


	 Accton Technology Corporation
	      AccView/Station
    PC AND LAN ADAPTER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
    FOR EN1203/EN1207-TX ETHERNET ADAPTERS
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Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 by Accton Technology
Corporation. All rights reserved.

AccView/Station Overview
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AccView/Station is a tool for PC and LAN adapter
management. It is an Windows-based application
that runs in Microsoft Windows 3.1 and later
versions.

It can show configuration of local PC hardware
and network adapters. AccView/Station manages
network adapters through network device drivers.
Currently Packet Driver and Open Data Link (ODI)
interface drivers are supported.

Using AccView/Station you can view the adapter's
configuration and statistic tables, and create
the necessary reports. AccView/Station incorporates
report text editors to facilitate report generation.

AccView/Station consists of a single executable
file called AVST.EXE.

1. Copy the AVST.EXE file into your hard disk.
2. Use the "New" command in the Windows
   program manager to add it into one of the
   program manager windows.
3. Before you can use the program, make sure
   that your adapter is properly installed.


Parts of the AccView/Station Screen
-----------------------------------

1. The Control Panel

The Control Panel is the control center
of AccView/Station. A list box displays all
network drivers detected by the program.

Packet drivers are named with their interrupt
vector and their driver name. For example:

"Packet Driver at 60H:  Accton EN1203/EN1207-TX Packet Driver"

ODI drivers are named by their driver name
and frame type. If you load more than one
frame type for a ODI driver, they will
appear several times in the list of
drivers, differing only in the protocol
frame type.

Below the list box are three buttons
named "PC Configuration," "Configuration,"
and "Statistics." They are used to invoke
almost all other windows.

Click the PC Configuration button to
invoke the screen showing the adapter's
configuration.

Other buttons, namely, "Configuration" and
"Statistics" require you to select an appropriate
driver first. If no drivers are available,
the two buttons have no effect. Depending on
which driver is selected in the above list box,
the "Configuration" and "Statistics" buttons
invoke the LAN driver configuration and
statistics window respectively.

The Control Panel window can not be closed
while AccView/Station is running. It can be
minimized if necessary.


2. PC Configuration

The PC Configuration Window shows
the CPU type, memory size, I/O ports,
DOS version and Windows version that you
are using.

It also shows disk drives currently online,
including removable disks, floppy disk drives,
fixed disks and network disks. The total size
and remaining spaces of these devices are also shown.

The Update button can be used to refresh
the disk drive display.


3. Packet Driver Configuration

It shows various information from the
Packet Driver interface, including Names,
Class, Type of the driver, node address,
functionality, current receive mode, and
the multicast address list.


4. Packet Driver Statistics

It shows standard packet driver statistics
table. Including transmitted and received
frames, bytes and errors.


5. ODI Configuration

It shows the MLID configuration table.
Entries are renamed and organized from
Novell documentation for better understanding.


6. ODI Statistics

It shows the MLID statistics table from
the interface. Multiple logical boards sharing
the same physical interface will also have
the same statistical display.


7. Report Generation

AccView/Station includes a simple report generator,
which allows users to open multiple reports
simultaneously. Users can open, save, view,
print, edit and manipulate a report just like
a file from text editor.

On the AccView/Station screen, there is a menu bar
containing menus, such as File, Edit, View, Window
and Help. Invoking any menu brings up a pull-down
menu containing different commands for report
manipulation. The commands are straight forward,
functioning in a similar way as any Windows-based
text editor.

AccView/Station's report generator uses a standard
Windows text control that cannot accept files longer
than 32K.


Menu and Tool Bar
-----------------
The AccView/Station's menu bar commands include
the following: File, Edit, View, Window and Help.
This section briefly explains each item.

The File Menu includes the following commands:

New		Select this command to create a new report
Open		Select this command to open an existing report
Save		Saves a new report using current file name
Save As 	Saves a new report to a new file name
Print		Prints a report
Print Setup	Select this to change the print setup

The Edit Menu includes the following commands:

Undo		Cancels the most recent command
		or action you completed
Cut		Removes a selected text from the document
		and stores it on the Clipboard temporarily
Paste		Places text from the Clipboard to the
		user-specified place on the document
Delete		Removes a selected text from the document
Find		Searches the document for a specified
		character string
Find Next	Continues the search for the next occurrence
		of the character string on the document

The View Menu includes the following commands:

Toolbar 	Enables/disables the Toolbar. The Toolbar
		is a short-cut method for invoking the
		commands that you need. For example,
		icons for creating a new report,
		opening a new file, saving a file,
		editing a report, cutting, copying, pasting
		selected information, printing a report,
		calling online help
Status Bar	Enables/disables the Status Bar


The Window Menu includes the following commands:

Cascade 	Arranges open windows so that the title box
		of each window is visible
Tile		Arranges open windows side-by-side so
		that all of them are visible
Arrange Icons	Arranges into rows all program icons
		for a selected group, of if a group
		icon is selected arranges all
		group icons into rows
List of Reports The names of all open reports are
		listed at the bottom of the Window
		menu

Reporting
---------

All information in the configuration and statistics display
windows can be appended to one of the report windows.

Do this by selecting the Edit Append command, or
simply clicking the "Append" icon from the Tool bar
while the PC Configuration, Driver Configuration or
Driver Statistics Windows are selected.

A list of all available reports will be shown on the
screen. Select the report you need by highlighting it
with your mouse, then clicking the <OK> button. The
report that you've selected is automatically
appended for you into the appropriate location
that you've specified.



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