SmartServer CMS Overview
The key parts and buttons of the SmartServer CMS main page are highlighted in the figure below and described in the table that follows.
See also
SmartServer CMS Widgets Index for a description of the CMS widgets and links for tasks that are associated with these widgets.
SmartServer IoT Configuration Page Index and SmartServer Pi Configuration Page Index for an index of the tabs for the SmartServer Configuration pages, as well as links for the tasks that you can perform from the Configuration pages.
Device State Colors for a description of device states (Devices widget) as they are differentiated by color.
| Reference | Description | Notes and Reference |
|---|---|---|
| a | Company logo | Displays the company logo. See Managing Customer Accounts for information about editing the logo. |
| b | Software version | Displays the software version. See Release Notes for more information about this release. |
| c | Device Management Mode (DMM) or Independent Management Mode (IMM) | Displays the LON management mode (DMM or IMM). If you are only using BACnet or Modbus you can ignore this setting. See Switching Off LON Management for more information. |
| d |
| Collapses/expands the widget menu bar. |
| e | SmartServer app bar Dashboard name (default or custom) | Displays the dashboard name in the SmartServer app bar. See Customize Your CMS Dashboard for more information about creating, renaming, and removing dashboards. |
| f | SmartServer app bar Import/Export button (available with SmartServer IoT 3.5 and higher) | Creates a zip file of the SmartServer configuration (including the device list, as well as device type, DLA, connection, etc. files), which can be deployed to one or more SmartServers. It is also used to import one or more of these SmartServer configuration zip files. Prior to SmartServer 3.5, importing and exporting SmartServer IoT configuration files is available with the Settings button ( |
| g | SmartServer app bar
Notifications button (available with SmartServer IoT 3.2 Update 2 and higher) | Turns user notifications on/off. See Setting Notifications in the Customize Your CMS Dashboard section for more information. |
| h | SmartServer app bar
Help button | Accesses help. See Using this Documentation for more information. |
| i | SmartServer app bar
Edit button (available with SmartServer IoT 3.6 and higher) | Enables editing the dashboard. See Customize Your CMS Dashboard. With SmartServer 3.5 and higher, importing and exporting SmartServer IoT configuration files is available with the Import/Export button ( |
| j | SmartServer app bar EPS CPU Mem Storage | EPS displays events per second. Keep this number below 40 EPS for quad core SmartServers and below 20 EPS for dual core SmartServers. See Editing Datapoint Properties for more information. CPU displays CPU usage. See Managing the SmartServer SD Card for more information about system usage. Mem displays memory usage. Storage reflects percentage used internal storage (stored in /var/apollo) / percentage used SD Card storage (stored in /media/sdcard). |
| k | SmartServer app bar Date and time | Displays the system date and time. See Managing the SmartServer Date, Time, Location and Timezone. |
| l | SmartServer app bar
Language button | Displays the user interface language (English). |
| m | Navigation drawer | Lists the widgets that appear on the CMS dashboard. See Customize Your CMS Dashboard for more information about configuring dashboards. |
| n | Devices widget | Provides tabs for Edge Devices and Segment Controllers. You can find additional information about devices in the following sections: Site Provisioning, Site Integration, and Site Maintenance. |
| o | Expand button
Close button | Expands/closes widgets. |
| p | Apollo Owner | Specifies the user. See Defining Users for more information about configuring users. |
| q |
Capacity license button | Opens the Manage Licenses dialog box and shows the capacity license, which refers to the number of devices that can be provisioned, managed, monitored, and controlled by the CMS. See Manage Licenses for more information. |
| r |
Maintenance license button | Opens the Manage Licenses dialog box and shows the maintenance status for priority support and installation of upgrades. Priority support is provided by the Customer Success team for users with active maintenance licenses. Upgrades are SmartServers software updates that require an active maintenance license. See Manage Licenses for more information. |
| s | User alarm and warning information | Displays user alarm and warning information. See System-Level Warnings and Errors for more information. Click to display the alarm and warning information in the Users widget. |
| t |
Logout button | Logs you out of the CMS. |
| u | Widget display area | See SmartServer CMS Widgets Index for a description and references to all of the CMS widgets and tasks. See also Customize Your CMS Dashboard for more information about configuring widgets on the dashboard. |
Warning or error messages will appear in the upper-right hand corner of the CMS web page. Additional warning and error messages appear in the Alarms and Events widget.
