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1. Main Features 1 Trend Pen Information Lists the following infor mation about each pen e Entity e Attribute e Value at selected location e Description Trend Pen Selection The buttons labeled SP1 SP8 put the selected Entity and Attribute in the Entity Information Area and change the chart s scales to those of the pen selected Clicking on the symbol will clear the Entity Information Area and change the chart s scales back to 0 100 Time and Date of Current Selection This is the time and date of the selected location Samples and Rate This is the number of samples shown and the sample rate Current View These two timestamps indicate the start and end of the current view Time Selection Scroll Bar The lower scroll bar Sentient Computing 2006 48 10 Selected Location screen NI Six Second Samples A maker re Selected time 10 03 30 05 22 96 60 x Sin Second Samples o 66 100 r lt 21200 BurnTemp TE 1200 PV 140 s o 10 2 10 Are gt 1400 BurnTemp TE 1500 PV Are gt 1300 BumTemp TE 1400 PV TS 1000 PV Are gt 1000 Burnteme TS 1100 PV Are gt 1100 BumTemp TS 1200 PV L rez1200 BumTemp TE 1000 PV L rez1000 BurnTemp TE 1100 PV Are gt 1100 BumTemp Lena iG 49 52 24 22nd May 10 25 24 gt may be used to select a time within the current view Time Selected Manipulating the time selection s
2. 11th Sep 10 24 14 Sei E HR ALEFEI Main Features 2 Acknowledging an Alarm To acknowledge an 1 Structure alarm in the Alarm Pop up first select the alarm by The Alarm Line consists of a single line which clicking on it in the pop up then click on the check displays the latest alarm in the system as well as icon a button which pops up the Alarm Pop up 2 Purpose 3 Clearing the Alarm Line Pressing c or C will clear The Alarm Line the alarm line It will not clear the alarm line of other Navigators on the network e Informs the user of the latest alarm in the sys tem and Note The Alarm Line does not perform any Pop up window prioritization of alarms or filtering of alarms for E that con sole For this reason we recommend the Using the Alarm Line Alarm Pop up for systems where alarms play a 1 Calling up the Alarm Pop up You can do this key role in the control strategy by clicking on the pop up button Please read the section on pop ups for more details of the Alarm Pop up Notes 1 Silencing the Buzzer You can silence the buzzer by hitting the Z key or clicking on the silence icon in the Alarm Pop up e Provides a means of calling up the Alarm Sentient Computing 2006 O 13 MacroView Navigator Manual Message Line The diagram below shows the main features of the message line The Navigator is an interactive viewer for MacroView Applications The Navigator is designed to prov
3. dialog in the message line 2 Purpose The Page Line is the primary mechanism for moving to different pages in the application Using the Page Line 1 Page Up and Page Down Just click on the relevant icon to move up or down in page number Any blank pages will be skipped You may also use the Page Up or Page Down keys on the key board Page Line Features PBD C2 Fuel Viv Anf Page Line AURA eA Schematics xl Note These will be blank when the application is not a paging application Go to a particular page Click on the P icon or press the P key to start the Please enter a page gt dialog in the message line Note that you may enter a page number or a file name Some examples are cq tanks trends 5 overview pumps schemat Sentient Computing 2006 O 19 MacroView Navigator Manual Application Line and Application Matrix The diagram below shows the main features of the Application Line and Application Matrix Application Line and Application Matrix Features Main Features 1 Structure e The Application Line is a pull down combo box of all the applications available to the user Some of the applications in the pull down list may also have icons in the applica tion matrix e The Application Matrix is a matrix of icons each representing one of the applications available to the Matrix 2 Purpose e The Application Line provi
4. E g confirming a value set request or other action Sentient Computing 2006 14 MacroView Navigator Manual Scratch Pad The diagram below shows the main features of the Scratch Pad Scratch Pad Features The Navigator is an interactive viewer for MacroView Applications The Navigator is designed to provide you with an easy means of finding your specific applications If you need more information on the Navigator please consult the Navigator user manual Main Features 1 Structure The Scratch Pad is the main data input area for the Navigator 2 Purpose The Scratch Pad is used to enter e Entity and attribute names and values e Page numbers e Application names e Special codes 3 Time Out If there has been no activity in the Scratch Pad area for 10 seconds it clears itself Using the Scratch Pad 8 Message Line 1 Generally The Scratch Pad is used in conjunction with the Message Line as a prompting mechanism E g the Message Line will prompt the user to enter an entity name or page number 2 Confirm and Deny If you have entered a value to be set in the system the message line may ask you to confirm the value before it is written to the field source Press the Y key or 11th Sep 11 10 00 EA Scratch Pad click on the Y button to confirm or press the N key or click on the N button to deny the request Sometimes these buttons are used just to confirm that a message has b
5. Entity Description ALMDT Address msgs alarms dbf TAG DTTM Indexed on dtoc date time tag DT TM ALMPRI Address msgs alarms dbf TAG PRIORITY Indexed on str 10 priority dtoc date time tag PRIORITY HMSGDT Address msgs histmsgs dbf TAG DTTM Indexed on dtoc date time tag DTTM Table 12 Alarm Application Entities Entity Description HMSGPRI Address msgs histmsgs dbf TAG PRIORITY Indexed on str 10 priority dtoc date time tag PRIORITY Address msgs sysalarm dbf TAG DTTM Indexed on dtoc date time tag DTTM SYSALMDT Sentient Computing 2006 O 75 MacroView Navigator Manual GUIDEDT Address msgs guides dbf TAG DTTM Indexed on dtoc date time tag DTTM Alarm Application dgt Files The dgt files are used to display the Alarm Application information These files are located in the MACRODIR msgs app 1 directory The following table describes the dgt files and their functions Table 13 Alarm Application dgt Files Name Description alarms dgt Alarms Display Page Emergency Alarm Warning errlog dgt Internal Errors Display Page guides dgt Operator Guides Display Page histmsgs dgt Historical Messages Display Page mini_alm dgt Pop Up Alarms Display msg_conf dgt Alarms Application Configuration Page msg_menu dgt Alarms Application Menu Page msg_page dgt Part of the Alarms Application Internal Structure msg_leg d
6. Pop up Line Components include Pop up Line e Group pop up an Single pen trend pop up AN Note Entity information pop up ap popup used to search for an entity ap attRibute pop up Alarm Pop up Click on the button next to the alarm line PER Time Pop up To set the marker time in 25 Ed E an the time line press I on your keyboard 11th Sep 11 24 33 Zoom Pop up Press Z on your key a _ ae board About Navigator _W Close pop ups closes all above pop ups Main Features Structure The pop up line consists of a series of small icons on a single line of the tool box Each pop up button pops up the associated dis play in the defined area Purpose A convenient way to bring up the var lous pop up windows Group Pop up A group faceplate for the cur rent selected entity appears in the left most area of the screen Trend Pop ups Same as for the group If the point is trended the pop up uses the historical data Otherwise no pop up will appear Note Pop up This is a small yellow window that displays the documentation field of the entity if it exists in the lower left corner of the window If there is no documentation for the entity the AN button will remain grey and the pop up will not appear Entity search The pop up is used to search and select specific entities 7 Attribute pop up The pop up is used to select attributes for the scratch pad 8 Al
7. amp Zoom Pop up 1 Select Graphic Go to the graphic you wish to zoom in on Bring up Pan amp Zoom Pop up Press the Zoom On button and optionally the Pan On button as well Note Pressing just the Pan On button will enable panning but without zooming enabled not much can be done Zoom In Draw a rectangle around the area you wish to zoom in on by clicking at one corner and dragging to the opposite corner Note The aspect ratio of the area defined is not important MacroView will maintain the correct aspect ratio Pan Panning may be done by pressing the Pan arrow buttons or using the scroll bars which appeared on the edges of the Application when panning was enabled Exit Pan amp Zoom Mode When done click on the All Off button to exit pan and zoom mode 34 MacroView Navigator Manual 4 Trend Application 4 1 Overview e The Trend Application runs within the Navigator Application framework and com plies with the standard Navigator Application interfacing requirements e The Trend Application consists of pages of pre configured multi pen charts that may display MacroView historical data as well as database information e The configuration of the Trend application is provided within the application itself This chapter describes 1 the application and it s structure ii how to use the application 111 how to configure the application iv the engineering details that an engineer wou
8. in a pen s history 1 Selected Pen Lists the selected pen as well as which entity and attribute this corresponds to Search Comparison Press button to select type of comparison Comparison may be e Less than lt Equal e Greater than gt Search Direction Specifies whether search should be backwards or forwards in time Search Value The value to be used in the search comparison Search Instructions This area will instruct the user on what to do Action Button This button which may have various labels is used in conjunction with the Search Instructions Close Button Closes the search pop up Search Span This shows the time span cov ered in the search so far Search Values This shows the maximum min imum and average values for the selected pen found so far in the search Sentient Computing 2006 From 10 19 24 05 22 96 To 10 19 24 05 22 96 Maximum 74 Average 74 9 Minimurn 74 Using the Trends Search Window 1 Choose the direction type and value for the search Press the search button The current view will be searched If the search is successful the Search Instructions will say Found and you will be given the option of searching again or closing If the value is not found when the end of the view is reached you will be given the option of continuing Each continuation searches another entire view The number of samples in a view varies but is usually between 400
9. the Navigator For information on configuring the application from the Configurator please see the MacroView Engineering Manual You may also configure various parameters Sentient Computing 2006 O 83 MacroView Navigator Manual from within the Navigator if you have the correct permissions as follows i Add a new group page ii Edit an existing groups fields Fields include e Description e Entity e Alternate Faceplate e User Editable e Menu Color 111 Delete a group page Adding a Group To add a group you should i First call up the group application and hit the P key The system will respond with Please enter a page gt Now enter the word config The configuration screen will appear Note if you do not have the relevant permissions please see your System Administrator Gi Click on the Above or At Bottom radio buttons and then Click on the INSERT BLANK button to add a new record A new record will appear in the database either at the bottom of the list or above the currently selected entry When adding Above please add one page at a time Sentient Computing 2006 O 84 MacroView Navigator Manual Editing a Group To edit a group you should 1 Select the cell to be edited ii Edit the cells contents in the edit line at the top of the list The entries in the Description field appear both in the title bar when viewing the page and in the menu pages list If no entities are
10. 24 24 Sentient Computing 2006 O 36 MacroView Navigator Manual Alternate Trend Display a http 192 168 20 201 vnc htm Microsoft Internet Explorer fe fe File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Qee X gt x a yo Search Le Favorites B amp wj X la a 3 Links gt Moe B21F012 PV REFRESH M _r B21L008 PV 6 MINUTES O Pes B21T011 PV AVERAGE MA ve B21Q010 PV Mens B21K361 PV res B22L002 PV MA reo B21015H2 PV 14th Sep 10 13 31 _ _ Pens B21 025A RUN al MITIN ej Trends 18 06 16 08 06 16 08 06 16 08 06 16 08 06 17 08 06 17 08 06 17 08 06 17 08 06 17 08 06 17 08 06 17 08 06 17 08 06 6sec spl F 00 20 42 00 21 42 00 22 42 00 23 42 00 00 42 00 01 42 00 0 42 00 03 42 00 04 42 00 05 42 00 06 42 00 07 42 00 J 1min spl Fe x 6min ave F3 Hrly ave Fa Day Ave Fs CI ETA FET ee ee rs et Page Setup F6 7 0 100 F7 CURRENT Fs l Internet Sentient Computing 2006 O 37 MacroView Navigator Manual 4 2 Using the Trend Application This section describes how you use the Trend Application to view the historical and data base information and how to manipulate its presentation With MacroView s Trend Application users can access any aspect of the Trend Applica tion with any MacroView terminal that is connected to the network In a typical session users may e Call up the Trend Application from the Application matrix by clicking o
