SNAP Overview

Get to know the SNAP menus, toolbox, workspace and configuration blocks

WELCOME TO SNAP

Within this Guide, we’ll be Covering Each Segment you see on the Screen below. All Basic Functions of the SNAP. You can use the Side and Bottom Scroll Bars at any time to Help View the Configuration Project.

The SNAP Menus

On the Main Page you will see the Menu Buttons, Labeled as: Settings, Schedules, Logs and Help.

• Settings: Allows you to View “System” Information and to Edit / Setup the Lan Network, Host Name and Password. You can also Update the System Software and Export / Import Database as well as Reboot the System and more. See Page 18 of the SNAP Manual for more Detailed Information.

• Schedules: Displays a Page for Setting up Schedules. For Example to Schedule when Certain Alerts can be Processed. See Page 20 of the SNAP Manual for More Detailed Information.

• Logs: Offers a View of the Logs with Time and Date Stamps as well as the Message and other Important Data. The Logs can be Viewed and Saved as a Text File. Then Sent to WaveWare Technical Support for Troubleshooting. See Page 21 and 22 of the SNAP Manual for more Detailed Information.

• Help: When Viewing the Main Screen, Clicking on the “Help” from the Menu Selection, this offers you a Complete SNAP User Manual.

Note: Also when Viewing a particular Table Screen, you will see the “Help” Icon / “Help” Text of which you can “Click” On. This will take you to the Exact Area of the SNAP Manual that Addresses the Different Sections of the Configuration you are working with at that Time. Also when Viewing any Block, just Right Click and Choose Help and it will take you straight to that Block in the SNAP User Manual as well.

The SNAP Toolbox

On the Main Page you will see a Side Bar Menu List offering a Variety of Protocols, Methods and Modifiers. This “Side Bar Menu List” is called the SNAP “Toolbox” and consists of:

• Input Protocols: The Type of “Communication” that the Host System is using to Send the Incoming Data to the SNAP. See Page 23 of the SNAP Manual for more Detailed Information.

• Input Method: The Type of “Connection” used to “Connect” the Host(s) to the SNAP, Generally Serial or Ethernet. See Page 40 of the SNAP Manual for more Detailed Information.

• Modifiers: Offers Filtering (White / Black Lists), Translations, Routing, Monitoring, State, Reporting and De-Bounce. See Page 41 of the SNAP Manual for more Detailed Information.

• Output Protocols: The Type of “Communication” that the Down Stream Device Attached to the SNAP is Expecting. See Page 56 of the SNAP Manual for more Detailed Information.

• Output Methods: The Type of “Connection” used to “Connect” the SNAP to the other Device(s) Down Stream. See Page 80 of the SNAP Manual for more Detailed Information.

SNAP Auto-SAVE

On the Main Page will also Notice the Top Right Corner where it states: Saved, Log Out and Check to Pause Unit.

• Saved Work: Each Time you Add or Edit the Screen it will Say “Unsaved Changes” and then within a Few Moments it will Change and state “Saved” as the SNAP Automatically Saves your Work for you, as you Go Along with each Step of the Configuration. Generally within about 4 Seconds “After” you have Stopped Moving the Mouse or Typing, it will Save your Information and Edits, just as long as you are Not still actually doing something on the Main Screen.

• Log Out: Once you have Completed your Work with the SNAP, you should Log-Out of the System.

• Check to Pause Unit: Checking the Box Allows you to Stop the Unit from Processing any Data while you are Working within the Configuration. When you have Finished with the Changes, Editing, then you can Uncheck this Feature and the Unit will then Start Processing Data once again (Receiving and Sending Data).

The SNAP will usually be able to Automatically Start using the Updated Configuration without having to be Restarted.

Note: Although Rare, if you Do ever Notice that something is Not working or if you do not see the Updated Configuration as Expected, then Cycle Power to the SNAP by using the Power Button. This Generally Corrects any issues.

SNAP WorkSpace Controls

On the Main Page will also Notice the Bottom Right Corner where there are Multiple Icons:

• Compass Control: The SNAP Blocks can be Placed anywhere on the Screen. At any time, you can Click on the “Compass” Icon which will Automatically Move the Entire Project to the Center of the Screen.

• Enlarge Control: Clicking on this Icon will Enlarge the Entire Project which allows for Better Viewing of the Work Space area of which you are working with at the time.

• Reduce Control: Clicking on this Icon will Reduce (Shrink) the Entire Project which allows for Better Viewing of the Overall (Complete) Project Area.

• Trash Can Control: For any Un-Used Blocks, etc. Simply Click and Drag them to the Trash Can and they will be “Deleted” from the Project. You may alternately select a Block and press the Delete key on your keyboard.

Note: Any Items Deleted are Not able to be Brought Back to the Project and so you would have to Start again for that Portion of the Project. There is no Undo/Redo function.

SNAP configuration blocks

What are these “Blocks” and How do they work Together? The SNAP offers a Variety of Inputs Protocols and Outputs Protocols and Methods (The Type of Connections available).

The SNAP also offers “Modifiers”, which allows the “Modifying” of certain Portions of the Configuration.

The SNAP offers the Very Latest Methods of Configuration by using a Web Browser along with what we Call “Blocks”. These Blocks are able to Connect to each other by being Placed at their Proper Location, Referenced within each Block, Meaning that All Blocks have their own Preconfigured Connection Data, they know their own Purpose, How they can be used within the Overall Configuration.

The Blocks know if they are Allowed to be Connected to another Block or not.

Looking at the Example Below, Notice the “TAP Output Protocol” Block and the “Ethernet Output Method” Block.

The TAP Output Block is the “Protocol” (TAP) that will be used for the Outgoing Data coming “From the SNAP.”

The Ethernet Output Block is the “Method” (Ethernet) that will be used for the Type of “Connection” that will be used between the SNAP and the Device Receiving the Outgoing Data.

You will Notice that in the Example Below that the Red Arrow is Showing Exactly where the 2 Blocks would “Connect”.

When the Connecting Block is “Accepted” by another Block, the 2 Blocks will “Attract” and so “Pull Together”. They will actually “SNAP” into Place. You will also hear a “Clicking” Sound, if you are using Speakers.

If the Block is Not being Placed into the Correct Location, the Modules will repel from each other, Not allowing the Connection. This lets you know that what you are trying to do is Not Possible and to look for an Alternative.

Sometimes it is just the Block at the wrong Location and so by Placing it at the Correct Location, it “SNAPs” into Place.