SMA Command Form Ribbon

The following section overviews the SMA Command Form Ribbon.

The SMA Command Form Ribbon, contains four Ribbon Groups.

Actions
Special Commands
EOL Setting
Activity Log Settings

We will now review each of these Ribbon Groups and their elements.

Actions Ribbon Group

The Actions Ribbon Group contains the Close element.

Close – when clicked, closes the SMA Command Form window.

Special Commands Ribbon Group

The Special Commands Ribbon Group contains the Send Break and Clear All Commands elements.

Send Break – When dealing with serial communications on older systems like an SL100 telephone switch, the serial port on the switch needs to be ‘woken up’ to allow a user to login.

A Send Break command tells the Comm Port to break the circuit or interrupt the current signal. This activity on the Serial Port lets the system know it needs to do something like give a login prompt or stop output.

In SMA when a user starts a session with an SL100 the switch will not present the user with a login prompt until its port is active. Clicking the ‘Send Break’ button activates the port.

! The SL100 is the only device using the Send Break feature.

Clear All Commands – When you click on this button, all commands within the Command History pane are cleared out.

EOL Setting Ribbon Group

An End of Line (EOL) character is a special character or sequence of characters signifying the end of a line of text. The name comes from the fact that the next character appears on a new line directly below the previous line of text. The EOL Setting Ribbon Group contains:

EOL Chr(13) – CHR(13) is selected when accessing a M1 or a CS1000.
EOL Chr(10) – CHR(10), is available for future use by Unique Communications.
EOL Chr(10), EOL Chr(13) – The most commonly selected option.
No EOL – When selected, no EOL is used. Typically used with Teleboss.

Activity Log Settings Ribbon Group

The Activity Log Settings Ribbon Group contains the Edit Font, Edit User Font Color, Edit Switch Font Color, Change Background Color, and Tabbed Output options.

Edit Font – When clicked, a pop-up opens with font controls, including font type, style, size, and effects. When finished making your selection click OK to save the changes or Cancel to cancel your selection(s).
Edit User Font Color – When clicked a pop-up opens with color choices. The selected color applies to the text/commands entered by the user.

Clicking the Define Custom Colors >> button, expands the pop-up to show additional color controls that allow the user to adjust Hue, Saturation, Luminosity, and the amount of Red, Green and Blue. When finished making adjustments, click Add to Custom Colors. The customized color is then added to the Custom Color pallet and is available for future selection.

When finished, click OK to save the changes or Cancel to cancel your selection(s).

Edit Switch Font Color – When clicked a pop-up opens with color choices. The selected color applies to the text displayed by the switch.

When finished, click OK to save the changes or Cancel to cancel your selection(s).

Change Background Color – When clicked a pop-up with color choices.

Select the desired background color and click OK to make the change. The screenshot below shows a SMA Command window with the Switch Font Color changed to white, the User Font Color changed to a dark blue and the Background Color changed to black.

Tabbed Output – allows the displayed switch’s data to be formatted or unformatted based upon the enabling or disabling of the Tabbed Output menu.