About the Management Web Interface

The Management Web Interface provides secure access, via an SSL client, to all system control, management, and monitoring functions.

You can connect to the web interface using a computer that is equipped with a JavaScript-enabled web browser, such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.

The elements of a typical user interface page are shown below. Help is available for each page of the interface by clicking Help Center on the upper right.

Typical Screen

Date and Time: The date and time configured on this instance of the Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance Sensor Control (formerly Skylight sensor: control). To set the date and time, access the page System ▶ Configuration ▶ Time.

Alarms: Indicates alarms that have been triggered. For more information on alarms, refer to the article "Managing Alarms and System Messages". Beside the alarms, the username of the currently logged-in user along with the Sensor Control's serial number appears.

Working Area: This is where you view information and configure system parameters.

First-, second- and third-level menus: The top row presents the first level menu, and is always visible. The second row presents a menu of second-level options based on the item selected from the first-level menu. The third-level items are dependent on the option selected in the second-level menu.

To navigate to the various functions, click an item in the first-level menu, then click a second-level menu item until you access the function you want to use. Each menu item you select will be highlighted. For example, in the figure above, the selected menu item is System ▶ Alarm ▶ General.

Selecting a third-level menu option often displays a summary of the information requested. If you then click one of the items listed in the summary, you will obtain detailed information on that item. The parameters present on both the summary and detailed pages are described within one table in this manual. For example, the table for System ▶ Session ▶ Permissions describes all parameters present on both the summary page for all sessions and the detailed page for a specific session. The parameters are listed in the tables in the order in which they appear on the screen, wherever possible.

Remote Device Drop-down List: Allows you to select a remote device by its name or serial number. A remote device is a performance module that is being controlled by the Sensor Control. The selected device will be used to filter various tables that display information related
to remote devices.

Logout button: Use this button to log out from the current session.

Reset: Use this button to reset the values displayed in a page, before you apply the change.

This is useful when you are not sure precisely which values you changed and want to start over using the previous configuration. This action has the same effect as leaving a page to view another page and then returning to this page. Available on some pages only.

Apply: Use this button to apply the changes made on the page to the equipment. This action changes the equipment configuration immediately. Available on some pages only.

Search: Use this button to filter any list shown on a page to only display information related to the remote device selected in the drop-down list or the search term entered in the search field. Once you have the desired list shown on the page, you can also click this button to refresh the status and values of each field. For example, this can be useful in a Results page, helping you to view the changing results while a test is performed.

The total number of results found after a search is given in the lower-left corner of the Results page, as well as the index values of the items currently displayed on-screen (for example, [1-25] of 254). Use the page navigation links in the lower-right corner of the page to move between the pages of results.