Emerson Process Management D5092 User's Manual
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3. 2 A AN 9 1 2 5 3 Windows NT Gpooolmg em eem nene nnns 9 1 2 0 Configuring Printed Colors irent aee ette i d eed ete dan 10 1 27 Color SUPPOM ete Rebeca etate nei ca Rte e khe a RAN Ing ue dca d Reda ar nee Ca RAN LIRE 10 1 9 Property Pages niii inten erii idi aiia ea bac e at can bcd s aa d heb d e aeg 11 T3 1 General Page tiet te ca abd avete sat eaa vae coa abc S 11 EINT A a E aE a A 12 13 111 Background Color ee ade A R 12 1 3 1 1 2 Dont Cache All Alams aaaeaii 12 1 3 1 1 3 Number of Alarms to Cache 13 Toia Logio ei etn Ges cada di 13 1 3 1 1 5 Disable Properties at Runtime nnns 13 VIAS Auto PriNt 13 1 3 2 Databases Page coim n inei Ra E FREE npa Feat ix a P aint 13 EA Luc E 14 1 3 2 1 1 Selected Databases Ust nesena 14 1 3 2 1 2 Add Database Dialog 14 1 3 2 1 3 Remove Button 15 1 3 9 Printers Page Rant ld ai a eee 15 331 GETT 15 1 9 3 1 1 Selected Printers LIst 21 dica Rede alain ald 15 1 3 3 1 2 Add Printers Dialog dirai toii edes eiie 15 1 3 3 1 3 Remove Printer Button 16 1 3 3 14 Active Printer iui eer ade 16 LITO E e e P M 16 Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 11 Dec 2007 Page 3 Alarm Printer View 1 3 3 1 Monochrome BOX ida adria aa 16 1 3 4 Attributes Page iren abia 16 A ILL
4. Printer Filtering To find out how Printer Filtering is configured for an Alarm Printer View see the Enabling Printer Filtering page 1 3 3 1 2 Add Printers Dialog This dialog appears showing a list of printers available to the Workstation or Server The user can select a local or network printer to be the designated Alarm Printer Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 41 Dec 2007 Page 16 Alarm Printer View Select Printer 5 Y x Printer Name Status Ready Type Canon GP 215 Where Mezzanine Network Comment Mezzanine Small Copier Cancel 1 3 3 1 3 Remove Printer Button Deletes the printer selected from the list box 1 3 3 1 4 Active Printer Sets the Active printer from a printer selected from the Selected Printers List If more than one printer is in this list the active one is used to print alarms 1 3 3 1 5 Fit to Page When checked a page full of alarms is printed normally used when printing to page printers see Setup of Printer Hardware topic 1 3 3 1 6 Monochrome Box When checked alarms are printed in black text no matter what colour settings have been configured in the Alarm Priorities Editor See Configure Printout Colours topic 1 3 4 A Attributes Page The Attributes Page enables the user to select the attributes that will be displayed and or printed by the Alarm Printer View Remote Automati
5. REAL TARGET 001 to 37 1 from 96 74 30 JAN 2003 15 28 00 682 LOCAL REAL TARGET 004 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 004 to 88 95 from 88 07 30 JAN 2003 15 28 00 642 LOCAL REAL TARGET 008 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 008 to 38 34 from 37 51 30 JAN 2003 15 28 00 621 LOCAL REAL TARGET 003 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 003 to 38 34 from 37 51 30 JAN 2003 15 28 00 371 LOCAL REAL TARGET 005 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 005 to 60 2 from 50 17 30JAN 2003 15 28 00 311 LOCAL REAL TARGET 002 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 002 to 46 68 from ue 4 30 JAN 2003 15 0 354 LOCAL REAL 30 JAN 2003 15 28 30 304 LOCAL REAL EEN Stop Printing 30JAN 2003 15 28 30 284 LOCAL REAL Properties 1 2 Configuration 1 2 1 Accessing the Property Pages There are three ways of accessing the Property Pages for the Alarm Printer View component 1 2 1 1 1 The context menu Right click on the Alarm Printer View window and select the Properties option as shown here Start Printing Stop Printing 1 2 1 1 2 The Desktop Mode menu If the Properties option is not available on the context menu shown above with the Alarm Printer window in focus select File gt Mode gt Configure from the OEDesktop Menu bar as shown here Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide EE E Alarm Printer View ii OpenEnterprise
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7. n 5 X Available priorities 1 3 5 3 1 4 Range of Priorities The user is able to define a range of Alarm Priorities as a filter for the Alarm Banner The from and to range numbers may be changed by using the spin arrows or by typing the number directly into the range field 1 3 5 4 Conditions Sub Page The Filter Conditions Sub Page enables the user to filter alarms according to alarm condition OE Alarm Printer Client Control Properties General Databases Printers Attributes Filter Time Zone IV Use Filter General Priority Condition State Site Other Select conditions High High Delayed Off High Range Delayed On Change of State Cancel Apply Help 1 3 5 4 1 Filter Conditions List The complete list of alarm conditions available is displayed here A single or multiple selection can be made Holding down the Shift or Ctrl keys while selecting conditions enables multiple condition selections 1 3 5 5 State Sub Page The Filter State Sub Page enables the user to filter alarms according to their state Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 devo Page 22 Alarm Printer View OE Alarm Printer Client Control Properties General Databases Printers Attributes Filter Time Zone Iv Use Filter General Priority Condition State Site Other Acknowledged Unacknowledged Cleared Uncleare
