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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:	DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:	Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:	NETCAD::COLELLADT

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4455
Total number of notes:	16761

1287.0. "Agent 90 in Hub 900 - how to make it work?!" by PTOVAX::DANZAK (Pittsburgher �) Mon Aug 08 1994 21:41

    I've just read note 1084 RE:DECbridge 90 in 900 not being manageable. 
    Just lived through 2 hours of FAILING to implement it at a customer. 
    Are there any other 'gotchas' with setting up a DECagent 90 in the
    DEChub 900?  What should or should not be done to enable all modules to
    be managed.  And, WHY IS THIS NOT DOCUMENTED (Or hiddden and
    unindexed!)?
    
    Reagrds,
    j
    ^--who has to make another trip to the customers to make it work later
    on this week...aarugh!

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1287.1	Feedback	LEVERS::DRAGON		`Tue Aug 09 1994 08:58`	15
	J, Section 3 of the "HUBwatch Installation and Configuration" manual contains the information which you need. The steps involved in making some of the older modules play in the DEChub 900 are not very straight forward (ie plug and play). The good news is that they do work. The better news is that things get a lot easier in the 900-world. To help with this difficult area there is a flowchart which guides the user through the various procedures required. I'm sure that the writers would appreciate any feedback which you may have to help make this easier for the customers. There's nothing like actual feedback from the field to help perfect the manuals, on-line help, and release notes. Regards, Bob
1287.2	U r right - but FIX the index please!	PTOVAX::DANZAK	Pittsburgher �	`Wed Aug 10 1994 09:55`	20
	I have the Hubwatch USE manuals - but not the installation and configuration manual. (Figuring that I'd already installed HUBWATCH with VMSINSTAL, etc., that was all that there was to it.) Yes...a pointer in the OTHER documentation to the INSTALL/CONFIG for setup (i.e. an INDEX entry in the OTHER manuals that sed: DECagent 90 - set-up - (See Installation/Configuration manual) DEChub900 - DECagent90 use in (See Installation/Configuration manual) DECbridge 90 - use in DEChub 900 (See Installation/Configuration manual) Would have got me frustrated (because I'd need to get the udder manual) but it would have also clearly spelled out where to go to fix it.... u c? Can u 4ward this to a writer? Thanks... j
1287.3	Good idea.	SLINK::HOOD	I'd rather be at the Kennebec	`Wed Aug 10 1994 11:27`	4
	That's good feedback. I've forwarded it to the writers. Tom Hood HUBwatch
1287.4	Pointer Makes Sense	LEVERS::DRAGON		`Wed Aug 10 1994 11:27`	8
	J, Your input has been forwarded to the writer. Reagrds, Bob
1287.5	We'll look into it.	TNPUBS::J_GOLDSTEIN	Run over on the Info Highway	`Thu Aug 11 1994 15:46`	13
	Actually, if you get a hold of the Install config manual, it should be pretty easy to find what you want. (in either the Table of Contents or the Index). I understand why you'd want a more specific reference in the Use book and we'll certainly take a look at the suggestion. The real problem is avoiding a wrong reference. The books often change up to the last minute and it becomes a small nightmare to check specific page/chapter references. Sometimes we end up with an unpleasant choice of having a non-specific reference or a wrong one. I'm not sure which one is worse. We'll have to give this one thought. Joan aka Tech. Writer-type
1287.6	Done...	TNPUBS::M_OBRIEN	will write for food	`Mon Aug 15 1994 13:46`	6
	I'll put a reference in the index for this version of the HUBwatch for Windows Use manual pointing to the Install/Config book. Thanks mark O'B