You can use the Menu... item of the context menu to launch external applications from the Control Panelpanel.

You use the IP address of any object.
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- Right-click the area that contains the object's name. The context menu opens. Select the Menu... menu item. Then the Menu... dialog box opens.

- In this dialog box, click the button
(Add entryrecord) and enter values as shown in the following figure.

The <ip> string is a reserved expression. When application is called, the real IP address is inserted. Type this string in lowercase. - Click the button
(OK). The Menu... window shows a new entry that describes the new context menu item.

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

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