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11. Press Enter to continue the installation.
12. Press Enter to continue.
The following screen displays when the installation is complete.
13. Press Enter.
Installing the Sentry Terminal Binary . . .
NEC America Inc   Sentry Terminal Installation   Wed - Apr 29, 1998
Installing the Sentry Database Files . . .Installing the Default Terminal Configuration Files . . .Installing the ansi_sat terminal information . ....

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UNIX Subsystem 
Database UpdateThe SCO UNIX Subsystem database must be updated for the Sentry Alarm Control 
Terminal.  
At the UNIX prompt, login as the superuser (root) and execute the SCO UNIX 
Subsystem Database authorization checking program (/tcb/bin/authck -s) and 
password deletion program (passwd -d) as shown below.
Answer yes when asked to fix the subsystem databases.  This ensures that the SCO 
UNIX...

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Database Creation
The Sentry Master Database contains information used by the Emergency 
Conference, Annoyance Trap, and Sentry Alarm Control Terminal applications. 
The Feature Application Database contains a sub set of the Sentry Master Database 
and is used by the Sentry Alarm Control Terminal program. Each feature database 
record contains an entry for each Sentry feature (Emergency Conference or 
Annoyance Trap)...

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Sentry Master 
DatabaseThe Sentry master database is named “sentry_m” by default and contains the 
following fields.
Table 2-1  Sentry Master Database Fields
Feature 
Application 
DatabaseThe feature application database uses data contained in the sentry master database.   
It is called “features” by default and contains the following fields.
Table 2-2  Feature Application Database Fields Field Description Type...

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Window Configuration Files
To create window configuration files:
1. Log in as apmadm to access the APM Administration Main Menu.
2. At the APM Administration Main Menu, type U to exit to UNIX.
3. At the UNIX prompt, type the following to change to the Sentry Alarm 
Control Terminal default configuration directory:
cd /oai/app/sentry/cfg/terminals/default
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Configuration Parameters
The Sentry Alarm Control Terminal application uses configuration parameters 
defined in configuration files found in the “/oai/app/sentry/cfg/terminals” 
directory. The following sections describe the formats and functionality of these 
files.
Master 
Configuration FileWhen a Sentry Alarm Control Terminal is started it will determine which UNIX tty 
device it is using (tty01, tty02, etc.). It...

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Data Buffer 
Configuration FileThe data buffer configuration file, “db.cfg”, contains constants and data buffer 
field definitions. Data buffers are used to store fields of ASCII character 
information contained in messages or read from a terminal. The fields within a data 
buffer may be used to build configurable display strings. 
The data buffer configuration file contains field definitions consisting of a field...

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PASS_OP_CALLER
Stations with a classification of operator or caller are passed.  All other stations are 
ignored.
PASS_SRC_CALLER
Stations with a classification of source or caller are passed.  All other stations are 
ignored.
PASS_SRC_OP
Stations with a classification of source or operator are passed.  All other stations 
are ignored.
PASS_ALL
All stations are passed.  
Login Screen User Name and Password Data Buffer...

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Clock and Caller Information Data Buffer Configuration
The clock and caller information data buffer contains date and time fields which 
may be used to create date and time display strings. The optional caller status fields 
(along with the date and time fields) are used to display caller status. The following 
fields are defined:
MONTH_NUMThe numeric month (1...12, where 1 = January, 2 = 
February, etc.)...

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Function Key Assignments Data Buffer Configuration
The function key assignments data buffer contains the function key assignment 
descriptions which are displayed in the function key help dialog (see Function Key 
Help Dialog Configuration on page 25). A function key assignment description 
field corresponding to the respective function key may be defined in the function 
key assignment data buffer.  The following...