11. AAA Er s P T3 fov s a Ams Er s Pl py Fog si AE ev Foc j Pvy Fo E Attri Ama EA tr attribute historized See the Macro View Engi neering manual s History chapter for informa tion on how to historize entities Attribute The pen s attribute must be histor ized for this pen s selected entity Scale High The optional scale high for this pen If nothing is specified the Entity s scales are used Scale Low The optional scale low for this pen If nothing is specified the Entity s scales are used Note If either scale is entered they both must be Digital If the value to be trended is digital set this option Insert Blank Press to insert a new trend page Insertions may be either above currently selected record or at bottom 10 Delete Current Press to delete the currently selected record There is no confirmation Note Graphic display screens within the configu ration may reference specific pages of the trends application Adding or deleting pages may affect these links 11 Edit Defaults F1 Press to bring up a text editor 53 on the trends defaults file This file controls e The pen colors MacroView Navigator Manual 4 5 Trend Application Reference This section is designed to assist the engineer in understanding and maintaining the Trend Application Package The section is written in a form suitable for an engineer who is familiar with MacroView met
12. Key Area Features Main Features Structure e The Six Common Function buttons are located just above the Soft Keys e The Soft Keys are a block of keys at the base of the tool bar The function keys may be invoked from the keyboard Cer tain applications may change the soft key colors or disable certain softkeys Purpose e The Common Function buttons allow one click access to several commonly used actions e The Soft Keys provide a flexible means of invoking functions from an application and under control of the application Using the Common Function Buttons Menu Pressing this button displays the cur rent applications menu page Home Pressing this button displays the Navigator pages Quick Access screen More If there are more application icons installed than will fit in the Application matrix pressing this button will show more icons If there is sufficient space available this button will be unnecessary and disabled Print Pressing this button will send a screen dump of the entire navigator to a printer Custom This button may be configured in the Navgator Defaults to perform a com monly used function Exit Pressing this button brings up the exit screen If so configured a password may be requested Common Functions Soft Key Area gt 6sec spl 1min spl 6min ave Hrly ave Day Ave Page Setup 0 100 CURRENT Using the Soft Keys 1 Invoking the function There are severa
13. Pop up Line or iii pressing the minus sign on the keyboard Documentation Using the Note Pop up 1 Scrolling through the Text Just use the scrollbar to see the documentation Read only Note that you cannot modify the text in the Note pop up This has to be done from the engineering Configurator Sentient Computing 2006 29 MacroView Navigator Manual Entity Pop up The diagram below shows the main features of the Entity Pop up Entity Pop up Features ft Filter Area Scroll Bar Entities CLOSE tt Close Button Main Features 1 Objective Provides a simple means to find an entity and to place that entity name into the scratchpad For more information on the Scratch Pad please see the relevant section in the Navigator Overview chapter of this document 2 Structure The Entity Pop up consists of a scrollable list of entities sorted alphabetically which satisfies the optional filter criteria 3 Call up Press the CTRL E key or click on the E key in the Pop up line 4 Closing the Pop up Close the Pop up by either i clicking on the Close Button ii clicking on the minus icon in the Pop up Line or 111 pressing the minus sign on the keyboard Using the Entity Pop up 1 Entering a filter In the Edit Area at the top of the pop up type in those characters you know are in the entity name that you are searching for and then press the enter key The pop up will disp
14. System ID ivr BEEPING DISABLED MACRODIR u macro config _ NAVDIR u macro nav Er peel fie No Beeping Fo Pop up Line To display Group Trend and Attribute information Of the Entity in the Scratch Pad Also used for 1 O pop for address information ABE VW oran M ir About Navigator Y Al ALNEFF Sentient Computing 2006 O MacroView Navigator Manual 1 6 How it works The Navigator consists of a series of clearly defined tools and modules that are available To control the flow of information between the user and the application Screen Applications Navigator Tools Keyboard and MacroView Programs mouse Entry and other sources Navigator Each Navigator module has a set of clearly defined functions and variables Possible Input ff A Device or Program Navigator Tool Possible Actions Keyboard with Update the screen in Key table the defined area Mouse click in definite area Set of meta scripts or Launch Applications Send messages to roVi i ae MacroView Programs with applications or other Application e g Navigator variables tools Alarm Manager Live Data Set Navigator Other Navigator variables Tools Sound buzzer Sentient Computing 2006 10 MacroView Navigator Manual 2 Navigator Modules This chapter discusses the various modules that are closely associated with the Macro View Navigator The first secti
15. When you have found the attribute of interest click on the attribute to write the attribute into the scratchpad Note If you already know the name of the attribute you can press the R key or click on the R button in the scratchpad and type it directly into the message line Please see the section in the Navigator Over view chapter of this document Sentient Computing 2006 28 MacroView Navigator Manual Note Pop up The diagram below shows the main features of the Note or Comment Pop up 1 Note Pop up Features Close Button Information Scrollbar Main Features Structure The Note Pop up consists of a scrollable text area that contains the document comment field of the entity in the scratchpad Purpose The Note Pop up provides a means of seeing the free format textual information that can be associated with every entity Typically this information may consist of maintenance or operating procedures as well as information relating to the physical position of the sensor Call up Press the CTRL N key or click on the AN key in the Pop up line Note The N button will be highlighted yellow if the entity in the scratchpad has a Note attached to it If there is no data associated with the entity and the button is grey then pressing AN will not bring up the Note Pop up Closing the pop up Close the Pop up by either i clicking on the Close Button ii clicking on the minus icon in the
16. for the user This means that the number of windows and their placement is always under control and key information is not hidden e Provides a means of quickly and efficiently adding new applications and covering more areas of the plant This means that the system can grow as the process becomes more and more under control e Provides a means of adding optimization applications such as SPC Log Books and Control Room Organizer These types of applications can result in significant improvements in efficiency quality and production Sentient Computing 2006 O MacroView Navigator Manual 1 3 Documentation This document is the Navigator User Manual The sections of the manual are described briefly below In summary the chapters include Navigator Overview Describes the general format of the Navigator Package and it also describes functions of the various areas within the presentation What New Describes the new features added since the 3 0 4 release Navigator Modules Discusses the various modules such as the Scratch Pad that are closely related to the Navigator Navigator Pop ups Describes the various kinds of Pop ups that can be invoked from the Navigator Standard Applications There is a section for each of the standard Macro View applications These include gt Trends gt Alarms e Groups e Details Navigator Reference This chapter documents the Navigator files and file structures 1 4 Further Reading Plea
17. in any of the Tag fields the page will be skipped when paging up or down through the group pages The Tag fields need not all be filled in The Face fields allow an alternate faceplate to be used rather than the type based face plate The file specified in the Face fields must exist in the same directory as the type based faceplates This is typically MACRODIR groups lt source gt The Color fields control the color of the pages entry on the menu page This coloration can be used to identify page functions Lighter colors are recommended for readability If the editable field is T the page will be editable from the menu page Deleting a Group To delete a group you should i Select the record to be deleted Gi Click on the Delete Button The selected record will be deleted Using the Generic Faceplate The Navigator comes with a group template which may be used for any type While it is usually a good practice to create a group faceplate for every type in some cases the generic faceplate will suffice To enable the generic faceplate for a source the file MACRODIR groups app1 openerr dgt should be copied to MACRODIR groups lt source gt openerr dgt Note When using the generic faceplates internal error messages may be generated These messages will say that a file could not be found and may be disregarded The generic faceplates will work for the group pop up without copying this file Sentient Computing 2
18. the MacroView Engineering Manual You may also configure various parameters from within the Navigator if you have the correct permissions as follows i Add a new Trend Group page or delete a Trend Group page ii Configure the individual entries within a selected Trend Group page Adding a Trend Group To add a trend group you should 1 First call up the trend application and press the p key The system will respond with Please enter a page gt Now enter the word config The configuration screen will appear If you do not have the relevant permissions please see your System Admin istrator A password may be required If you are prompted for a password press p then enter config lt password gt 11 Click on the Above or At Bottom radio buttons and then click on the INSERT BLANK button to add a new record A new record will appear in the database Note that graphic display screens within the configuration may reference specific pages of the trends application Adding or deleting pages may affect these links 111 Using the mouse and the edit line add a description and any other information to the trend group database Deleting a Trend Group To delete a trend group you should i First call up the trend application as in the first step of Adding a Trend Group 11 Select the record to be deleted 111 Click on the Delete Button The selected record will be deleted Note that graphic display screens
19. with all areas of the process not just the alarms associated with this console When this i option is selected no alarms acknowledgment will be allowed This behavior may be modified by editing the alarm application defaults as covered later MacroView Navigator Manual Sorting the Alarms You can sort the alarm summary by Priority normal mode or by Time and Date by click ing on the relevant button as described below Sorting the Alarms 1 To Sort by Time You will get the alarms in chronological order irrespective of their priority Click on the Time button The latest alarms will be placed at the top of the list To Sort by Priority Yyou will get the latest highest priority alarms at the top of the display even if they came ear lier than less important alarms Click on the Pri ority button The higher priority alarms will be placed at the top of the alarm list _ gt Engineering Considerations You can decide whether the system starts up in Time sorted order or Priority sorted order by modifying the alarm messages initialization script See the configuration and engineer ing section of this chapter for details Sentient Computing 2006 67 MacroView Navigator Manual Filtering the Alarms You can set up filters to selectively view alarms using the procedures shown in the dia gram below Filtering Alarms Filter Search Criteria SEARCH FILTER DATE AREA T ON MSG CONTA
20. within the configuration may reference specific pages of the trends application Adding or deleting pages may affect these links Sentient Computing 2006 O 52 MacroView Navigator Manual Trend Group Pages Editor The Trend Group Pages Editor is used to add records to delete records from and edit records in the trend groups database Trend Group Pages Editor Example trend 1 Entityt SH Main Features 1 Trend Group Description This description appears in the Navigator s title bar when the page is being viewed The description may be up to 25 characters Menu Color The background color of this page in the Trends Menu page Light Colors such as White Grey and Yellow work best Chart The Trends Chart to use for this Trends Page Note that if quicker operation is desired using the same chart for most pages reduces dis play time View Size The number of samples to display in the chart Note The higher this value the slower the opera tion of the page Typical settings are 30 or 60 Sample Rate The page s default sample rate This list comes from the historical specification For more information see the MacroView Engi neering manual Editable Status Select to make page operator editable Trend Group Page List List of the pages in Trends by description Pen Information This includes e Entity The pen s entity must have at least one Sentient Computing 2006 O A 3 a su a fr 5L
