By using the Menu context menu  you can start external applications from the Control Panel.

You can pass an object's IP address as a parameter when starting applications in this manner.

For example, if you want to quickly ping an object, do the following:

1. Right-click the area with the object name and, in the context menu that appears, select Menu... .
2. The Menu... dialog box appears.
   
3. In the dialog box, click the Add record... button. In the fields that appear, enter the values as shown in the figure.

The string <ip> is a reserved expression: the real IP address of the object will be "swapped in" here when the application is called. This string must be entered in lower-case letters.

After you click the Apply button, a new entry appears, with a description of the new item in the context menu.

Now, when you right-click on the area with the object name, a context menu will appear with the newly created PING item.

If the Confirmation checkbox was set, the dialog box opens to confirm the command execution when you select this menu item. Click OK to confirm or Cancel if you do not want to execute the action.

After confirmation, the ping.exe program is started in a separate window.

For objects connecting to ATM-Intellect Workstation via RS-232, as well as for objects that have never connected to ATM-Intellect Workstation, the value 127.0.0.1 is substituted for <ip>.

The same method can be used to start other external applications, such as Radmin, etc.