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utility customer service
people.
• Query meter status
• Inform user when result of
operation is available.
Network
configuration
manager
Configure Innovatec
communications
network, perform
network diagnostics,
manage hardware and
software versions,
support field service
operations. The
primary users are
network maintainers at
the utility.
• View network logically.
• Supply data relating to
characteristics of a
communications path.
• Supply meter and gateway
statistics and logged history.
• Set up service orders
• Integrate modified service
order data into databases.
Alarm
configuration
manager
Configure which alarms
should be recognized
for specific IMUs.
• Activate/deactivate alarm
notification.
• Specify notification method
(e.g., on screen, hip pager).
Network
Emulator
Emulates an Innovatec
communications
network. Allows the
introduction of alarms
or fault conditions (e.g.,
WAN link goes down)
interactively. Primary
users are utility
trainers and Innovatec
sales people.
• Replaces the gateway server’s
gateway agent.
• Reads network configuration
from a network configuration
database.
• Displays logical view of the
network.
• Allows a trainer or sales
person to interactively
introduce alarms and fault
conditions.
System
administration
tool
Allows a system
administrator to
view, configure
and control the
ENICS servers
and clients.
• View server configuration
information
• View active clients
• Startup/shutdown servers and
clients
• Add new hosts to ENICS
system, add or rearrange
utility servers in ENICS
system.
• View loading statistics.
• Add or delete users.
• Add or delete remote
redistribution servers.
Event log
viewer
Allows data in the event
log tables to be viewed.
• Filters events by type, date
and auxiliary characteristics