21. 006 85 MacroView Navigator Manual Engineering Tips To go to a specific page of groups from another application use the meta script SEND SetPage groups lt page number gt TO MessageCenter where lt page number gt is the page to which you wish to go To use a pop up faceplate in a graphic use the following commands SEND SetEntity lt Entity gt TO MessageCenter SEND FloatGroup TO MessageCenter 7 Detail Application 7 1 Overview The detail application is responsible for displaying the key attributes of the entity shown in the scratchpad The information is shown in a template that has been designed for the type of entity The advantages of the detail display include i No configuration As soon as an entity has been created the detail display can be viewed ii Familiar and consistent layout of presentation Operators quickly learn the layout of for example a PID controller 11 Ability to display a large amount of dynamic live information in a concise form iv Where relevant the values of the attributes may be set from within the template Note that a The Detail Application runs within the Navigator framework and complies with the standard Navigator Application interfacing requirements b The Detail Application consists of a single page of information for each entity in the system You may use the page up and page down keys to step through the entities in alphabetical order grouped by s
22. 1 Starting the Group Application Parr ds 81 SE CORTE cl Group Palen SR a E a E E NA 81 Usine the Generic Race pl ate nadaa 82 Brame bing UD 82 Using the Groups Application Menu Page nin iaa seese 83 6 3 Group Engineering and Configuration ii iii 83 Adding a Ud ro 84 A A RE nn nt Re in Re te 85 Deleting a CO sacs LR NN een en lie 85 Usinethe Generic PACS DATES Re e 85 Engineering MIS A ed ne ae le tea es 86 T Detail Applications nm E O eE EREE R TEES 86 7 1 OVE W Rien E a E E E E AE pe e E RE E E EEES 86 PUDO A AN A nd es NO 87 Sereen Layouts ds 87 Example of Custom Detail PASS iban ns ne ne E At Aden ates 89 How Entity Details a o ane daes 90 1 2 Using the Detail Application insert idad deco 92 Starting the Detail Application Pack corra ai a iaa 92 a sI A ou 92 7 3 E sin ering Considerati s a ee 93 8 Documentation Revision tte 94 Sentient Computing 2006 MacroView Navigator Manual 1 Navigator Overview The Navigator provides an easy to use framework to enable users to find their way around the various applications in a typical process control or SCADA site It is a true application enabler It responds to the various user keystrokes and mouse commands executing the selected applications in an easy to understand point and click environment 1 1 What is the Navigator The Navigator is e A set of modules or tools designed to manage the flow of information between the applications and the user It is an intellige
23. E hts ict RS ee Ua eg A nr dit ae 35 PIPE sien ann ni ren EE E EEEE TES 35 How Trend Groups ate Displayed misiis nt Rd RE ee 4 36 Alternate Trend Display oe Se tae EE AN RANA 37 4 2 Using the Trend Application tias 38 Starting the Trend Application Package siria di psoe 38 Selecting a Trend Page Trend Chart and Sample Rate 39 Working with the Trends Navigation Menu ccceescceeseceeee censeeceeeceeeeceaceeeaaeeeaeee essees 40 Usina the Search WOW rte 41 4 3 Trend Charts sienne ent nn nt ates be nn nn te de 42 Baste Trends atodos 43 Sentient Computing 2006 O MacroView Navigator Manual 6 Banded Trends sul inici 44 Dual Chart Prends Mrs e id a res re 46 o EA nn nn ote on ste ue ton ne 48 Historical Browse E A et ae M AA dan eee 49 Trends Mens Obs nest he nue At ie E at ne ce 50 Operator Trends Editorial ends 51 4 4 Trend Group Configuration Task sad Ne eee Nr nie 52 E A ee 52 Deleting a Trend Groupiin hein nm iia 52 Trend Croup Pages POMO editadas 33 4 5 Trend Application Reference id A AER 54 Setting Up the Application in the Navigator ida 54 Going Directly to a Trend A ppl atin 24 es Monnet ie mes Me 54 File STUELUTE 28e ae un a an iaa 54 Trend Application Database Structures liar dents 55 Views used by the Trends APP MOM Aa 56 Trend Application Graphic Metafiles sims Ghshnnnshiaiinainthaninns 56 Trend Application Chart Metales di ar cai 57 Trend Application e 57 Alarm Application iener an ea cannes R a ae e
24. ESF N It finds out from the entities database the type of the entity The type is used to determine which template is to be displayed DD 30 R3198 7 EE E The application locates the correct template file FIELDFAULT 14th Sep 09 58 21 NO POWER Al vo P MCC FAULT E Detail U SPEED 1 J E for the type This file is called HOME detail lt sourceName gt lt typeName gt dgt e g u macro detail uxl pid dgt for a pid type entity of the uxl source BELT DRIFT If no template is found the generic template is El used E LOCAL The application then uses the data from the driver to provide the updates in the template User Interaction Changing the entity in the scratch pad will change the detail screen laz Entity Desc Desc2 Scale High ScaleLow Eng Units p Clearing the scratch pad will display the menu page which is a list of all entities BAILEY Ja1E063 PrgeCyct Hold El MIE a IBAILEY usiEo6a Prgecyc2 Hold Tath Sep 10 07 02 BAILEY J31E066 PryeCyct Hold E e SET y If an entity is green in the menu list the current access level is higher than the entity s security level E E E pE ES E E m3 Eb E gee 2 2 8 35 P RITS safe E ERRERRBEREREBE an als From the menu page double clicking an entity in the list displays the entit
25. INS ENTITY 0 Choose a Filter Search Criteria 2 Filter Search e Select whether you want to filter on the Alarm List by Entity Conditions by Message contents by Area or by Date Click on the rele vant button e The button will go green to show it has been selected and the value from the current alarm will show in the condition win dow next to the button Modify the Filter Search Condition e Overwrite the filter condition if necessary For example if the Entity name says FIC100 and you want to see all alarms with FIC in their message click on MSG CONTAINS and enter FIC into the window Filter the Alarms List e Click the FILTER ON button to filter the Alarm List according to the conditions you have set up Turn the Filter Off Click on the OFF button to turn the filter off The Alarm list will once again return to its unfiltered state Search through the Alarm List e Use the same filter condition and the up and down arrows to search through the alarm list to find the next alarm where the filter is satisfied Note that the Search buttons will be disabled when the filter is ON Sentient Computing 2006 68 MacroView Navigator Manual Acknowledging and Deleting Alarms There are special buttons to acknowledge and clear alarms The diagram below describes how this 1s done Acknowledging and Clearing Alarms Set up the Alarm Display Choose whether you want a the alarms orde
26. ISALIVE x Security 99 Scantime 0 Pv AR Address system pccla txt Form NI 1000 El ES ce I a Entity Detail y A AIEEE mA Alarmed Attrib ATTANAMEL ARVAL ADDRLEV REGOFE BITOFF_ FORMI eo fo TEXT o o TEXT TEXT Chart Display Instantaneous trend display of selected point Current Values Display current values of attributes Sentient Computing 2006 MacroView Navigator Manual Example of Custom Detail Page Lirostermzu El NacroView Navigator B21 061B Detail Screen DRIVE1 B21 0618 e AERATION SSS SHU 0 OIL PUMP SOURCE SQDE SECURITY 99 OIL PUMP AREA AERATION COMPRESF N TTE DRIVE1 AREA ADD 3023198 AG T MEN AR FIELD FAULT 14th Sep 09 58 21 ADDRESS 30 R3198 wmv al wif e MCC FAULT E A Detail a U SPEED 1 J y E Bit o1 MR fo BELT DRIFT Binoz AUTON 0 Bios MA fo Bit 04 DIRECTN o FORWARD Bit 05 POWERS 1 No POWER Bit 06 OVERLOADS fo ok Bit 07 FIELD 1 FAULT Bios MEC 1 FAULT Bit o9 BUS 1 FAULT Bit 10 usa fo ok ENTITY ATTRIBUTE VALUES Sentient Computing 2006 O 89 MacroView Navigator Manual How Entity Details are Displayed The Detail Application Reads the entity name in the entity information area DRIVE1 JESCRIPTION AERATION RUN R cOMBRESR fo OIL PUMP OIL PUMP AREA AERATION COMPR
27. J AV AT 00 Go to Overview pages o O p AP qQ q Q sS Go to Schematics pages As AS tT Go to Trends pages t T Display Trends pop up Au AU vV Av AV wW Aw AW F9 Set attribute to MV F10 Set attribute to SV F11 F12 24 MacroView Navigator Manual 3 Pop up Overview This chapter discusses the functions of the various pop ups These pop up windows are designed to provide frequently needed information in a convenient format The pop ups may be accessed directly by clicking on the pop up icon usually in the pop up line or by pressing the associated hot key 3 1 Summary of Pop ups Each Pop up is described separately and arranged alphabetically in this chapter The table below summarizes the various pop ups that are available with the Navigator Table 1 Summary of Pop ups Pop up Description Hot Key Alarm Provides a small window showing the top lines of the alarm page none he filter and ordering is identical to the alarm page Alarms may be acknowledged from this pop up and buzzers may be silenced Group This provides a single group faceplate for the entity in the scratch CTRL g pad If a specific faceplate for that entity does not exist the generic CTRL G faceplate will be shown Entity This pop up can be used to browse through a list of configured CTRL e Search entities A filter enables you to find an entity or a group of entities CTRL E that satisfy a given criter
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29. a script and who understands database functions Setting Up the Application in the Navigator The Trend Application will come pre configured with your Navigator Going Directly to a Trend Application To go directly to a page in the Trend Groups configure a touch panel or button with the action program SEND SetPage Trend lt Page gt TO MessageCenter Where lt Page gt is the page number desired of the trend group display File Structure The table below shows the overall file structure of the Trend Application Package Table 2 Trend Application Package Files Directory Filename MACRODIR trends app 1 Trend Applica tion directory Description This is where all the Trend Application files are held These files include e the individual meta scripts associated with the Trend Application e the individual dgt files e the trend group configuration database MACRODIR trends app 1 trndgrp3 dbf charts dbf MACRODIR trends app 1 This is the Database Trend Application con figuration database It has one record for every trend page The database structure is described in the following table This is the Trend Charts database It has one record for every trend chart The database structure is described later MACRODIR trends lt file gt dgt The metafiles that define the trend applica tion app 1 lt file gt ms MACRODIR trends lt file gt dgt The metafiles t
30. age Essentially xops3 reads the dgt metafiles to display the Alarm Application Screens You should have all the normal configura tion files in this directory such as entities dbf etc Since the Alarm Application is started and displayed from the MacroView Navigator the Navigator directory should be present This directory is where all the Alarms Data bases are kept The contents and structures of these databases are documented in the MacroView engineering manual This is where all the Alarm Application files are held These files include e The individual meta scripts associated with the Alarm Application e The individual dgt files e The Alarm pages database 74 MacroView Navigator Manual Alarm Application Database Structures This 1s the database structure for the Alarm Application Table 11 Alarm Application Database Structure msgs dbf Field Description DESCRIPT Alarm Page Description DISP_DESC Display Description in title bar T F FILENAME Alarm Page file name DESC_COLR Alarm Page color in menu page Alarm Application Entities These are the entities required for the Alarm Application These entities will be copied from MACRODIR msgs app1 msg_ent dbf to MACRODIR entities when the alarms application is installed The security attribute of these entities can be used to control who can acknowledge and clear alarms operator guides etc Table 12 Alarm Application Entities
31. and 1000 Note The Search Window will not appear unless a pen has been selected Use the SP buttons to select a pen 4 MacroView Navigator Manual 4 3 Trend Charts The historical data presented in the Trends application may be viewed through several dif ferent interfaces These interfaces are the Trends Charts The standard Trends application includes the following Trends Charts e Basic Trends gt Banded Trends Dual Chart Trends gt Print Screen gt Historical Browse o Trends Menu All the charts operate on the concept of the historical view The historical view is a dura tion in time for which the process data has been accessed from the MacroView Historian Tools are usually provided to search within the view or to go to the next or previous view Whenever you go to a specific time using the Go Marker functionality a view 1s created with the requested time as the middle sample Historical Views Time Line The number of samples in a view is set according to the sample rate This is set in the His torical Specification database The setting of this value is covered in the History chapter of the Macro View Engineering manual The number of visible samples is set for each trends page For more information see the Trends Menu and Engineering sections of this chapter Sentient Computing 2006 O 42 MacroView Navigator Manual Basic Trends The Basic Trends screen displays up to eight trend pen
32. arm Pop up The alarm pop up appears below the alarm line 9 Time Marker Pop up A convenient means of selecting the time for the time marker 10 Zoom Pop up A way of using Macro View s Pan Zoom functionality on almost any Application Page 11 Close Closes all above pop ups Using the Pop up Line 1 Activating Simply click on the relevant pop up 2 Closing Close the pop up with the pop ups s close button The close pop ups button may also be used Sentient Computing 2006 O 17 MacroView Navigator Manual Time Line The diagram below shows the main features of the Time Line 1 Time Line Features The Navigator is an interactive viewer for MacroView Applications The Navigator is designed to provide you with an easy means of finding your specific applications If you need more information on the Navigator please consult the Navigator user manual We have included the following aoolications Main Features Structure The Time Line is implemented as a stack of 3 time related values i The current time ii A time marker and ili a duration marker You can set the time marker with the time pop up Please read the Time Pop up sec tion in the Pop up chapter for more informa tion on the Time Pop up Purpose The Time Line is the main mecha nism of showing time related information Current Time This is the current time shown with one second resolution It reflects the serv ers in
33. art is similar to the chart in the Trend Application For more information please see the Trend Application Chapter 2 Changing sampling times Just click on the increase sample time or decrease sample time icon to move up or down in the sample time Note The trend pop up can not be used while the Trend application is active Sentient Computing 2006 33 MacroView Navigator Manual Pan amp Zoom Pop up The diagram below shows the main features of the Pan amp Zoom Pop up 1 Pan amp Zoom Pop up Features Enable Zooming Pan Exit Pan amp Zoom Enable Panning Zoom Out Mode Main Features Objective Provides a means of using Macro View s pan and zoom functionality on almost any Navigator Application screen Structure The Pan amp Zoom Pop up consists of several buttons These include Pan On Enables panning on the current Application Zoom On Enables zooming on the current Application Pan arrow Buttons Pan in their respective directions Zoom Out Button Zooms out 50 All Off Exits pan and zoom mode closes pop up Call up Press the CTRL Z key or press P and when prompted for a page enter zoom Closing the Pop up Close the Pop up by either i clicking on the All Off Button ii clicking on the minus icon in the Pop up Line or iii pressing the minus sign on the keyboard Sentient Computing 2006 Using the Pan
34. ated with a given type Sentient Computing 2006 79 MacroView Navigator Manual How Groups are Displayed The Group Application Reads the Group database for the up to 8 names of the entities It finds out from the entities database the types of the entities The types are used to determine which faceplates are to be displayed For each entity The application locates the correct template file for the type This file is called MACRODIR groups lt sourceName gt lt typeName gt dgt e g u macro groups uxl pid dgt The application then uses the data from the driver to provide the updates in the template The templates are displayed in columns on the screen Optionally alternate faceplates can be used for the same type This feature is used when different kinds of equipment use the same type E g a temperature sensor and a flow meter might both have the same source and type but the faceplates could be specific to each function Note that when using the group pop up this alternate faceplate functionality is not used User Interaction The soft keys place the entity into the scratchpad as do the buttons below each faceplate The soft keys will change color to indicate that the faceplate has been chosen The key on the keyboard or the Menu button may be pressed to see a menu of the group pag es Press the u key on your keyboard to branch up This functionality finds the next group page containin
35. ation Lists the following infor mation about each pen e Entity e Attribute e Description 7 Trend Pen Selection The buttons labeled SP1 SP8 put the selected Entity and Attribute in the Entity Information Area Clicking on the symbol will clear the Entity Information Area Browse Scroll Bar The vertical scroll bar may be used to search for data within the current view Time and Date of Current Selection These two fields contain the time and date of the selected location Current View These two timestamps indicate the start and end of the current view View Manipulation Buttons These three buttons perform the following functions e lt Go back one view e gt Go forward one view Sentient Computing 2006 49 MacroView Navigator Manual Trends Menu The Trends Menu allows the viewing and selection of the trend groups database Trends Menu Main Features edit a trend select a page in the Trend Group selec tion which has Blue text and press the F1 soft key If a non editable page is selected no editor window will appear 1 Trend Pen Information Lists the following infor mation about each pen e Entity e Attribute e Scale High and Low If the pen is digital Trend Group Selection The browse at the top presents a list of trend pages with their descriptions and entities If the trend page is operator editable the text will be blue if not editable the text will be black Double clicking on a recor
36. atures 1 Objective Provides a simple means to enter and modify time markers These markers are held in the time line and may be used for example to locate particular events in a trend display For more information on the Time Line please see the relevant section in the Navigator Over view chapter of this document 1 Structure The Time Pop up consists of a list of entries for each time element that can be incremented decremented small or using increment or decrement keys Call up Press the I key I stands for Input Note that the Time Pop up will initially come up with the time the Navigator was started but with the minutes and seconds zeroed 3 Closing the Pop up Close the Pop up by either i clicking on the Accept or Cancel But ton ii clicking on the minus icon in the Pop up Line or iii pressing the minus sign on the keyboard Using the Time Pop up 1 Click on the appropriate button to increase or decrease the selected time entry For example to increase the day click on the button next to the day Press the Use Current Time button to use the current time for the settings When you are happy with the time stamp click on the accept button and the time stamp will be written into the time marker of the Time Line Or click on the Cancel Button to go back to the original time stamp The Time Line will show the new Time Stamp Sentient Computing 2006 32 MacroView Navigat
37. avigator Manual Dual Chart Trends The Dual Chart Trends screen displays up to eight trend pens in a traditional format It also shows one pen for an entire view Dual Chart Trends Dual chart trends bo E fu _SP MM TE 1200 PU 60 Are gt 1200 BumTemp SPJ 2 TE 1300 PU 42 Are gt 1300 BumTemp _SP HA TE 1400 PU 6 Are gt 1400 BumTemp T5 1000 PU 0 Are gt 1000 BurnTemp 09 52 24 05 2296 09 51 24 05 2296 052296 sf 22nd May 09 35 24 Main Features 1 Trend Pen Information Lists the following infor mation about each pen e Entity e Attribute e Value at selected location e Description Trend Pen Selection The buttons labeled SP put the selected Entity and Attribute in the Entity Infor mation Area and change the chart s scales to those of the pen selected Clicking on the symbol will clear the Entity Information Area and change the chart s scales back to 0 100 Range Chart Selection The buttons labeled 1 8 cause the bottom range chart to display the entire view for the selected pen Clicking on the A Le symbol will clear the range chart Time and Date of Current Selection This is the time and date of the selection Current View These two timestamps indicate the start and end of the current view Range Chart The lower chart may show one Six Second Samples A al Re Emenee 09 53 24 SP ME 15 1100 PU 1 Are gt 1100 BumTemp SP BE 15 1200 PU 0 Are
38. croll bar changes this time stamp Go to Selected Time Pressing this button displays the trend data for the selected data View Manipulation Buttons These three buttons perform the following functions e lt Go back one view e gt Go forward one view e gt Go to the most recent view The vertical band or wire bar indicates the currently selected date and time of the historical data Clicking once on the chart selects a time and date Double clicking puts the selected time and date in the Time Marker 11 Print Screen The F2 softkey will use the standard Navigator print screen method except that only the trend portion of the screen is printed MacroView Navigator Manual Historical Browse The Historical Browse screen presents historical data in tabular form Historical Browse fHistorical browse N Six Second Samples MA cal eta E E sem TE 1000 PU Are21000 BurnTemp sum TE 1400 PU Are21400 BurnTemp EX TE 1100 PU Are gt 1100 BurnTemp pu TS 1000 PU Area1000 BurnTemp ei TE 1200 PU Are gt 1200 BurnTemp Mum TS 1100 PU Are 1100 ti TE 1300 PU Arez 1300 E meee TS 1200 PU Are gt 1200 BurnTem 22nd May 11 11 24 gt gt Main Features e gt Go to the most recent view 6 Selected Location The horizontal band indicates the currently selected record of the historical data Clicking on the browse selects a time and date Double clicking puts the selected time and date in the Time Marker 1 Trend Pen Inform
39. d Clear These buttons are used to acknowledge lear the selected alarms and silence buzzer Date or Priority Order These buttons sort the alarm display in Date Time or by Priority Alarm Application Screen Layout Alarm Area Displays the Alarm Message the time and date of the alarm Alarms may be acknowledged sorted and filtered using other controls on the page Selected Alarm selected alarm a The large display shows the time date and area This is the alarm that may be acknowl edged with the X or Acknowledge button s well as the SEARCH FILTER DATE AREA T on MSG CONTAINS ENTITY av gt 1 Alarms j E Op Guides f Faf Ehm EM Int Errors Fef Alarms Legend Acknowledge Filter Select whether to display or hide acknowl edged alarms Area Control Choose whether to see all alarms or only those alarms relating to this Search Use the filter critera to search up and down through the alarms list Sentient Computing 2006 Search Use the filter critera to search up and down through the alarms list 60 Entity Information Area Double clicking in browse widget displays more detailed information about the entity alarm Time Line Clicking the alarm the browse widget writes the stamp her
40. d will go to that page Note If the Trends Chart Selection is locked on Trends Menu the page may change but the display will remain the same Trend Browse Scroll Bar This scroll bar may be used to find the desired trend page Edit Page Soft Key The Fl EDIT PAGE soft key pops up the Operator Trends Editor window To Sentient Computing 2006 50 MacroView Navigator Manual Operator Trends Editor The Operator Trends Editor pop up allows the limited editing of the trend groups data base Operator Trends Editor Example trend 2 a trends Y TE 1100 A Main Features The Operator Trends Editor pop up may be used by anyone to edit those trends pages which have been configured as operator editable 1 Current Page Information Lists the current page being edited as well as the total number of pages Trend Group Description The description appears in the Navigator title bar when the page is being viewed The description may be up to 25 characters View Size The number of samples to display in the chart Note The higher this value the slower the opera tion of the page Typical values are 30 or 60 Sample Rate The page default sample rate This list comes from the MacroView historical specification For more information see the His tory chapter of the MacroView Engineering manual Menu Color The background color of this page in the Trends Menu page Light Colors such as White Grey and Yellow
41. des a means of starting applications In particular it includes applications that do not have associated icons in the Application Matrix e The Application Matrix provides a quick way to launch frequently used applications NI ET ith Sep 11 02 07 Application alym el Line frends Application Matrix Using the Application Line 1 Starting an application e Click on the down arrow the list of available applications will appear e Click on the application to start the application and leave the list in the pulldown position or double click on the application to start the appli cation and hide the list e To hide the list Click on the arrow or click any where on the Application Line Note Re selecting the current application will not cause the current application to be re started Using the Application Matrix 1 Starting an application e Simply click once on the relevant icon in the Application Matrix Note The Navigator may be configured to replace the application matrix with a set of text buttons or a blank area This is usually done where speed is a concern e g a remote connec tion over a modem For more information see the Navigator Engineering section Sentient Computing 2006 O 20 MacroView Navigator Manual Common Functions amp Soft Key Area The diagram below shows the main features of the Soft Key Area 1 1 Common Functions amp Soft
