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Operator access to monitoring applications

  • US 4,858,152 A
  • Filed: 01/23/1987
  • Issued: 08/15/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a networked system of a plurality of host computers running a plurality of host computer programs, a method of simultaneously displaying data representative of operational parameters indicating performance of said plurality of host computer programs on a single work station display screen wherein each of said host computer programs is monitored by means of a monitor program associated therewith, each of said monitor programs detecting and storing operating parameter values during operation of its associated computer program, and said work station display screen includes a plurality of areas for displaying data, said method comprising an application program running on said single work station which performs the steps of:

  • receiving user inputs at said single work station and setting thresholds of selected operating parameter values for each of said host computer programs;

    scanning the stored operating parameter values for each of said host computer programs and displaying on a single line within a first area of said single work station display screen selected values for each of said host computer programs;

    generating an alarm associated with any of said selected values for which a threshold is exceeded; and

    responding to a user input on said single work station to log onto a host computer program using a second area of said work station display screen in order to allow diagnosing an alarm condition.

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