8. oie 3 Event Typo gii eed e d 17 F File LOQU uc hen ca LIRE 10 Filter Conditions Sub Page 19 Filter General Sub Page 15 16 Filter Page e cedes 15 Filter Priority Sub Page 17 Filter Site Sub Page 21 Filter State Sub Page 19 20 Fit Lee 13 Fil trn 13 G General Page 8 L Log PUG m EE 10 Fm A 10 M Monochrome Dox 13 N Name E 16 Number Alarms saei elves eb pede 9 Number sie re t edes 9 P Page J m 13 PAGO iii de 13 Plant ANCE nicolas essa 22 EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 11 Dec 2007 Page 28 Alarm Printer View Printed Colors Configuring er aaa 7 Printed Colors sssssssssesss 7 Printer Filtering Enabling sse 4 Printer Filtering sss 4 Printer Hardware sss 5 Printers Page ae d etas 12 Priorities Range aoi E anne 19 IM m dis 19 Properties ioi denas 25 Property Pages Accessing coccccccccococonanononcnonannnananccnnnnnnns 1 2 Property Pages ns 1 2 R Range eeler 19 EEO e nennen enn 19 Remove All Button sssssusss 14 Remove Attributes Button 14 Remove Button 12 Remove Printer Button 13 RUNING seed eidem ees 10 Runtime Mode sss 24 S Select Priorities Dialog
9. the Alarm Printer View can also be used to provide a filtered list of alarms events in situations where printed output is not required 1 3 1 1 5 Disable Properties at Runtime When checked the user will not be able to access these property pages whilst in Runtime mode Default allows access to the Property pages in Runtime mode 1 3 1 1 6 Auto Print When selected forces the Alarm Printer View to start printing to the active printer as soon as the Alarm Printer View goes into Runtime mode The Auto Print switch overrides the Start Printing and Stop Printing items on the context menu If the Auto Print switch is set and the user subsequently double clicks on an APC file through Windows Explorer the Alarm Printer View will start printing the alarms to the Active printer The advantage of using the Auto Print is that all the printing is activated automatically and does not rely on the user to start printing 1 3 2 Databases Page The Databases Page enables the user to configure one or more databases for which the Alarm Printer View will display alarms and events ex Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 Ee Page 14 Alarm Printer View OE Alarm Printer Client Control Properties General Databases Printers Attributes Filter Time Zone Selected Databases ttrdb1 Add Remove Cancel Apply Help 1 3 2 1 Features 1 3 2 1 1 Selec
10. 0 DIGITAL3 HP DeskJet 720C v10 3 ALL FALSE 0 DIGITAL3 HP DeskJet 720C v10 3 ALL FALSE 0 DIGITAL3 HP DeskJet 720C v10 3 ALL FALSE 0 DIGITALS HP DeskJet 7200 v10 3 ALL FALSE 0 DIGITALS HP DeskJet 720C v10 3 ALL FALSE 0 DIGITALS HP DeskJet 720C v10 3 ALL FALSE 0 DIGITALS HP DeskJet 720C v10 3 ALL FALSE 0 DIGITAL3 HP DeskJet 720C v10 3 ALL FALSE 0 DIGITAL3 HP DeskJet 720C v10 3 ALL FALSE 0 G 3 HP Deskjet 7206 v10 3 LL FALSE 7 DIGITAL3 HP DeskJet 7200 v10 3 ALL FALSE 0 DIGITAL3 HP DeskJet 720C v10 3 ALL FALSE 0 DIGITAL3 HP DeskJet 720C v10 3 ALL FALSE 0 Ix Ready 1 2 5 Setting up Printer Hardware Colours for printing alarms are configured in OpenEnterprise by using the Alarm Priority Editor see the Configuring Printout Colours topic However the hardware device printer used for printing by the Alarm Printer View will need to be configured properly also If the printer has colour capability configuring it properly will produce alarms in the nearest colour chosen for that priority The method of configuration varies depending upon the type of printer you have Printer configuration is typically performed using one of the following three methods Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide 92 eee Page 9 Alarm Printer View 1 Setting dip switches as stated in the printer s manual 2 Selecting appropriate buttons or menus on the front display panel of the print
11. 11 Dec 2007 Page 10 Alarm Printer View s HP DeskJet 720C v10 3 Properties 2l x General Ports Scheduling Sharing Security About Available Priority fo n uid i Current Priority 1 Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster Start printing after last page is spooled Start printing immediately Print directly to the printer v Hold mismatched documents v Print spooled documents first Keep documents after they have printed Cancel The option Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster will need to be selected this will spool the document onto the hard disk Once this is done SPOOLS EXE will send the document to the printer in the background 1 2 6 Configuring Printed Colors Configuration of printed colours for each of the priorities is done through the Alarm Priority configuration tool The Alarm Priority Tool is invoked from the Toolbox An Alarm Priority from the list on the left is selected and then the Display Print tab is selected From this tab the user can invoke a colour selection dialog by double clicking on the small square to the right of the Print Color label The selected colour will become the new printed colour for that alarm priority Once print colours have been set for the priorities select Apply or Close to save the data into the database The Alarm Printer View will retrieve the data from the dat
