Message Console

Overview

The Message Console is used as a central point for monitoring alerts raised by Halcyon HA-MX Monitor in both the local and connected remote systems. The Message Console allows you to view the full details of an alert and respond by closing it, or in the case of inquiry alerts, by issuing a reply.

A choice of color schemes, set by severity or system can be applied on an individual user basis. The scheme used is dependent on the view being displayed at the time. The default view is controlled by the setting in system default HAL/CONDFTCOLORCTRL. For Alerts view color schemes see F22=Alert attributes and for System color schemes see System attributes.

A PC based version of the Message Console, known as Enterprise Console, is also available. See the document: Enterprise Console - User Reference for more information.

To send alerts to either the Message Console or the Enterprise Console, specify ‘Console’ as one of the actions for a rule. You can also send a message using the Send Console Message (SNDCONMSG) command.

NOTE: See Rule Actions or Console action for more information.
NOTE: To send alerts and messages to the Message Console you must specify the system as *LOCAL when configuring the action. To send alerts and messages to an Enterprise Console, you must specify the system as defined in the Work with Remote Locations display.

Select option 10=Message Console from the HA-MX Monitor main menu to view current alerts that have been sent to this Console.

HA-MX Monitor Message Console comprises three main views: