32 Part C: Basic Tasks © Tait Electronics Limited December 2007Program Sends the whole set of configuration information in the Service Kit to the basestation. The base station must be in Standby mode. Once programmed, the basestation operates using the new configuration. See also “Working With BaseStation Configurations” on page 49.Mode Lets you change the base station’s operation mode. The traffic light indicatesthe current mode. Green means Run mode, Orange means Standby mode, andRed means Download mode. See also “Operation Modes” on page 4.Monitor Lets you monitor the base station. See also “Monitoring the Base Station” onpage 21.Configure Lets you view and edit a configuration. If a configuration is not already selected,you are given the option of creating a new configuration, opening an existingone, or reading the base station’s current configuration. See also “ViewingConfiguration Settings” on page 22.Diagnose Lets you carry out diagnostic tests on the base station. See also “DiagnosingProblems” on page 23.Alarms Turns red when any base station alarm is triggered. Click Alarms to display thecurrent status of all base station alarms. See also “Monitoring Alarms” onpage 147.Help Displays a Help topic for the form or dialog box you are currently in.Status BarThe status bar provides you with useful information that supplements thedisplay in the main pane.Miscellaneous messages appear on the left. ‘Ready’ means that the Service Kithas completed the last user request and is ready to respond to another request.Panels in the status bar display the following:Q Flashing alarm icon. When a base station alarm is triggered, a flashing alarmicon appears.Q Service Kit requests.Q Connection. The name of the connection currently being used.Q Base station. The name of the base station that the Service Kit is logged onto.Q Connection speed. The speed of the RS-232 connection to the base station.The speed is as reported by the base station. For remote connections, thiswill in fact be the configured speed of the base station modem, not theoverall speed of the remote linkQ IP address. If the base station is connected via Ethernet it displays its IPaddress instead of the connection speed.MiscellaneousmessagesService Kit requests Connectionspeed/IP addressFlashing alarmiconBase stationConnection