12. Apply Help 1 3 5 6 1 Features 1 3 5 6 1 1 Access Area This attribute is used to provide security for signals objects and users Every Plant Area is given a unique Access Area Wildcard rules can be viewed from the Using Wildcards topic 1 3 5 6 1 2 Plant Area This is the Plant Area name The term Plant Area is interchangeable with Site It signifies any specific location which has plant machinery configured for processing Wildcard rules can be viewed from the Using Wildcards topic 1 3 5 6 1 3 Callout Area This attribute is used where Sites are spread across large physical areas and Sites need to be assigned to Callout areas for efficiency of maintenance Wildcard rules can be viewed from the Using Wildcards topic 1 3 5 7 Other Sub Page The Filter Other Sub Page enables the user to filter alarms and events on the basis of whether they were initiated from the current Workstation a remote Workstation or on any element of the Alarm Text created by the alarm or event Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 TA Page 24 Alarm Printer View OE Alarm Printer Client Control Properties General Databases Printers Attributes Filter Time Zone IV Use Filter General Priority Condition State Site Other Current Workstation Only Workstation Alarm Text Cancel Apply Help 1 3 5 7 1 Features 1 3 5 7 1 1 Current Worksta
13. Desktop Alarm Printer View Desktop File Security Window Help Er El Save Save As Properties amp Print View gt Then right click on the Alarm Printer window and select the Properties option Start Printing Stop Printing 1 2 1 1 3 Ctrl M With the Alarm Printer View window in focus press the Ctrl and M keys on the computer keyboard simultaneously 1 2 2 Accessing the Property Pages There are three ways of accessing the Property Pages for the Alarm Printer View component 1 2 2 1 1 The context menu Right click on the Alarm Printer View window and select the Properties option as shown here Start Printing Stop Printing 1 2 2 1 2 The Desktop Mode menu If the Properties option is not available on the context menu shown above with the Alarm Printer window in focus select File Mode Configure from the OEDesktop Menu bar as shown here P S Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide 092 1 Page 7 Alarm Printer View ii OpenEnterprise Desktop Alarm Printer View Desktop File Security Window Help Er El Save Save As Properties amp Print View gt Then right click on the Alarm Printer window and select the Properties option Start Printing Stop Printing 1 2 2 1 3 Ctrl M With the Alarm Printer View wind
14. OCAL REAL TARGET 004 to 89 84 from 88 95 30 J4N 2003 15 28 30 605 LOCAL REAL TARGET 008 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 008 to 39 18 from 38 34 30JAN 2003 15 28 30 595 LOC amp L REAL TA amp RGET 003 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 003 to 39 18 from 38 34 30 JAN 2003 15 354 LOCAL REAL Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 005 to 70 23 from 60 2 30JAN 2003 15 28 30 304 LOCAL REAL PY Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 002 to 47 51 from 46 68 30JAN 200315 28 30 204 LOCAL REAL P 8 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET DO to 47 51 from 46 68 30JAN 2003 15 28 30 204 LOCAL REAL Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET O06 to 50 17 from 40 13 30JAN 2003 15 28 00 822 LOCAL REAL Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 001 to 97 1 from 96 74 30JAN 2003 15 28 00 682 LOCAL REAL TARGET 004 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 004 to 88 95 from 88 07 30 JAN 2003 15 28 00 642 LOCAL REAL TARGET 008 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 008 to 38 34 from 37 51 30JAN 2003 15 28 00 621 LOCAL REAL TARGET 003 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 003 to 38 34 from 37 51 30JAN 2003 15 28 00 371 LOCAL REAL TARGET O05 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 005 to 60 2 from 50 17 30JAN 2003 15 28 00 311 LOCAL REAL TARGET 002 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 002 to 46 68 from e 14 Properties 1 4 1 Features 1 4 1 1 Alarm Di
15. Printer In order to configure the Active Alarm Printer for an Alarm Printer View instance you need to open the Alarm Printer Properties pages and select the Printers tab See the Printers Page topic for further information on setting the Active Printer from here The name that is in the signal s printer attribute must exactly match the name of the Active Printer 1 2 4 3 Enabling Printer Filtering Printer Filtering must now be enabled in the OpenEnterprise settings file to make sure that only alarms events for signals associated with a particular alarm printer are displayed and printed by the Alarm Printer Viewer To enable this feature open the Settings Editor and find the following key Key OpenEnterprise Tasks AlarmPrinter Then look for the following value on this key and set its data to 1 Value Print Filter If the value does not exist create it Setting the data of the Print Filter value to 1 will perform two tasks The first is that it will disable the filter property pages in the Alarm Printer View and the second is the Alarm Printer Viewer will only show alarms events that match the Active Printer selected in the Alarm Printer Viewer An example is shown below Untitled OpenEnterprise Alarm Printer View fie View Configure Help D SW name pinter 3 accessersa acknowledged acknowledgedlime acknowledge DIGITAL3 HP DeskJet 720C v10 3 ALL FALSE 0 DIGITAL3 HP DeskJet 720C v10 3 ALL FALSE
16. Reference Guide e Alarm Printer View Bristol OpenEnterprise Reference Guide Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 11 Dec 2007 Page 2 Alarm Printer View Contents 1 Alarm Printer VIGeW oett ER RRERRRREREREIAKRRKKRRRRE HERE O 5 1 1 Alarm Printer Overview 0 ccccccceseceeeceeeeeeeeeececeaeaeeeceeeseceaaaeaeceeeeesesacaeaeeeeeeesessnsaaeeeeeess 5 4 as 7001 6 01 14 0 9 nennen enne ener nennen ne nennen nenne nennen nns 5 1 2 1 Accessing the Property Pages 0ooccconoccccnnnocccccononcccnnnonccnnno cnn c nano nennen ener renes 5 LZ The context menu eri te Fede a d Ed adds 5 1 2 1 1 2 The Desktop Mode menu 5 12113 Cl Miei itti nii dH redd ia 6 1 2 2 Accessing the Property Pages ccccesccceceeececeeeeeceeeneeceeeeneeceeeeneaeeeeeseasecensteneeensnees 6 1 2 2 1 1 The context menle ie dr te hne e Eee erat td re e d dna dae 6 1 2 2 1 2 The Desktop Mode menu 6 LAARI A eerte nde nace Feier tkt ence ect 7 1 2 3 Using the Alarm Printer View as an Event Log 7 1 2 4 Enabling Printer Filtering ic de pepererat aet sedere Hh eaa eth page ab dd 7 1 2 4 1 Associating Signals with a Printer emn 7 1 2 4 2 Configuring the Active Alarm Pinter 8 1 2 4 3 Enabling Printer Filtering i ne t nn tno aci Bree pate Ran 8 1 2 5 Setting up Printer Hardware eene nnne 8 1 2 5 4 Page me printers eene nnne 9 1 2 5
17. abase and use this data to set the colour of the alarm before it is printed 1 2 7 Color Support Line Printers Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 41 Dec 2007 Page 11 Alarm Printer View The Alarm Printer View will support seven colours on a line printer eg a dot matrix printer If a colour that is defined but is not supported is selected the Alarm Printer View will choose the nearest colour The seven colours that are supported are black red blue violet yellow orange and green Page Printers When a colour page printer eg a laser printer is selected approximately 60 000 colours are supported this depends on the technology of the colour page printer If the Fit to Page option is checked from the Alarm Printer View s property page and a colour line printer is the active printer the print speed will be considerably slower This is due to the fact that the line printer is having to print in true colour When printing to a black on white line printer and colours have been chosen for the priorities the printer will ignore the codes sent by the Alarm Printer View 1 3 Property Pages The General Page enables the user to configure general options for the Alarm Printer View OE Alarm Printer Client Control Properties pr m xi General Databases Printers Attributes Filter Time Zone Background Colour mE El v Don t Cache Al A
18. d Suppressed Unsuppressed Cancel Apply Help The Filter State Sub Page enables the user to filter alarms according to their state OE Alarm Printer Client Control Properties General Databases Printers Attributes Filter Time Zone Iw Use Filter General Priority Condition State Site Other Acknowledged Unacknowledged Cleared Uncleared Suppressed Unsuppressed Cancel Apply Help 1 3 5 5 1 Features 1 3 5 5 1 1 Acknowledged Filter Displays and prints all acknowledged alarms 1 3 5 5 1 2 Cleared Filter Displays and prints all cleared alarms 1 3 5 5 1 3 Suppressed Filter Displays and prints all suppressed alarms 1 3 5 5 1 4 Unacknowledged Filter Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 deer Page 23 Alarm Printer View Displays and prints all unacknowledged alarms 1 3 5 5 1 5 Uncleared Filter Displays and prints all uncleared alarms 1 3 5 5 1 6 Unsuppressed Filter Displays and prints all unsuppressed alarms 1 3 5 6 Site Sub Page The Filter Site Sub Page enables the user to filter alarms and events according to site information OE Alarm Printer Client Control Properties General Databases Printers Attributes Filter Time Zone IV Use Filter General Priority Condition State Site Other Access Area Plant Area Callout Area Cancel
19. er 3 Using software printer driver You must configure your printer to emulate an EPSON printer This will enable the Alarm Printer View to send colour codes to the printer correctly thus enabling the printer to interpret the codes and print the alarm s in colour Refer to the printer s technical manual for information on setting up the Epson emulation 1 2 5 1 Page Line printers The Alarm Printer View has the ability to print to a page or a line printer When printing to a page printer eg a laser printer all alarms are put into a buffer until one page is complete then the entire page of alarms is printed When printing to a line printer eg a dot matrix printer alarms are printed as they occur The Fit to Page option in the Printers Property page must be checked or unchecked accordingly When printing to a Page Printer the Fit to Page option should be checked and when printing to a line printer this option should be unchecked 1 2 5 2 Printer Spooling For the Alarm Printer View to be able to work efficiently printing should be done in the background by setting up the Print Spooling option This option exists in the standard Windows Printer Properties for the active printer 1 2 5 3 Windows NT Spooling If the Fit to Page flag is set then the Windows Printer Properties page must be set up as shown below Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 a
20. inters Attributes Filter Time Zone Iv Use Filter General Priority Condition State Site Other Name Description Event Type Device Name Cancel Apply Help 1 3 5 2 1 Features 1 3 5 2 1 1 Name The name attribute of the signal or object in alarm Wildcard rules can be viewed from the Using Wildcards topic 1 3 5 2 1 2 Description This is the description attribute of the signal or object in alarm Wildcard rules can be viewed from the Using Wildcards topic 1 3 5 2 1 3 Event Type This is the EventType attribute of the signal or object in alarm Event types may be any text string which has been used to define event types The actual text used will vary according to the application Wildcard rules can be viewed from the Using Wildcards topic 1 3 5 2 1 4 Device Name This is the Device Name associated with the signal or object in alarm Wildcard characters are accepted in any field Wildcard rules can be viewed from the Using Wildcards topic 1 3 5 2 1 5 Using Wildcards When using the Filter Property pages several filter settings allow wildcard characters to be specified The wildcard characters are the asterisk and question mark characters The signifies a match with zero or more characters Note any characters specified after an asterisk are ignored The signifies a match with exactly one character A few examples Wilcard Use Explanation Digital Matches with Dig
21. ital Alarm Digital Alarm9 Digital etc Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 11 Dec 2007 Page 20 Alarm Printer View Real Matches with Real1 RealX but does not match Real Analog 15 Matches with Analog Alarm386 Analog15 etc remember that the 15 after the asterisk will be ignored 1 3 5 3 Priority Sub Page The Filter Priority Sub Page enables the user to filter alarms and events according to their priority OE Alarm Printer Client Control Properties General Databases Printers Attributes Filter Time Zone jw Use Filter General Priority Condition State Site Other e All C Selection N C Range E Cancel Apply Help 1 3 5 3 1 Features 1 3 5 3 1 1 Al Priorities No filter will be applied to alarm priorities 1 3 5 3 1 2 Selection The user can select any combination of Alarm Priorities as a filter The browse button to the right becomes enabled Selection of the browse button presents the user with the Select Priorities Dialog 1 3 5 3 1 3 Select Priorities Dialog Any priorities selected from the list become highlighted until they are clicked a second time All highlighted priorities will be used as a filter when the OK button is selected Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 depo Page 21 Alarm Printer View Priority Selection
22. larms Number of alarms to cache 100 E LogtoFile File Name ES Disable Properties at Runtime Auto Print DK Cancel Apply Help OK 1 3 1 General Page The General Page enables the user to configure general options for the Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 41 Dec 2007 Page 12 Alarm Printer View OE Alarm Printer Client Control Properties General Databases Printers Attributes Filter Time Zone Background Colour Wi E I Don t Cache All Alarms Number of alarms to cache 100 4 WEE Leet Disable Properties at Runtime Auto Print Cancel Apply Help 1 3 1 1 Features 1 3 1 1 1 Background Color Selecting the browse button to the right of the white Background colour indication square displays a colour selection dialog box Click here to view this color M9 08x Basic colos EI FI NIE A WPS es Eee DW ATE EEEE O BE Eee eT Custom colors L2 5 2 235 20 Bee eee ee Define Custom Colors gt gt By default the Background colour square displays the current display scheme A new background colour can be selected by clicking on the desired colour square When the OK button on the colour dialog box is selected the selected colour is set to replace the Alarm Printer s current background colour The new colour is reflected in the Background colour s
23. m Remote Reference Guide D5092 i eee Page 15 Alarm Printer View The rtrdb1 part of the database name is an alias for a sevice defined in the Services file found in the same directory as the Hosts file In applications where there are more than one database defined these aliases may be given more descriptive names such as nw3000 dynamiclogic or corporate Each alias must have a unique service number and the numbers must be applied consistently across the application 1 3 2 1 3 Remove Button Deletes the database selected from the Selected Databases list box 1 3 3 Printers Page The Printers Page enables the user to configure one or more printers to which the Alarm Printer View will print alarms and events OE Alarm Printer Client Control Properties n x x General Databases Printers Attributes Filter Time Zone Selected Printers WCUTHBERT v_canon2 Remove Active Printer Active Printer GREAT Ww canon FittoPage Monochrome Cancel Apply Help 1 3 3 1 Features 1 3 3 1 1 Selected Printers List This is the list of printers that have been configured to print alarms by the Alarm Printer View One of the Printers must be marked as the Active Printer by selecting it and clicking the Active Printer button Each instance of the Alarm Printer View can be configured to only print alarms that are associated with its Active Printer This is known as
24. ns EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 e GE Alarm Printer View 1 Alarm Printer View 1 1 Alarm Printer Overview The Alarm Printer View is one of the few View components that are available to configure and run on both OpenEnterprise Servers and Workstations The Alarm Printer View enables the user to e Print alarms and events to a printer as they occur e Display alarms and events on screen as they occur e Start and Stop printing of alarms OE Alarm Printer iew occurencetime name description 30 J4N 2003 15 28 30 815 LOCAL REAL TARGET 001 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET DO1 to 97 45 from 97 1 30JAN 2003 15 28 30 645 LOCAL REAL TARGET D04 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 004 to 89 84 from 88 95 30 J4N 2003 15 28 30 605 LOCAL REAL TARGET 008 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 008 to 39 18 from 38 34 30 J4N 2003 15 28 30 595 LOCAL REAL TARGET 003 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 003 to 33 18 from 38 34 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 005 to 70 23 from 60 2 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 002 to 47 51 from 46 68 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET 007 to 47 51 from 46 58 30 JAN 2003 15 28 30 204 LOCAL REAL Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET O06 to 50 17 from 40 13 30JAN 2003 15 28 00 822 LOCA amp L REAL Value Updated for Signal LOCAL
25. on Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 f eee Page 17 Alarm Printer View OE Alarm Printer Client Control Properties Ze E x General Databases Printers Attributes Filter Time Zone Available Attributes Selected Attributes accessarea occurencetime acknowledgedtimedstof Add gt gt name description alarmtext Add All priority attribute value base units calloutarea eee acknowledged EMOUYE lt lt calloutdisplay cleared acknowledgedtime clienttype Remove All condition y dataset Cancel Apply Help 1 3 4 1 Features 1 3 4 1 1 Available Attributes List The attributes available for inclusion in the Alarm Printer View window Sourced from the Event Log table of the database 1 3 4 1 2 Add Button Adds the selected attribute s to the Selected Attributes list box 1 3 4 1 3 Add All Button Adds all of the attributes in the Available Attributes list to the Selected Attributes list box 1 3 4 1 4 Remove Attributes Button Removes the selected attribute s from the Selected Attributes list box 1 3 4 1 5 Remove All Button Removes all the attributes from the Selected Attributes list box 1 3 4 1 6 Selected Attributes List The list of attributes selected from the Available Attributes list to be displayed and printed by the Alarm Printer View 1 3 5 Filter Page The Filter Page contains one check bo