42. e Alarm Icon Click on this to inv the Filter Filter the alarm list by Entity Date Message or Area Soft Keys Provide access to the other types of alarms and messages E g Messages Historical Messages System Message Super Find functionality MacroView Navigator Manual Sentient Computing 2006 61 MacroView Navigator Manual How the Alarm List is Displayed The alarm package continually monitors and stores alarm information in various databases for analysis The Engineering section of this manual and the Engineering manual provide more details about the structure of these databases The diagram below shows how the alarms are displayed using the Alarm Application Alarm Application How it works MACRODIR ms gs Acknowledge Clear WE Alarm Databases Alarm View gt histmsgs dbf Filt isai 3 Filters and sorts sysalarm dbf th al rms alarms dbf AA Arre E guides dbf a inf e Alarms e d omman Alarm Manager Consoles amp Areas Continually Databases Buzzer Controls updates the alarm Used to set filters databases and buzzer controls Turns on the buzzers Sentient Computing 2006 62 MacroView Navigator Manual 5 2 Using the Alarm Application This section describes how you use the Alarm Application to view filter a
43. e following infor 6 mation about each pen Time Selection Scroll Bar The lower scroll bar may be used to select a time within the current e Entity ee e Attribute e Value at selected location e Scale High and Low Time Selected Manipulating the time selection scroll bar changes this time stamp Go to Selected Time Pressing this button displays e Description the trend data for the selected data Trend Pen Selection The buttons labeled SP1 9 View Manipulation Buttons These three buttons Sentient SP8 put the selected Entity and Attribute in the Entity Information Area and change the chart s scales to those of the pen selected Clicking on the symbol will clear the Entity Information Area and change the chart s scales back to 0 100 Time and Date of Current Selection time and date of the selected location This is the Samples and Rate This is the number of samples shown and the sample rate Current View These two timestamps indicate the omputing 2006 10 44 perform the following functions e lt Go back one view e gt Go forward one view e gt Go to the most recent view Selected Location The vertical band or wire bar indicates the currently selected date and time of the historical data Clicking on the chart selects a time and date Double clicking puts the selected time and date in the Time Marker MacroView Navigator Manual Sentient Computing 2006 45 MacroView N
44. e window and shows the value below r SPEED REF Valu e of selected attribute Softkey to send the entity to the SSPP2020 scratch pad Branching Up To find the next group page containing the entity currently in the scratch pad press the u key on your keyboard Sentient Computing 2006 82 MacroView Navigator Manual Using the Groups Application 5 Menu Page To go to the menu page of the groups application while viewing groups pages press the 2 key on your keyboard or click on the Menu button To go to a specific page double click its entry in the list El 14th Sep 10 18 04 CEEL EEEL Er por I TH f ho Entries in the menu will have either blue or black text Those with blue text are editable by anyone with permissions to view the groups applications Typically several pages will be made editable so that operators can set up screens to suit their preferences and temporary needs To edit a tag select the cell you want to edit and make the changes in the edit line above the browse Only currently configured entities may be entered The descriptions may also be edited 6 3 Group Engineering and Configuration This section defines how the Group Application can be configured The section is designed for an engineer to set up the system for the operators and other users The configuration tasks may be carried out using Macro View Configurator or from within
45. ected sample rate so that no other sam ple rates are shown Clicking again unlocks the selection Edit Time Marker Drag the scales away from or towards the origin so as to get a different zoom or magnification area Go to Time Marker At any point click on the Current Soft Key to get back to the latest record in the history At that moment the trend will start updating with the latest values again Sentient Computing 2006 40 the trend chart selector If this trend chart is desired over the trend pages defaults lock the selection If a different sample rate is desired select it with the sample rate selector If this sample rate is desired over the trends pages defaults lock the selection If you wish to edit the time in the Time Marker press the Edit Marker button Note To see the Time Marker click on the Time Line to toggle the display For more information on the Time Marker see the Time Pop up page in the Pop up chapter If you wish to see the trend data for the time indi cated in the Time Marker press the Go Marker button MacroView Navigator Manual Using the Search Window The Search Window is used to quickly find a disturbance Most trend pages call the Search window module with the F1 soft key Use the procedures suggested in the diagram below Using the Search Window Main Features The search window is used to find match ing or exceeding values which are often disturbances
46. een read Special Codes To select a special function use the P page key and type in the code E g exit zoom Applications Press the P Page key and type in the page name or number or a name of an application e g trends schemat To go to a specific page of an application type in application code then a 7 fol lowed by a page number name or e g help 3 overview floorl schemat Sentient Computing 2006 15 MacroView Navigator Manual Entity Information Area The diagram below shows the main features of the Entity Information Area Entity Information Area Features Current Value amp PBD C2 Fuel Viv Ant Engineering Units E 1 ef 40 gt 11th Sep 11 17 39 En ee BEI Description About Navigator Y mi 2 lara Main Features be asked to confirm the change Just press the Y key or acknowledge button on the message line 1 Structure The Entity Information Area to acknowledge or press the N key or deny button consists of 4 lines of information about the on the message line D cbr e Some changes may be logged to historical 2 Purpose The Entity Information Area is used messages depending on how the entity and e To display key information about the current attribute are configured entity 4 Clearing the Entity Information Area e As the reference entity for other applications E g when the Detail e Press the Control and C keys application is called up
47. ers with a high level of meta script knowledge A password may be required If you are prompted for a password press p then enter config lt password gt To change the alarms defaults press the Set Defaults soft key A text editor pop up will appear By editing the settings in this file the Alarms applications behavior may be mod ified Parameters which can be changed include The default Alarm colors Allowing the clearing of alarms system alarms or operator guides Default to ordering by priority or time alarms and historical messages Default to showing or hiding acknowledged alarms for alarms system alarms or operator guides Whether to use area based alarms and if so whether to default to showing all areas or just those for the viewing console If all entities have an ACKN attribute this attribute can be set to 1 when an alarm is acknowledged Acknowledgment of alarms system alarms or operator guides recorded to historical messages After making any changes the Navigator must be restarted for the changes to take effect Sentient Computing 2006 72 MacroView Navigator Manual Engineering Considerations The Alarm application may be started from a Button or Touch Panel from within a graphic display with the command SEND SetPage alarms TO MessageCenter To go to the main alarms screen of the alarms application use SEND SetPage alarms alarms TO MessageCenter To go to the system alar
48. g the entity currently in the scratch pad Sentient Computing 2006 O 80 DESCRIPTION PM3 Dsch Hopr Lvl MacroView Navigator Manual 6 2 Using the Group Application This section describes how you use the Group Application to view the on line informa tion Starting the Group Application Package The Group Application package is integrated into the Macro View system To start up the Groups either Click on the Group Icon in the Application Matrix Select the Group Application entry from the Application Line Press the G key on the keyboard Press the P key and when asked for a page enter groups Press the P key and when asked for a page enter groups lt page number gt to go to a specific page of groups E g entering groups 4 will take you to page 4 of groups Selecting a Group Page Use the standard Navigator modules such as the Paging Line to change to the desired page number Sentient Computing 2006 81 MacroView Navigator Manual Using the Generic Faceplate The generic faceplate is used whenever there is no template for a given type The diagram below shows the main features of the generic faceplate mororo lt Entity Name A Descriptions UF PMP1 Selected Attribute AREA t List of attributes with a scrollbar if the list is too large for the area avail able Clicking on an attribute puts the attribute name in the selected attribut
49. gt 1200 BurnTempl SP EE 1E 1000 PU 64 re21000 BumTemp TE 1100 PU 104 Are gt 1100 BumTemp 09 56 24 05 2296 09 55 24 052296 09 54 24 05 22 96 22nd May 10 23 24 pf gt 668 can be useful by allowing the operator to see an important trend for a long period of time Features in the pen s history may be used to identify where other pens should be viewed When first displayed the range chart will be blank Choose a pen to view its range Turn OFF Range Chart Pressing this button clears the range chart View Manipulation Buttons These three buttons perform the following functions e lt Go back one view e gt Go forward one view e gt Go to the most recent view Selected Location The vertical band or wire bar 46 pen s data for the entire view This functionality MacroView Navigator Manual indicates the currently selected date and time of the play the time and date selected Double clicking historical data for both of the charts Clicking on the top chart puts the selected time and date in the the chart selects a time and date Double clicking Time Marker the Range Chart will cause the main chart to dis Sentient Computing 2006 47 MacroView Navigator Manual Print Screen The Print Screen is essentially the Banded Trends screen with colors which are more suited to printer output Print Screen o A A o N A o u 9 o 9 o a 22nd May 09 35 24
50. gt Alarms Color Legend Pop up sysalarm dgt System Alarms Display Page Sentient Computing 2006 O 76 MacroView Navigator Manual Alarm Application Metascripts The meta script files for the Alarms Application are located in the MACRODIR msgs app directory The following table describes the metascripts and their functions Name Table 14 Alarms Application Metascripts Description ackn_one ms almview ms Run when user wants to acknowledge on alarm from Alarms Page Creates view on alarms dbf based on Filter and Order settings area_ack ms When acknowledging an alarms this meta script checks the ACKN field of areas dbf and sets it to 1 if the acknowledged alarm area is in the areas database cons_ack ms When acknowledging an alarm this meta script checks the ACKN field of consoles dbf and sets it to 1 if the acknowledging console is in the con soles database and has an entry in the ACKN field ext_ent ms When acknowledging an alarm this meta script attempts to extract an entity from the message If successful it checks if this entity has an ACKN attribute If so it sets this attribute to 1 guiview ms Creates view on guides dbf based on Filter settings histview ms Creates view on histmsgs dbf based on Filter and Order settings msg_init ms Run on Navigator start up creates all views and declares all GLOBAL variables used in Alarms Application msgs ini User co
51. hat define the trend charts appl charts Sentient Computing 2006 54 MacroView Navigator Manual Trend Application Database Structures This is the database structure for Trend Group Pages database Table 3 Trend Application Database Structure trndgrp3 dbf Field Description TREND_DESC Description of the page This will be displayed in the menu and on the Title bar when the page is selected TAG TAGS The entity name for pen 1 through 8 ATTRI ATTR8 The attribute for pen 1 through 8 SH1 SH8 Maximum visible point for pen 1 through 8 SLI SL8 Minimum visible point for pen 1 through 8 DIGITAL DIGITAL8 Indicates a digital trace for pen 1 through 8 REFERENCE The sample reference for initial display Example If the current page has reference of 0 when it is called it will draw with samples from the fist record in hspec dbf reference 1 will draw with the second record in hspec dbf In most cases this will correspond to the REFERENCE field in hspec dbf VIEW_SIZE The number of points to display by default in a chart DESC_COLR The background color to show in the menu screen This is the database structure for Trend Charts database Field Table 4 Trend Charts Database Structure charts dbf Description FILENAME PENS File name of chart Files are assumed to be in MACRODIR trends app 1 charts The contents of this field are used in
52. ide an easy means of finding your spec applications If you need more the Navigator please consult Confirm Deny buttons Main Features 1 Structure The message line contains the most recent message for the operator 2 Purpose The message line e Acts as the main mechanism to display mes sages to the Navigator user e Prompts the user to enter values into the scratchpad area e Is used to get Yes No answers to questions such as mode changes etc 3 Message Area This is where the messages appear 4 Confirm Deny buttons These buttons are used to confirm or deny an operation such as a mode change They achieve the same function as the Yes Y and No N keys Using the Message Line 1 Message appears When an active message appears in the window the message line back ground changes color Message Line Features or BDV1205 DATA Ea 11 Sel a 11th Sep 11 02 15 1 Fil Message Line 2 The message may be e A simple message not requiring any action You can disregard the message or to clear it press the Y key e A request to select an entity or attribute or to enter a value in the scratch pad E g if you press the E key for entity the message line will say Please enter an Entity gt You may either i Enter the entity into the scratch pad and press enter ii simply press enter or 111 click on the N button to cancel the request e A request to answer a yes or no question
53. ing au a simple search criteria 1 O Scroll bars Use the scroll bars to scroll through the database Acknowledge the selected alarm or all the filtered alarms or all alarms below a certain record Silence the buzzer and clear the selected alarm Other Types of Alarm Display Use the soft keys to look at Histori cal Messages Operator Guides Sy s tem Alarms Internal Errors or to go to an associated display Super Find Sentient Computing 2006 O 65 MacroView Navigator Manual Viewing Acknowledged Alarms You can decide whether to view or hide the acknowledged alarms as shown in the diagram below Viewing Acknowledged Alarms 1 To Show ONLY Non Acknowledged Alarms Click on the NON ACKN button All alarms that ALARHS have been acknowledged will be hidden Alarms will dissapear when acknowledged _ To Show All Alarms Click on the ALL button All alarms both acknowledged and those that have not yet been ALL acknowledged will be displayed Filtering Areas You can decide to see alarms from all areas or only those alarms that are in the area assigned to the console you are on The description below shows how to select these options 3 To View Only Areas Assigned to this Console Click on the BY CONSOLE button to view only the alarms associated with this console or no con sole To View All Areas Click on the ALL button to view the alarms associ ated
54. ion By double clicking on the entity name in the pop up it is placed in the scratchpad Attribute This pop up can be used to browse through a list of attributes for CTRL r the entity currently in the scratchpad By clicking on the attribute CTRL R name in the pop up it is placed in the scratchpad Trend The trend pop up shows the trend for the entity in the scratchpad If CTRL t the entity is not trended no trend will be shown The pop up also CTRL T provides the ability to change sample times and pan back and for ward in time using the scroll bar Note Provides a small window Note showing the documentation field CTRL n for the entity selected in the scratchpad CTRL N Time Provides a simple means to enter and modify time and duration 1 I markers These markers are held in the time line and may be used to locate particular events in a trend display for example Pan amp The Pan amp Zoom pop up provides the ability to use MacroView s CTRL z Zoom Pan and Zoom functionality on any Application graphic CTRL Z Sentient Computing 2006 25 MacroView Navigator Manual Pop up Description Hot Key Application The application pop up actually a pull down menu provides a list Home f applications available from the Navigator It is activated from the followed application line You can get the list to appear by pressing the by down HOME key and using the down arrow key followed by the enter arrow ke
55. it will display detailed information about the selected entity Using the Entity Information Lines e Press the E Control E key or click on the Entity pop up button to call up the Entity pop up Now use the filter in the pop up or just double click on 5 Using the Entity and Attribute pop ups 1 Viewing Entity Information 4 lines of the selected entity are shown The values are an entity name This will send the entity to the updated every 2 seconds Entity Information Area 2 Selecting a different Entity or attRibute e Press the R Control R key or click on the e Click on the E or R buttons respectively or Attribute pop up button to call up the Attribute pop up Just click on the attribute name of interest in the pop up to send it to the Entity Information Area press the E or R button on the keyboard e Enter the new Entity or attRibute in the Scratch Pad 3 Changing the value of the attribute Note The Navigator may be configured to omit the engineering units for any attribute which does not contain PV For more information see the Navigator configuration section of the e At this stage for particular entities you may Engineering chapter e Click on the button or press the key e Enter the value and press the return key Sentient Computing 2006 O 16 MacroView Navigator Manual Pop up Line The diagram below shows the main features of the Pop up Line 1 Pop up Line Features
56. l We have included the following applications Alarms Entity Details Pop up Line This controls the various pop up windows Group Displays Help Pages Overview Pages Schematics Pages Trends Time Line This shows the current Time anda AO Bwor Time amp Duration marker we hope you enjoy using the Na forward to your comments For more detailed information please contact your MacroView distributor MacroView Navigator release for Access Level 99 u99 c99 xops3 3 12 1 1D 341 XX XX XX September 2006 release a aa a System ID ivr BEEPING DISABLED Application Line Applications are presented for selection in a pull down combo box User Name macro Console Name ivr Page Line The Page Line enables users to view page numbers for applications such as trends etc Application Matrix An icon is associated with the most used applications Launch the application by clicking once on the icon Functions and Soft Key Area Common Functions may be assigned to these soft keys which correspond to the function keys on the key board Sentient Computing 2006 12 MacroView Navigator Manual Alarm Line The diagram below shows the main features of the Alarm Line Alarm Line Features Activate Alarm Pop up Alarm Line Window Ha DE me cri or
57. l ways of selecting a softkey Nilo Jo ls BEBE EE EL o e Click on the relevant soft key button e Click on the soft key label button e Press the associated function key on your keyboard Sentient Computing 2006 21 MacroView Navigator Manual Navigator Pages About the Navigator The diagram below shows the main features of the Navigator Pages About the Navigator screen About the Navigator Features The Navigator is an interactive viewer for MacroView Applications vigator is designed to provide you Welcome Message with an easy means of finding your gt E specific applications If you need more 14th Sep 11 08 34 information on the Navigator please P consult the Navigator user manual EI a ES About Navigator Y We have included the following ne AIEEE i Sa Details MacroView Version 3 12 1 ral Group Displays nsc ES Help Pages Release Overview Pages Schematics Pages for Linux Trends O rta nt User Name macro mp We hope you enjoy using the Navigator and E a look forward to your comments Access Level 0 u99 c0 MacroView a Console Name information Senn e Beeping Enabled MACRODIR u macro config NAVDIR u macro nav Main Features 1 Structure The About About Navigator e The Console name which is likewise used to restrict unauthorized writing of set point
58. lay only those that that combination of letters contained within the entity name Note The filter is not case sensitive and you may entities have not use wild cards To Clear the Filter Just clear the filter area with the backspace key and press the enter key The pop up will show the full list of entities Selecting an Entity Use the scroll bars to move through the list of entities When you have found the entity of interest double click on the entity to write the entity into the scratchpad Note If you already know the name of the entity you can press the E key and type it directly into the message line when prompted Please see the Message Line section in the Navigator Overview chapter Sentient Computing 2006 O 30 MacroView Navigator Manual Group Pop up The diagram below shows the main features of the Group Pop up 1 Group Pop up Features Note features listed on the right are specific to the generic faceplate shown SECURITY SCANTIME Scratchpad Entity TE 1100 Close Button Main Features Objective Provides a means of showing a single group style faceplate of the entity that is in the scratchpad For more information on the Scratch Pad please see the relevant section in the Navigator Overview chapter of this document Structure The Group Pop up will be the standard group faceplate associated with the type and source of the entity in the scratchpad If there is no gro
59. ld need to effectively maintain the appli cation Purpose The purpose of the Trend Application is to i show historical and database information in a clear graphical format ii give the user a choice of presentation styles 111 provide a set of tools that enable a user to easily find the information of interest Sentient Computing 2006 35 MacroView Navigator Manual How Trend Groups are Displayed The Trend Application Reads the Trend Group database and chooses the historical files relating to the pre selected sampling period trndgrp3 dbf It also finds out from the file which attributes and entities are to be displayed and checks the hlist database to see if the entity attributes are historized hlist dbf Display the trend using the scaling informa tion from either i the Trend Group data base if it is specified 11 the Entities Archived database or iii the Type Attributes data files base Basic trends AD en Reel BEM 1E 1400 PU 10 Area1400 BurnTemp emp User Interaction The user may select the chart to use the sample rate and the time to be viewed Spe cific charts will provide additional function ality such as peak search and printing XI Six Second Samples E E BPM TE 1000 PU 92 Area1000 BumTemp 10 54 24 10 55 24 10 8624 Se 10 58 24 05 22 96 05 22 96 05 22 36 05 22 96 LENA May 870 248 4 69 22nd May 11 11 24
60. lick on the Trend Application entry in the Application Line e Press the T key on the keyboard Alternatively Touch Panels or Buttons may be engineered to start the Trend application within a graphic display Selecting a Trend Page Trend Chart and Sample Rate Use the standard Navigator modules such as the Paging Line to change to the desired page number The Trend Chart and Sample Rate are selected using the navigation menu above all trends charts Sentient Computing 2006 39 MacroView Navigator Manual Working with the Trends Navigation Menu Once you have called up the trend application you will see the trends navigation menu above the current chart The diagram below shows the various functions you can carry out using the trends navigation menu Trends Navigation Menu Basic trends ins Six Second Samples A O m Main Features Using the Trends Navigation Menu Every page of trends has a default Trends Chart 1 Ifa different trend chart is desired select it with and sample rate These may be overridden us ing the tools in the Trends Navigation Menu 1 Trend Chart Selection Lists the different trend charts available Lock Current Chart Selection Locks the cur rently selected trend chart so that no other trend charts are shown Clicking again unlocks the selection Sample Rate Selection Lists the different sample rates available Lock Current Sample Rate Locks the cur rently sel
61. ms page use SEND SetPage alarms sysalarm TO MessageCenter To go to the operator guides page use SEND SetPage alarms guides TO MessageCenter To go to the historical messages page use SEND SetPage alarms histmsgs TO MessageCenter Two useful functionalities are provided for use while engineering application pages A small A will appear on the Alarm Pop up button when the internal error list contains any records Clearing the internal error list will clear the button s label In addition if CTRL M is pressed while the Alarm Pop up is selected the pop up s display will change to a list of internal errors This list can be useful to de bug metafiles and meta scripts Sentient Computing 2006 O 73 MacroView Navigator Manual File Structure The table below shows the overall file structure of the Alarm Application Package and other related files Table 10 Alarm Application Package Related Files and Directories Directory Filename Description MACRODIR bin e g u macro bin MACRODIR e g u macro config NAVDIR or MACRODIR nav e g u macro nav MACRODIR msgs e g u macro msgs MACRODIR msgs app 1 Sentient Computing 2006 xops3 Alarms Databases Alarm Application Directory The version 3 operations program Since Alarm Application is an application running in the version 3 system this program is exe cuted to create the Alarm Application Pack
