Enabling a monitor changes its status from DISABLED to INACTIVE.
Once enabled, a monitor can be started and run its normal operations, and other user actions can be taken as indicated in Table 1. Once enabled, a monitor can be started by the master monitor if it is configured to do so. If the monitor is defined to a group, it will participate in requests to start all monitors in the group and in decisions for the group monitor.
Do the following to enable a monitor:
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From the MIMIX Basic Main Menu, select option
12
(Work with monitors) and press Enter. -
From the Work with Monitors display, type a
20
(Enable) next to the monitor you want and press F4 (Prompt). -
The Change Monitor Status (CHGMONSTS) display appears. The value *ENABLED should be preselected for the Status prompt.
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If the selected monitor is a group monitor, press F10 (Additional parameters). The Scope of request prompt appears. If you want to enable only the group monitor itself, specify
*NAME
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Press Enter.