The Q3Browser - the Graphical User Interface to Q3ADE.

The Q3 Browser is the user-friendly interface to Q3ADE and Q3ADE 3G.  It offers a range of advanced features to assist the user in navigating the information and services in Q3ADE 3G.

The purpose of the Q3Browser is to allow operational management, field technicians and developers to perform management operations in a graphical environment.

The Q3Browser acts as Web Client application using the Q3ADE 3G (or any Q3ADE application including the HTTPGW component) as the web server application.  As such, you may compare it to a specialised Web browser. It is Java based and runs on any Sun Java supported platform. E.g. you may run the Q3Browser on a PC while the Q3ADE 3G server runs on a High-end multi-processor Sun Spark host.

The Q3Browser includes by default the following graphical components

• The tree view. Provides a file-system like view of the "managed objects" in the system. The objects appear with individualized icons.

• The alarm log (bottom pane). List of alarms in the alarm log, sorted according to severity and status. Provides various functions for alarm management.

• The map view (right pane). A graphical organization of your resources into maps, which may be populated with clickable icons, lines, meters, graphs and text fields. May be configured by drag-drop or automatically. Includes also an event correlation function, providing  bubble-up alarm animation.

• The macro recorder/editor (not shown). A function you can active to record management trancations for replay, e.g. in connection with auto-configuration or testing.

Check the screen shots for examples of the use of the q3browser.

The Q3Browser may be extended with specialized components developed using the GUIDO Development package.