62. n the trend icon e Choose which page of the Trend group they wish to View using the Navigator Page Line Alternatively they may go directly to a specific page of the Trends by clicking on a pre configured Touch Panel Find the area of information of interest using one of the following techniques i Panning through the data using the scroll bars ii Going directly to a specific time using the Time Date selection module 111 Finding a specific disturbance using the Search module iv Using a known disturbance to find a time of interest using the Dual chart trends v Using the Historical Browse screen to view tabular data vi Changing sample times to a different rate so that a larger time span or a more detailed view can be obtained vii Viewing the data in a different way using the Banded trends e Print historical data using the Print screen Configure the Trend applications pages using the configuration screen To make it easier to understand the operations are shown in this document as a series of diagrams as opposed to long textual descriptions Note that the functions covered by the normal MacroView system are not described in detail here Starting the Trend Application Package The Trend Application package is integrated into the Macro View system To start up the Trends either e Click once on the Trend Icon in the Application Matrix Sentient Computing 2006 O 38 MacroView Navigator Manual e Double c
63. nd manipulate the alarms With MacroView s Alarm Application users can access every aspect of the Alarm Appli cation with any MacroView terminal that is connected to the network In a typical session users may Call up the Alarm Application from the Navigator application matrix by clicking once on the alarm icon Choose whether to view the Alarms System Alarms Historical Messages Operator Guide Messages or Internal Errors Sort and filter the alarm list using the various filtering modules Silence the buzzer and acknowledge alarms View associated displays Super Find To make it easier to understand the operations are shown in this document as a series of diagrams as opposed to long textual descriptions Note that the functions covered by the normal MacroView system are not described in detail here Starting the Alarm Application Package The Alarm Application package is integrated into the MacroView system To start up the Alarms Application you may do one of the following Click once on the Alarm Icon in the Application Matrix This will take you to the main alarms page Click on the Alarm Application entry in the Application Line This will take you to the last alarms application viewed Press one of the alarm keys on the keyboard Le A for alarms M for messages or Control A for system alarms Sentient Computing 2006 63 MacroView Navigator Manual Selecting the Alarm Display Page The differen
64. nfigurable Alarms Application preferences file Run on navigator start up silence ms This meta script is run whenever the user wants to silence the console beeper or an external beeper sysview ms Creates view on sysmsgs dbf based on Filter settings Sentient Computing 2006 77 MacroView Navigator Manual 6 Group Application 6 1 Overview The group application is the work horse of process control systems It emulates a set of up to 8 classical control faceplates on a single page of graphics The advantages of the group display include Quick configuration of a group The engineer only has to specify the entity names required in the group Familiar and consistent layout of presentation Operators quickly learn the layout of for example a PID controller e Ability to display a large amount of dynamic live information in a concise form Note that The Group Application runs within the Navigator framework and complies with the standard Navigator Application interfacing requirements The Group Application consists of pages of pre configured multi template graphics that display MacroView real time information The configuration of the Group application is provided within the application itself This chapter describes i the application and it s structure 11 how to use the application 111 how to configure the application iv the engineering details that an engineer would need to effectively main
65. nt graphical framework for running applications Each tool or module e Consists of a group of Meta scripts and display widgets e Is represented graphically by a particular area of the screen e Accepts its input from the mouse keyboard via a key table Touch screen or other applications e Has clearly defined associated variables e Can send messages to other Navigator tools or set Navigator variables May be used to launch applications and send messages to the applications Sentient Computing 2006 MacroView Navigator Manual 1 2 Reasons for Having the Navigator In a typical Macro View site there is a vast amount of information that must be handled and processed by a wide variety of personnel with differing backgrounds and skill s It is the function of the Navigator to present the information to these users and provide the users with the tools to efficiently move through this information In summary the Navigator e Presents the information in a clear graphical interface so that the user can easily see and manipulate the data e Presents the information in an organized structure This helps users find the information of interest quickly and enables it to be easily maintained e Provides tools for the users to quickly locate the information for analysis and also tools that can be used to manipulate the presentation of the information to highlight process problem areas for example Organizes the windowing structure
66. on of the chapter provides a summary of the modules and the remaining sections describe a single module in detail For convenience these sections have been arranged alphabetically 2 1 Navigator Module Summary Each Navigator tool has defined characteristics and functions It may be used strategically by the selected application to display information or gather the user commands These Navigator tools are covered e Alarm Line e Message line e Scratch Pad e Entity Information Area e Pop up Line e Time Line e Page Line e Application Line amp Application Matrix e Common Functions e Softkeys e Navigator Pages About amp Quick Access e Key Table The following diagram shows most of the Navigator modules Sentient Computing 2006 11 MacroView Navigator Manual 2 2 Navigator Module Message Line Various messages and prompts appear in this window A color change signifies a new message has arrived Alarm Line A Single line display shows most recent alarm You can delete alarms and call up alarm pop up from Scratch Pad The Scratch Pad is the primary means of inputting data to the Navigator Entity Information Area This shows key information Re D about the single selected entity The Navigator is designed to provide you with an easy means of finding your specific applications If you need more information on the Navigator please consult the Navigator user manua
67. or Manual Trend Pop up The diagram below shows the main features of the Trend pop up Decrease Sample Time Increase Sample Time 184335 Close Button Main Features 1 Objective The trend pop up shows the trend for the entity in the scratchpad If the entity is not trended no trend will be shown The pop up also provides the ability to change sample times and pan back and forward in time using the scroll bar 2 Structure The diagram above shows the main elements of the trend pop up 3 Call up e First ensure that you have an entity and attribute in the scratchpad that has been trended I e historical data is being collected on that entity The entity must also appear in a trend group e Now press the CTRL T key or click on the Trend icon T in the Pop up Line e If the entity is being trended the pop up will appear If not a message will appear informing you that there is no trend data 184935 Trend Pop up Features TREND001 PV 6sec sam 784828 784728 784828 18335 Scroll Bar 4 Closing the pop up Close the Pop up by either i clicking on the close Button ii clicking on the minus icon in the Pop up Line or iii pressing the minus sign on the keyboard Using the Trend Pop up 1 Panning and Zooming Use the scroll bar to Pan back to earlier historical data You can zoom by either rubber banding across the surface of the chart or by dragging the scales The function of the ch
68. ource c The detail application has a menu page which can be seen by either Going to the detail application when there is no entity in the scratch pad Clearing the scratch pad while in the detail application Pressing the key or clicking the Menu button while in the detail application This chapter describes 1 the application and its structure 11 how to use the application Sentient Computing 2006 O 86 MacroView Navigator Manual Purpose The purpose of the Detail Application is to i show a detailed faceplate of the key attributes generally all the attributes of an entity in a single page format Screen Layout The layout of each detail display will differ depending on the template of the type or structure of the entity The diagram labeled Detail Application Screen Layout on the next page shows the main presentation features of the generic Detail Display This display is used whenever a detail display for the selected type has not been defined Sentient Computing 2006 87 MacroView Navigator Manual Detail Application Screen Layout Entity Information This Area Displays information about the selected Entity Notes This is the information held in the entity documentation field You can also get this information by clicking on the yellow 4N button the pop up window This area may be edited by any user whose access level is higher than entity s security level Source TEXT Type
69. owed to clear the alarms entient Computing 2006 O MacroView Navigator Manual Viewing an Alarm 5 Associated Display Super Find Every alarm may have an associated display For example a pump alarm might have as its associated display the page showing the pump This functionality is called Super Find If an alarm has an associated display the line above the browse area will include a string such as Associated Display schemat pumps This example indicated that the selected alarm is associated with the schematics page pumps To go to this page press f on the keyboard or the F7 soft key Sentient Computing 2006 O 70 MacroView Navigator Manual Alarms Priority Colors To view the Alarm Priority Colors e Just click on the Alarms Legend Icon or press the F8 function key e At this point the pop up window shown below will appear showing the current alarm priority color scheme The Alarm Legend Priority Status The alarm priority is indicated by The status of the alarm i e whether the background color of the In Alarm record in the alarm browse sum e Acknowledged but still in alarm mary Note that Return to Normal e Out of Alarm but not acknowledged messages are displayed with a is displayed by the color of the text not green background the background in the alarm summary Click on these buttons to see the exact colors of the alarms Note The priority color applies only if the alarms ha
70. ratch pad messages should be used to set values E g to set a digital attribute STAT of the current entity to 1 the following meta script could be used SEND SetEntityAttrVal ENTITY STAT 1 TO MessageCenter Note that the Navigator automatically substitutes the current entity for the in all detail pages Sentient Computing 2006 O 93 MacroView Navigator Manual 8 Documentation Revision Log The following table describes the major changes to the documentation Table 25 Documentation Revision Log Date Revision Pages Description of Revision October 30th 3 04 All Original Issue October 31st 3 04 All Syntax fixes November 2nd 3 04 Many Separated User Manual to User Manual plus Engineering Manual Solaris Release December 14th 3 04 Many Added new chapters for groups and details December 14th 3 04 All Re combined the User and Engineering sections July 12th 3 0 5 All 3 0 5 final revisions RyanN Sept 2006 3 0 6 MM DB Update and convert to Word Sentient Computing 2006 94
71. red by priority or time b acknowledged alarms displayed c all alarms etc Select an Alarm Using the scrollbars or Search tools select an alarm to be acknowledged Acknowledge the Alarm By clicking on the acknowledge but El 15th Dec 13 54 43 ENG In Alam 4 al Ta lll is Dee 135443 D Apr el hd 3 ton the alarm will be removed from the display if you have the acknowl edged alarms hidden or if the alarm is out of alarm and the next alarm in the list will be displayed Acknowledge Alarms Up to a Time or Below a Priority If you have time ordered alarms this button will acknowledge all alarms before and including the selected PTT TTT TAT TTT TTT Ml _ be ISI Is this button will acknowledge all alarms appearing below the selected Alas Legend Fof x alarm ALARMS AREAS SEARCH FILTER Op Guides Ff ta NON fT o pe JE Sys Alarms Faf If you have priority ordered alarms ACKN MSG CONTAINS ENTTV temas 4 Es alarm in the list inclusive Acknowledge All Displayed Alarms Just click on the acknowledge all alarms button to acknowledge all the alarms shown Silence the Buzzer You can silence the buzzer by clicking on the Silence Button or pressing the Z Key Clear Alarms You can clear alarms which have been acknowledged but are still in alarm by selecting the alarm to be cleared and pressing the X icon Only visible if you are all
