174 Part I: Task Manager MB8100-00-00-806 © TEL 2003Task Manager Inputs and ActionsTask Manager has a large set of inputs and actions.To select an input or actionQ Click in the appropriate box in the Task list item area. A menu with severalsubmenus appears.The menu shows you the input relevant to the context from which youaccessed the Task Manager form. The submenus contain all the other inputs.You can select any input.To obtain Help on a task’s input or action1. Click the task.2. In the Task list item area, click the Help icon beside the appropriate box.InputsAn input is anything that Task Manager monitors. When the state of that inputchanges from false to true, Task Manager executes tasks with that input. IFNOT tasks are executed when the state of the input changes from true to false.Most inputs are set to true when the base station transitions to Run mode.Many inputs read the state of a system flag. Select Monitor > Monitoring >Base Station to view the current state of system flags.General InputsGeneral inputs relate to the general operation of the base station.Another receiver in rackThe Another receiver in rack input is true when there are two or more basestations in the BSS and they are responding to polls on the internal bus. Thisinput is useful in combination with other inputs as a custom input.ExampleIF Another receiver in rack AND Battery voltage lowTHEN Go to channel 2.Another receiver in rack and Battery voltage low need to be combinedas a custom input, and Channel 2 can be set up with an extra low power output.This example could be used to provide an extra low power output when thereare two base stations in the BSS. It could be used in a standard configurationused by all base stations in a system and would not be processed in single basestations.Base station in Run modeThe Base station in Run mode input becomes true when the base stationgoes into Run mode. This occurs on startup and when you tell a base station inStandby mode to change to Run mode.Use this input for tasks you want included in Task Manager’s initializationroutine, to start timers, and to disable base station functions that you only wantenabled under particular circumstances. You can also set a system flag to a valueother than the usual default.
