Switch Settings
From the Switches menu, you add and view basic and common switch settings. What really connects CAIRS to the switch is Unique Communication’s WOPR-ASI service. Your CAIRS administrator manages the automatic switch interface that communicates CAIRS requests to the switch via scripts. When you create a connection record in a switch, you essentially define the parameters WOPR-ASI needs to communicate with the switch.
There are four switch settings within the Actions pane:
- View Switch Settings – displays the setting type and associated switch category.
- Manage Common Settings – allows you to view and delete just the common settings. You can also add the initial value for a common setting.
- Manage Class of Service Name – allows you to create the drop-down list that defines the switch’s available Class of Services.
- Manage Class of Restriction Name – allows you to create the drop-down list that defines the switch’s available Class of Restriction.
You will need to define each of these before you can start to add your switch records into the database.