The Modify Route Address and Equipment window is used to change the service address of the route and/or to add or change equipment on the route. A separate window is displayed for each route that has an Action of Add or Change.
The Modify Route Address and Equipment window contains the following information.
Route ID | Unique system identifier of a route. For new routes, this ID is assigned upon completion of the wizard. |
Service Address | Service address associated with the Route. |
Location | Select the appropriate location description for the route.
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Equipment | |
Action | Change to be made to the associated piece of equipment. |
Equipment Type | Kind of equipment that is part of the route. |
Equipment Name | Specific name of the piece of equipment on the route. |
Current Status | Status of the equipment in equipment inventory at the present time. |
Pending Status | Status of the equipment once the changes have been committed. See Committing Route Changes. |
Pending State | State of the equipment once the changes have been committed. |
To associate a piece of equipment with the route, you can either select equipment that already is in the equipment inventory or you can create new equipment and add it to the inventory at the same time you add it to the route.
To assign equipment that already exists in equipment inventory:
Right-click in the equipment area and select Find Existing Equipment. This displays the Find Existing Equipment for Route window.
Enter the search criteria as described below:
Wire Center
Location providing service. If the service address has a wire center specified within Service Address Management, this field is automatically populated.
Equipment Status
Status of the equipment you want to find. You can select from these statuses: Available, Reserved, Assigned, and Assigned (In-Use).
Equipment Type
Kind of equipment you want to find.
Equipment Name
Specific name of the equipment you want to find. Accepts wildcards.
Filter for Service Address
Checked: Only returns equipment that is associated with the route's address in the equipment inventory.
Unchecked: Returns all equipment that matches the search criteria.
Include Immediate children
Checked: Returns equipment that matches the search criteria plus any children of those items.
Unchecked: Only returns equipment that matches the search criteria, but not the related children.
Click to initiate the search.
Click to clear the search criteria.
Equipment Search Results
Equipment Type
Kind of equipment that matches the search criteria.
Equipment Name
Name of the equipment that matches the search criteria.
Equipment Status
Status of the equipment that matches the search criteria.
Auto-Select Related Equipment
If your company has had a special event script created, checking this check box returns additional available equipment associated with the equipment that you select for the route.
Selected Equipment
Equipment Type
Kind of equipment that is to be added to the route.
Equipment Name
Name of the equipment that is to be added to the route.
Equipment Status
Status of the equipment that is to be added to the route.
Click the Search button.
In the search results area, right-click and select Select or double-click the piece of equipment you want to add to the route. The equipment moves to the Selected Equipment area.
Continue to search for and select equipment as needed for the route. The selected equipment remains in the Selected Equipment area unless you remove it.
To prevent equipment from being added to the route, right-click the equipment in the Selected Equipment area and select Remove.
Once you have selected all the equipment you want to add to the route, click OK. This adds the equipment to the Modify Address and Equipment window of the Edit Line Card Wizard.
To add new equipment to the route and the equipment inventory:
Right-click in the Equipment area and select Create New Equipment. This displays the Add Equipment window.
See Adding Equipment to Inventory to add equipment. When you click Save on the Add Equipment window, the window closes and the equipment is added to the equipment list on the Modify Address and Equipment window of the Edit Line Card Wizard and is also added to equipment inventory.
If you click Cancel, the window closes, but no new equipment is added to the equipment list or to equipment inventory.
Once the equipment has been assigned to the route, click Next.
If all the equipment specified in the line card template has been added, the Order Confirmation window of the Edit Line Card Wizard is displayed.
If some of the equipment specified in the line card template has not been added, a message is displayed listing the missing equipment types.
If you want to add the missing equipment, click No and you are returned to the Modify Address and Equipment window of the Edit Line Card Wizard. You can continue to add equipment to the route.
If you do not want to add the missing equipment, click Yes. This displays the Order Confirmation window of the Edit Line Card Wizard.
If some of the equipment on the Modify Address and Equipment window is not part of the Line Card template, a different message is displayed listing the extra equipment.
If you want to remove the extra equipment, click No and you are returned to the Modify Address and Equipment window.
If you do not want to remove the extra equipment, click Yes. This displays the Order Confirmation window of the Edit Line Card Wizard.
Note:
If you are adding multiple routes to the line card, the Modify Address and Equipment window is displayed for each service address. You can then add the appropriate equipment to each route.