of components available with iC Creator.

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Component Name
Description
Link to Device
• links to any device
• reports GSM overall status
• provides access to iC Navigator control panel
• For example, if a card is malfunctioning, the device link will display the Error status image.
Status Inspector
• links to a device, a page or any defined group of items that uses alarms. Any linked object can trigger an external application when its status goes to Error.
• reports any GSM status that appears in the alarm browser (the bitmap is the same as ‘link to device’)
• shows image/bitmap changes with no user action
• Only Status Inspectors can respond to virtual alarms.
• Actions that are supported by iC Web include sending an e-mail to a defined address advising of the detected status change, activating a router crosspoint, setting a GPI output on a device, or sending an SNMP trap.
Link to Page
• links to another page within the same site
• reports page status of the linked page (the bitmap is the same as ‘link to device’)
• jumps to the linked page
• For example, if a card is malfunctioning, the page link will display the Error status image. In a multiple-page link scenario, operators can use Power Drill to go directly to the page with the Error status. Clicking on a Page Link in runtime mode jumps to that page.
Crosspoint Selector
• links to a set of router crosspoints
• activates router crosspoints
• reports the status of the set of selected crosspoints
Player
• displays video, audio meters, and waveform/vectorscope
• displays from streaming sources
VTR Player
displays the VTR control panel with standard controls on the page
Digital Clock
displays the current date and time
Zone
Similar to a html frame where a placeholder displays embedded components such as a service panel, page global log viewer, iC Navigator, VNC viewer (version 2.5. and later), and a Web browser (version 2.5 and later).
Status Icon
• The icon is a combination of a color and image where the image changes depending on whether or not the icon is selected and the color changes according to the current status. The status icon performs the same actions as link to device, link to page, crosspoint selector, status inspector and more.
• reports any GSM status and any GSM static or dynamic text from a GSM text alarm
• can execute a JavaScript program in accordance with a user click and/or a status change
• works only with scripts since there is no GUI for its use
UMD
• displays different icon colors to represent status changes
• reports any GSM status and any GSM static or dynamic text from a GSM text alarm
• can execute a JavaScript program in accordance with a user click and/or a status change