26. ow in focus press the Ctrl and M keys on the computer keyboard simultaneously 1 2 3 Using the Alarm Printer View as an Event Log Although the Alarm Printer View s purpose is to print alarms it actually prints the contents of the event log table from the OpenEnterprise database In order to view all events the Alarm Priority Filter of the Alarm Printer Viewer should be set to display all priorities Then it will display both alarms and events from the event log 1 24 Enabling Printer Filtering It is possible to filter alarms which appear within each instance of the Alarm Printer View according to its designated Active Printer and alarms which have been associated with this printer in the database There are 3 steps required in order to enable printer filtering of alarms 1 Associate signals with a printer 2 Make this printer the Alarm Printer View s Active Printer 3 Enable Printer Filtering in the registry 1 2 4 1 Associating Signals with a Printer Every signal has a printer attribute Printer Filtering requires that signals should be associated with a particular printer which is done by setting the signal s printer attribute to be the name of a printer that will be used as the Active Printer within a particular instance of the Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide 092 tbr ect Alarm Printer View 1 2 4 2 Configuring the Active Alarm
27. ows the user to configure Time zone settings for the Alarm View OE Alarm Printer Client Control Properties oN E X General Databases Printers Attributes Filter Time Zone Time Zone v Adjust Time Zone EMT Greenwich Mean Time Dublin Edinburgh Lisbon London Cas DI Cancel Apply Help 1 3 6 1 Features 1 3 6 1 1 Adjust Time Zone To change the Time Zone for the Alarm Printer View the Adjust Time Zone box must be checked When this box is checked the Time Zone drop down list is enabled and a new Time Zone may be selected The default setting is the physical time zone of the Server or Workstation 1 3 6 1 2 Time Zone List This list is enabled once the Adjust Time Zone box is checked It enables the user to select a time zone other than the default for the Printer View This will cause all alarm times to be shown according to the time zone selected from this list 1 4 Runtime Mode Below is an example of the Alarm Printer View running in a window within OEDesktop Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 deer Page 26 Alarm Printer View la x OE Alarm Printer iew occurencetime name description 30 J4N 2003 15 28 30 815 LOCAL REAL TARGET 001 Value Updated for Signal LOCAL REAL TARGET DO1 to 97 45 from 97 1 30JAN 2003 15 28 30 645 LOCAL REAL TARGET D04 Value Updated for Signal L
28. quare 1 3 1 1 2 Dont Cache All Alarms If checked limits the number of alarms to be cached Otherwise all alarms will be cached up to the memory limitations of the Server or Workstation running the Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 deer Page 13 Alarm Printer View 1 3 1 1 3 Number of Alarms to Cache The Alarm Printer View connects to a single printer and obtains records from the Alarm Printer Server If the Don t cache all alarms button is checked and no number is specified in the Number of alarms to cache field the Alarm Printer Server by default will cache 100 records If itis possible that the printers on which the alarms are being printed may be offline at any time then it is important to cache the alarms so that they will stay in the computers memory until they can be printed If insufficient alarms are cached during periods of increased alarm activity the alarms may be lost 1 3 1 1 4 Log to File When Log to File is checked all alarms will be saved into a log file specified in the File Name box The Alarm Printer View will save the file by default with either a LOG or a TXT extension depending on user selection The file will be viewable as text in Notepad or any other text editor Even if alarms are not being printed to a printer they will still be logged to file if this option is selected This means that
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30. rt order on the screen Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 11 Dec 2007 Page 27 Alarm Printer View 2 Index A ACCESS Alea iiid circa 21 Accessing Property Pages 1 2 ACCESSING ces iris 1 2 Acknowledged Filter 20 Active Piter 13 Add All Button oooooooconoccccnnoccconononcconononn nono 14 Add DGutton 14 Add Database Dialog 11 Add Printers Dialog 13 Adjust Time Zone esses 24 Alarm Display 25 Alarm Printer Overview uss 1 Alarm Printer View USING utn nidi A 3 Alarm Printer View eeeeeseseseee 3 Alarms Number iden aed inns 9 Sorting sse 25 EE i cree RE 9 25 AI POLOS isi riens 18 Attributes Page sess 14 Auto Print 10 Available Attributes List 14 B Background Color sss 8 C A EO Edu 9 Callout Area uot is 22 Cleared Filter eeeeeeeees 20 Color Support 7 Conditions st 19 Configuring Printed Colors sss 7 CODTIQUIHIQ iic e ec v pue og 7 D Databases Page 10 Remote Automation Solutions Description 16 Device Name eseeiine nnne 17 Disable Properties sss 10 Dont Cache All Alarms sss 9 E Enabling Printer Frltermg 4 Enabling seen 4 Event Log a A po
