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<sect2 id="modemlights">
<title>Modem Lights Applet</title>
<para> <application>Modem Lights Applet</application>, shown in <xref
linkend="modemlights-fig1">, monitors your modem while it is
working. To add this applet to a <interface>Panel</interface>,
right-click on the panel
and choose
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Add to panel</guisubmenu>
<guisubmenu>Applet</guisubmenu>
<guisubmenu>Network</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Modem Lights</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</para>
<figure id="modemlights-fig1">
<title>Modem Lights Applet</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Modem Lights Applet</screeninfo>
<graphic format="png" fileref="figures/modemlights" srccredit="John Fleck">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<sect3 id="modemlights-usage">
<title>Usage</title>
<para>This applet can be used to tell if your modem is working,
and to track its behavior and performance. It can also be
configured to call a separate script or program to have your modem
connect and disconnect when you click on the <guibutton>button
with the single green light</guibutton>.
</para>
<para>Right-clicking on the applet brings up a menu containing the
following items:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>— brings up
<link linkend="modemlights-prefs">
<guilabel>Properties</guilabel>
</link> dialog
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Help</guimenuitem> — brings up this
document.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>About</guimenuitem> — shows basic
information about the <application>Modem Lights
Applet</application>, including the applet's version and
author's name.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect3>
<!-- ============= Customization ============================= -->
<sect3 id="modemlights-prefs">
<title>Customization</title>
<para>
You can customize <application>Modem Lights Applet</application> by
right-clicking on it and choosing
<guimenuitem>Properties…</guimenuitem>. This will open the
<interface>Modem Lights Settings</interface> dialog (shown in <xref
linkend="modemlights-fig2">, which allows you to
change various settings.
</para>
<figure id="modemlights-fig2">
<title>Preferences dialog</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Preferences dialog</screeninfo>
<graphic format="png" fileref="figures/modemlights-prefs"
srccredit="John Fleck">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<para>
The properties are:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Show connect time and
throughput</guilabel> &mdash have <application>Modem
Lights Applet's</application> graphic display expand to include
two small text boxes showing the current data transfer rate (top)
and connect time (bottom).</para>
<para><guilabel>Connect command:</guilabel> and
<guilabel>Disconnect command: </guilabel> — To use
<application>Modem Lights Applet</application> to initiate a
connection, place the name of the startup command in the
<guilabel>Connect command</guilabel> text box, and the disconnect
command in the box beneath it labeled <guilabel>Disconnect
command</guilabel>. When you click on the single button on the
applet, it will connect or disconnect your modem.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Confirm connection</guilabel> —
Display a dialog box confirming your connection.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Updates per second</guilabel> — Set the update
rate of <application>Modem Lights
Applet's</application> display.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Show connect time and
throughput</guilabel> — add two text windows to the
applet showing the time you have been connected at the data
transfer rate. This is a good way to monitor your modem's
performance.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
After you have made all the changes you want, click on
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> to apply the changes and close the
<interface>Properties</interface> dialog. To cancel the changes
and return to previous values, click the
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button.
</para>
<figure id="modemlights-fig3">
<title>Advanced preferences dialog</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Advanced preferences dialog</screeninfo>
<graphic format="png" fileref="figures/modemlights-advpref"
srccredit="John Fleck">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<para><application>Modem Lights Applet's</application>
<interface>Advanced preferences window</interface> allows you to
control advanced features of the applet.</para>
<para>
The properties are:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Modem lock file:</guilabel> —
specifies the file created by the computer when the modem is
working, allowing other programs to know it is in
operation. <filename>/var/lock/LCK..modem</filename>, the default
setting, is the most common, if your computer uses a symbolic link
from <filename>/dev/modem</filename> to the actual modem
device. Check with your system administrator to see if a different
device name and therefore lock file is in use. <application>Modem
Lights Applet</application> needs this information to find and
monitor your modem.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Verify owner of lock file</guilabel>
— verify that the lockfile really belongs to the
currently running PPP daemon and is not left over from an
older one. This is checked by default and shouldn't be changed.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Device</guilabel> — Device, typically
<filename>ppp0</filename> on a Linux machine, is the name of the
network interface being used by the modem. If
<filename>ppp0</filename> is not correct for your machine, check
your system documentation for the correct designation.</para>
<para>Other possible network interface names commonly used include
<filename>ippp0</filename> for Linux ISDN;
<filename>isp0</filename> for NetBSD ISDN and
<filename>ipdptp0</filename> for Solaris PPP.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Use ISDN</guilabel> — If you use
an ISDN modem, check the <guilabel>Use ISDN</guilabel>
checkbox. <application>Modem Lights Applet</application> will then
ignore all the settings above related to standard modems.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
After you have made all the changes you want, click on
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> to apply the changes and close the
<interface>Properties</interface> dialog. To cancel the changes
and return to previous values, click the
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button.
</para>
<para> After you made all the choices you want, click on
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> to make the changes and close the
<interface>Properties</interface> dialog. To cancel the changes
and return to previous values, click on
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="modemlights-bugs">
<title> Known bugs and limitations</title>
<para>
The <guilabel>Verify lock file</guilabel> check box on the
advanced preferences window should always be left true. It is
likely to be removed from future versions of <application>Modem
Lights Applet.</application>
</para>
</sect3>
<!-- ============= Authors ================================ -->
<sect3 id="modemlights-authors">
<title>Authors</title>
<para>
<application>Modem Lights Applet</application> was written by
John Ellis (<email>johne@bellatlantic.net</email>) and Martin
Baulig (<email>martin@home-of-linux.org</email>). Please send all comments,
suggestions, and bug
reports to the <ulink url="http://bugs.gnome.org" type="http">GNOME
bug tracking database</ulink>. (Instructions for submitting bug
reports can be found <ulink
url="http://bugs.gnome.org/Reporting.html" type="http">
on-line</ulink>. If you are using
GNOME 1.1 or later, you can also use <application>Bug Report
Tool</application> (<command>bug-buddy</command>), available in the
<guisubmenu>Utilities</guisubmenu> submenu of <guimenu>Main
Menu</guimenu>, for submitting bug reports.
</para>
<para>
This manual was written by John Fleck
(<email>jfleck@inkstain.net</email>). Please send all comments and
suggestions regarding this manual to the <ulink type="http"
url="http://www.gnome.org/gdp">GNOME Documentation Project</ulink>
by sending an email to <email>docs@gnome.org</email>. You can also
submit comments online by using the <ulink type="http"
url="http://www.gnome.org/gdp/doctable/">GNOME Documentation Status
Table</ulink>.
</para>
<!-- For translations: uncomment this:
<para>
Latin translation was done by ME
(<email>MYNAME@MYADDRESS</email>). Please send all comments and
suggestions regarding this translation to SOMEWHERE.
</para>
-->
</sect3>
<!-- ============= Application License ============================= -->
<!--
<sect3 id="license">
<title>License</title>
<para>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the <citetitle>GNU General Public
License</citetitle> as published by the Free Software Foundation;
either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
</para>
<para>
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
<citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> for more details.
</para>
<para>
A copy of the <citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> is
included as an appendix to the <citetitle>GNOME Users
Guide</citetitle>. You may also obtain a copy of the
<citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> from the Free
Software Foundation by visiting <ulink type="http"
url="http://www.fsf.org">their Web site</ulink> or by writing to
<address>
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
<street>59 Temple Place</street> - Suite 330
<city>Boston</city>, <state>MA</state> <postcode>02111-1307</postcode>
<country>USA</country>
</address>
</para>
</sect3>
-->
</sect2>
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