If the applet does not load and start a seperate java applet window then your browser does not have the latest Java plugin.
You should have the plugin for 1.4.0 or later.

This has been tested under mozilla with the latest plugin.

This page needs to be served by an http server on the same server as is running the allert collector process to work.

Leaving this page will stop the Alert Console applet
You should minimise this page and use the applet window