31. splay The alarms are displayed in this area according to the configuration set up on the Property pages 1 4 1 2 Start Printing Right clicking on the Alarm Display brings up this context menu If this option is available alarms will begin to be printed when it is selected and the Stop Printing option becomes available If the Alarm Printer View window has just opened and this option is available then printing of alarms has not yet started probably because the Auto Print alarms option was not selected on the General property page 1 4 1 3 Stop Printing Right clicking on the Alarm Display brings up this context menu If this option is available and is selected then printing of alarms will stop When the Auto Print option is selected from the General Property page both the Start Printing and Stop Printing options are disabled 1 4 1 4 Properties Right clicking on the Alarm Display brings up this context menu Selection of this option will open the Property pages for configuration of the Alarm Printer View 1 4 1 5 Sorting Alarms The default sort ordering of alarms can be changed by clicking on the relevant column heading A second click on the same column heading will reverse the sort order Note alarms are automatically sorted into descending time stamp attribute name occurencetime order by default It should be noted that when alarms are printed this is always in the order in which they are received irrespective of the so
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33. ted Databases List Displays the databases from which the Alarm Printer will source alarms 1 3 2 1 2 Add Database Dialog Enables the user to add an OpenEnterprise Database to the Selected Databases List DK Database Name oeserv3 rtrdb1 Cancel A remote database is defined by the Server s DNS name s followed by a colon followed by rtrdb1 eg OEServer rtrdb1 There is a comma in between each server if the Database is running in Redundant mode eg Master1 rtrdb Master2 rtrdb1 OpenEnterprise Databases may also be defined by IP addresses eg 102 10 0 90 rtrdb1 102 10 0 91 rtrdb1 The Server DNS names may be aliased using the Hosts file found in the c Winnt System32 Drivers etc directory This allows Databases to be named independently of specific IP addresses or DNS names A sample Hosts entry is shown below 101 100 0 183 oeserv1 oedwat1 pserv1 101 100 0 184 oeserv2 oedwat2 pserv1 The IP addresses of the Servers are given on the left then after a space or tab each alias name is specified In the example above there are two alias names defined for each Server The hash indicates that what follows is a comment After the hash above the real DNS names of the Servers is given as a reminder With the above Hosts file pinging oeserv1 would result in a reply from the machine with the IP address 101 100 0 183 even though its real DNS name is pserv1 Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess co
34. tion Only If checked alarms and events will be filtered on whether they originated from the current Workstation 1 3 5 7 1 2 Workstation If a remote Workstation is named here alarms and events will be filtered on whether they originated from that remote Workstation This field can accept wild cards and therefore if Workstations have been named generically ie OpRoom1 OpRoom2 etc the filter could apply to more than one remote Workstation 1 3 5 7 1 3 Alarm Text Any text type here will be used as a filter on the Alarm Text of any alarm or event The field can be used with wild cards 1 3 5 7 1 4 Using Wildcards When using the Filter Property pages several filter settings allow wildcard characters to be specified The wildcard characters are the asterisk and question mark characters The signifies a match with zero or more characters Note any characters specified after an asterisk are ignored The signifies a match with exactly one character A few examples Wilcard Use Explanation Digital Matches with Digital Alarm Digital Alarm9 Digital etc Real Matches with Real1 RealX but does not match Real Analog 15 Matches with Analog Alarm386 Analog15 etc remember that the 15 after the asterisk will be ignored Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 i cuo Page 25 Alarm Printer View 1 3 6 Time Zone Page This page all
35. x that enables the filtering of alarms and events When checked filtering is enabled and the actual filter pages are displayed on the same dialog Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 e Page 18 Alarm Printer View OE Alarm Printer Client Control Properties EN xj General Databases Printers Attributes Filter Time Zone Use Filter Cancel Apply Help 1 3 5 1 Use Filter Check Box When checked the Filter Sub Pages are made visible If Printer Filtering is enabled this box will be disabled 1 3 5 2 General Sub Page The Filter General Sub Page enables the user to create alarm and event filters based on the name description event type or device name of the alarm object OE Alarm Printer Client Control Properties General Databases Printers Attributes Filter Time Zone Iv Use Filter General Priority Condition State Site Dther Name Description Event Type Device Name Cancel Apply Help The Filter General Sub Page enables the user to create alarm and event filters based on the name description event type or device name of the alarm object h ex Remote Automation Solutions EMERSON Website www EmersonProcess com Remote Reference Guide D5092 devo Page 19 Alarm Printer View OE Alarm Printer Client Control Properties General Databases Pr
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