UWS Explorer User Interface Overview

Main Window

The main window of the UWS Explorer for Wireless Network Services is shown below:

The main window is divided into four functional areas:

Main Window Area	Actions
Menus	Configure UWS Explorer.
Upper Panel	Select the environment, account, and device input parameters.
Middle Panel	Invoke specific API calls.
Request and Response Panes	View XML representations of API request and response objects.

Menus

The menu area displays the Settings and About menus:

Menu	Description
Settings	Allows you to: Define how long UWS Explorer will wait for an API call to return. (See Set UWS Explorer Options) Set the filtering level on the XML requests and responses that appear in the panes at the bottom of the main window. (See Set UWS Explorer Options) Select an option that will automatically load device information from the Verizon ThingSpace Platform when you log in to UWS Explorer. (See Set UWS Explorer Options)
About	Displays basic information about UWS Explorer, such as the version number and copyright information.

Description

Settings

Allows you to:

Define how long UWS Explorer will wait for an API call to return. (See Set UWS Explorer Options)
Set the filtering level on the XML requests and responses that appear in the panes at the bottom of the main window. (See Set UWS Explorer Options)
Select an option that will automatically load device information from the Verizon ThingSpace Platform when you log in to UWS Explorer. (See Set UWS Explorer Options)

About

Displays basic information about UWS Explorer, such as the version number and copyright information.

Upper Panel

The upper panel area includes the following user interface controls at the upper left:

Upper Panel Control	Description
Login	Enter a username and password and the name of an account that you authorized to work with, and then click this button to log in to UWS Explorer.
Environment	Use this drop-down box to select your working environment, such as the production environment (Prod). Presently, you only have access to the Prod environment.
Account	Use this drop-down box to select your working account. Most customers only have one account.
Identifier Kind Device Identifier	Use these drop-down lists to select a device. Choose the type of identifier, such as ESN or MEID, from the Identifier Kind drop-down list. Select the identifier value from the Device Identifier drop-down list.
Refresh (Button)	Click this button to load all device identifiers associated with the selected account into the Device Identifier drop-down list.

The upper panel also includes the device information grid, which displays information about the currently selected device, including its identifiers (such as ESN, MDN, and MEID) and the first two custom fields for the device:

Middle Panel

The middle panel of the UWS Explorer screen contains a tab for each service. On each tab are buttons and input settings for each API in the service.

Request and Response Panes

The panes at the bottom of the main window display XML representations of the request and response objects for the most recently executed API call: