Re: WIMS> CIM> one queston about console lights

From: Harry Lewis (harryl@us.ibm.com)
Date: Fri Oct 20 2006 - 01:56:17 EDT

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    Rick, you are right. prtConsoleOffTime = 0 means a light is "on" (and not
    blinking). Likewise, prtConsoleOnTime = 0 (or BOTH = 0) means the light is
    steady "off". I do think it may be valuable to promote these, applying
    this semantic.
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    WIMS> CIM> one queston about console lights

    Forgot to ask this today. How does one tell remotely if a console light
    is turned on, e.g., some warning light? The only method I can find is to
    look at the light times. If OnTime is nz and OffTime is z, then the light
    is on, supposedly, I think; and v-v, if OnTime is z and OffTime is nz,
    thenthe light is off. We didn't want these properties to be writable, as
    they were spec'ed in the MIB, because no one ever used them to blink the
    lights. But they might be very useful to read if the controller
    manipulates them properly. Anyone have any idea if controllers actually
    do that? If so, do we want perhaps to promote these to A or still leave
    it up to the vendor as B?
    rick
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