*Foresight FlinQ Server Status - help

Technical Article | TA-20220401-TV-02

Security Management | FlinQ Foresight |

FlinQ Foresight Server Status

 

Overview

This is an overview of the FlinQ Server Status. This peace of software gives you sight on the status of FlinQ and the Connector Communication.

At the top of the screen, you will find a menu bar.
At the bottom of the screen, you will find the status bar.

The menu bar has three dropdown menus:

  • Server

  • Window

  • Help

Server

The server menu gives you six options.

  • Login Ctrl+L

  • Logoff Ctrl+Shift+L

  • Connect

  • Disconnect

  • Simulate Connector

  • Simulate Device

 

Login

When you select the Login option, a new dialog box is shown on the screen.

The dialog box gives you the options to enter the Username and password.
The user needs to have permissions to use FlinQ status to login.

 

Logoff

When you use the button Logoff Ctrl+Shift+L, the session wil log off.

 

Connect

The option Connect is to Connect FlinQ studio to the server.
A new dialog box will pop up and you have the ability to enter the IP Address and Port of the FlinQ Server.

 

Disconnect

Is you use the Disconnect button, the FlinQ studio will disconnect from FlinQ.

Simulate Connector

This option is used to simulate messages from and to the connectors. When you select this, a new window will pop up. In this window you can chouse the connector and send events to the connector or to the FlinQ server.

 

Simulate Device

Is you select the Simulate device option, A new window will pop up. This is the window where you can fill in the device id and simulate behavior.

The device Id is the Physical device Id as shown in FlinQ Studio.

The Commands can be selected from the dropdown menu and include all commands that can be made from a device.

For the state change of this device is another dropdown menu. This shows the device states.

 

 

Window

The window menu has 1 option, to set this program always on top. If selected, the FlinQ Server Status will float on top of al other windows on the screen.

Help

The help menu gives you the option to select About FlinQ Status.
When selected this option, a new window will pop up, it shows the version of FlinQ status.

You can use the X to close this screen.

Tab Connections

This tab shows the connections of FlinQ Status and FlinQ studio to the FlinQ server.


You can reed the type of software, the User and the time of logging in.

If you are logged in, A Right mouse click gives you the ability to Logout or End the sessions.



Tab Connector Communication

This tab shows the communication of the connectors.

The Timestamp, Direction, Connector, Command, Parameters and Freetext/Reason are shown.

The orange rules are received rules to FlinQ, the green ones are Send from FlinQ

You can apply filters on the right of your screen.
After the selection is made, click apply to set the filter changes.

With a right mouse click, you have the ability to clear the screen.

 

Tab Performance

This tab shows the Performance of the FlinQ server.