72. rend Application Chart Metafiles These dgt files are used to display the Trend Application Charts These files are located in the MACRODIR trends app1 charts directory The following table describes the dgt files Table 7 Trend Chart Metafiles Name Description band1 dgt Banded Trends Chart browl dgt Historical Browse duall dgt Dual Chart Trend pop_edit dgt printl dgt Pop up Trend Group Page Editor Print Screen Trends Chart simp1 dgt Simple Trends Chart tre_menu dgt Trends Menu Trend Application meta scripts The ms files are used to display the Trend Application information These files are located in the MACRODIR trends app1 directory The following table describes the dgt files and their functions Table 8 Trend Metafiles Name Description flt_trnd ms Meta script used by the pop up window for the floating trend h_viewl ms Part one of the historical view creation meta script h_view2 ms Part two of the historical view creation meta script page_ch ms Page change meta script tp_init ms Trend page initialization meta script tre_init ms Trend application initialization meta script trends ini Trend preferences Sentient Computing 2006 57 MacroView Navigator Manual 5 Alarm Application 5 1 Overview e The Alarm Application runs within the Navigator framework and complies with the standard Navigator interfacing requirements There are a number of
73. s etc screen consists of e The system ID of the Macro View server A Welcome message e Whether the buzzer has been disabled e The MacroView logo e The current server port being used e Important information relating to the Using the About Navigator Screen MacroView system which has been started 2 User Welcome This screen offers information for a first time user and provides a summary of 1 Calling Up the Screen The screen is the first screen to be displayed and may be called up at any stage from the application line Just click on the application line and then double click on the About 3 Important Information This window pro Navigator line vides information for support and maintenance people to trace versions etc The information includes e The MACRODIR and NAVDIR environment variables These relate to some of the impor tant MacroView configuration files e The version number Release ID and Operat ing system as recognized by the Navigator some of the installed applications 2 More Info Click on the More Info button to get the information that relates to the release of the package and the ID number that was installed e The Unix user name that will be used to determine whether the user has sufficient security to run certain applications Sentient Computing 2006 22 MacroView Navigator Manual Sentient Computing 2006 23 MacroView Navigator Manual Key Table The diagram belo
74. s in a traditional trend format Basic Trends E SRM TE 1000 PU 92 Are 1000 BurnTemp Selected time 10 58 30 05 2296 T etai 0 0 10 53 24 05 2296 05 2296 Sf 22nd May 10 23 24 Main Features 6 1 Trend Pen Information Lists the following infor mation about each pen e Entity e Attribute e Value at selected location e Description Trend Pen Selection The buttons labeled SP1 SP8 put the selected Entity and Attribute in the Entity Information Area and change the chart s scales to those of the pen selected Clicking on the symbol will clear the Entity Information Area and change the chart s scales back to 0 100 Time and Date of Current Selection This is the time and date of the selected location Samples and Rate This is the number of samples shown and the sample rate Current View These two timestamps indicate the start and end of the current view Sentient Computing 2006 43 10 56 24 05 22 96 Leng G 77 7724 s60 4 Basic trends bi Six Second Samples AGS oom En E BEM TE 1400 PU 10 rez1400 BumTemp TE 1100 PU 66 rea1 100 BumTemp TE 1200 PU 74 re21200 BurnTemp TE 1300 PU 30 Area1 300 BurnTemp T5 1000 PU 1 re21000 BurnTemp T5 1100 PU 0 Are gt 1100 BumTemp T5 1200 PU 0 re21200 BumTemp 60 x Six Second Samples 10 57 24 05 2296 22nd May 11 11 24 pf 24 Time Selection Scroll Bar The lower scroll bar may be used to selec
75. se see the Operator Reference for a concise summary of the operations of the Navigator This document is intended for users who do not need to know the background details of the system and are only interested in using the system For engineers the MacroView Engineering Manual details the MacroView system on top of which the Navigator operates Sentient Computing 2006 MacroView Navigator Manual 1 5 Navigator Layout The diagram below indicates the Navigator layout Scratch Pad Message Line Entity Information Area Pop up see detail The Navigator is an interactive viewer for MacroView Applications The Navigator is designed to provide you with an easy means of finding your specific applications If you need more information on the Navigator please consult the Navigator user manual a AT 11th Sep 10 43 41 el About Navigator Macro View Application We have included the following applications Alarms Entity Details Group Displays Help Pages Overview Pages Schematics Pages Trends MacroView Version 3 12 1 Common Functions Release for SCO Unix User Name macro Access Level 99 u99 c99 ADH amp 0 We hope you enjoy using the Navigator and look forward to your comments For more detailed information please contact your MacroView distributor Soft Key Area Console Name ivr
76. sible the ability to clear alarms has not been enabled The default ordering and filtering settings may be changed For more information on the clear button and default settings see the engineering section of the Alarms chapter Sentient Computing 2006 27 MacroView Navigator Manual Attribute Pop up The diagram below shows the main features of the Attribute pop up Attribute Pop up Features Selected Attribute Attributes Scroll Bar Appears if needed Close Button Main Features 1 Objective Provides a simple means to find an attribute of the entity in the scratchpad and to place that attribute name into the scratchpad For more information on the Scratch Pad please see the relevant section in the Navigator Overview chapter of this document Structure The Attribute Pop up consists of a scrol lable list of attributes of the entity in the scratchpad The selected attribute is shown at the top of the list Note The scroll bar will only appear if there is insufficient room to show all the attributes at one time Call up Press the CTRL R key or click on the R key in the Pop up line Closing the pop up Close the Pop up by either i clicking on the Close Button ii by clicking on the minus icon in the Pop up Line or iii pressing the minus sign on the keyboard Using the Attribute Pop up 1 Selecting an attribute Use the scroll bars to move through the list of attributes
77. stered trademarks of Autodesk Inc PLC 2 and PLC S are registered trademarks of Allen Bradley Sentient Computing 2006 MacroView Navigator Manual 1 3 Table of Contents Nay OO AA A 6 1 1 NAS the Nayigaton ceren na col 6 1 2 Reasons for Having the Navigator susan nl ir ann nee asta esse 7 1 3 DI a io 8 1 4 F rther REA A ne 8 1 5 A ER EE RE ORERE RGE nner ana en 9 1 6 HOW TE WORKS lisis aene eaen ai n tnt A ete irte le destila 10 Narra MOQUISS a ten NN tes use 11 Dal Navigator Module A nec ts unten en Ce 11 2 2 Navigator Mod nd art nier date 12 A SR Si ea ne Te ner en Nr ni ge 13 Message Line ne Mn ten n ines 14 A 15 ER Information A a tale N 16 Pop up Le Len et es eek a ane de Nees ee ea eet ea ect te sent 17 A nn eel EE E eet de ct t nr 18 Pac Cine ER TS EEE ne Se dt ee ENE Ere eA 19 Application Ling and Application Matrix sa annee sente 20 Common Functions amp Soft Key AT sonneries 21 Navigator Pages About the Navigator sine iden ee eee en eta eared ees 22 A Re SE as co ae coi ease ee mance es 24 Userdefined Sa 24 Pop Up OVERVIEW id mn els 25 3 1 Summ ry of POP HUIS A O a E 25 3 2 A Lie ere An er te a a 27 Alarm POP UP e RNA RS O E ce ee 27 Attrib te POBEUD es at Rs en Cet a R AE EEE aii 28 Note POP UPS eta teed ac a ae poate dt ates ne ee 29 D SE Opie Ul Sn mener nt fente Dem de cn ns 30 A 31 Time POP A A id 32 Trend POP diia 33 Pan amp Zoon POP A E A A A 34 Trend APPO a a 35 4 1 CIN VIENNE cect N
78. t a time within the current view Time Selected Manipulating the time selection scroll bar changes this time stamp Go to Selected Time Pressing this button displays the trend data for the selected data View Manipulation Buttons These three buttons perform the following functions e lt Go back one view e gt Go forward one view e gt Go to the most recent view 10 Selected Location The vertical band or wire bar indicates the currently selected date and time of the historical data Clicking once on the chart selects a time and date Double clicking puts the selected time and date in the Time Marker MacroView Navigator Manual Banded Trends The Banded Trends screen displays up to eight trend pens in a banded trend format where each pen occupies its own range of the chart Banded Trends ae trends x Six Second Samples ia el marker ss Selected time 11 09 12 05 22 96 60 Sin Second Samples a TE 1200 PV s 100 re 1200 BurnTemp TE 1300 PV L rez1 300 BumTemp 10 2 10 re21400 BurnTempl TE 1400 PV TS 1000 PV Are 1000 BurnTempl 1 TS 1100 PV L rez1 100 BumTemp TS 1200 PV 02 102100 L rez1200 BumTemp TE 1000 PV L rez1000 BumTemp 120 120 23 TE 1100 PV Are gt 1100 BumTemp 22nd Mas 11 11 24 El C start and end of the current view LENA May 77 77 24 Oo ron Main Features 1 Trend Pen Information Lists th
79. t kinds of alarms are arranged in pages of information The table below shows how to get to the various alarm pages Note that the function keys are only valid from within the Alarms Application Each alarm page references a different alarm database Table 9 Going to the Alarm pages ECRIRE TRS Type Key Page Alarms A F2 2 Alarm Icon alarms dbf System Control A F4 4 sysalarm dbf Alarms Historical F5 5 histmsgs dbf Messages Internal Control M F6 None Errors Sentient Computing 2006 64 MacroView Navigator Manual Working with the Main Alarm Display Once you have called up the Alarm application you may perform various Alarm manipu lations with the Alarm Display The diagram below shows the various functions you can Carry Out Using the Alarm Display View Acknowledged Alarms Choose whether you want Acknowl edged alarms displayed or hidden FREE Set Up the Order Basis Choose to best ri Al ze of have alarms ordered by priority or 3 by time and date A AJEE Areas Choose to view all alarm a I PE areas or only those alarms associated with this console Filter Find a particular alarm or set of alarms by setting up a simple fil ALARMS AREAS CH FILTER DATES ATE Op Guides Faf dares Aftar Sys Alarms Fal MSG CONTAINS ENTITY Hist Msgs FS 5 Int Errors Fj aC Alarms Legend _ Fe SEAR ter Tee are ae ee ln 1 earch for a particular alarm us
80. tain the application Purpose The purpose of the Group Application is to 1 show pages of up to 8 faceplates of Macro View data a faceplate is a graphical template of an entity 11 provide a set of tools that enable a user to easily modify the groups Main Screen The diagram labelled Group Application Screen Layout on the next page shows the main presentation features of the group Application Essentially the application shows up to 8 faceplates of information on a single page Sentient Computing 2006 O 78 MacroView Navigator Manual Group Application Screen Layout Each faceplate shows the key information about the selected entity The kind of information displayed as well as the format will be determined by the template of that type Soft Keys Enable you to get the information into the scratch pad for the current display A Zo pes dr tre DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION LM1 Tot LMI Feed LMI Dsch LM1 Dsch LMI Feed Lime 1 Fines 1 Feed Rte End Flow End Flow Hopr Lvl Rte Control bin we AREA AREA AREA AREA AREA AREA we MCC2 MCC2 MCC2 MCC2 MCC3 MCC3 e x gt ve pufssee A E Integer s se El 4532 msj mshz mis puto Auto man paumon LM1TOTFD LMYWTRFE LM1WTRDE DSCHHOP1 LM1FDRT LIME1SPD FINESPD EXIT Generic Faceplates Will be used if there is no faceplate associ
81. teens 58 5 1 MVE NOW ali IAE en e ner laa tea A sers nel 58 PPLE SE a 58 M i SCC esse en din Iriel St ii rte tnt CR ne A 58 How the Alarm List is Displayed ni a nr seca ates ek oat ae ne de 62 5 2 Using the Alarm Application vinoteca inicio lina enc lead canina coa 63 Starting the Alarm Application Pack ag ea aa dado andan 63 Selecting the Alarm Display Page a A A io 64 Working with the Main Alarm Display ss 65 Viewing Acknowledged Alarms a ita 66 PHONE INTRA ms ns ecm E E S E T 66 Son A E E E EE ee 67 Filtering the Alarms tina 68 Acknowledging and Deleting Alarm acid 69 Viewing an Alarm Associated Display Super Find ooooonocccnococinoconoccconnn ceeeeeeeeeeaeeesaes 70 Alarms Priority COONS sereni ol cdo A EE 71 Changing the Priority Color Sch me s nine sites 71 5 3 Alarm Configuration and Engineering Tasks 72 Star UP OPONSE E oP eee der 72 Engineering C OUSIC CANONS Sen unes le nt nd 73 A aa en Cart nn en et RU dt eter AN ne ne 74 Alarm Application Database Structures 75 A AS 75 Alarm Application AA O 76 Alarm Application Metascripts 2 c siccissessscecccsssascescesvvavessiaceentees cette nay scace ctaasnstcadaseasssuccatens 77 COUDE Applications eean e bete 78 6 1 A e de Re et ne ex 78 PURE SE 52 ects au cco RS ne el ee 78 Sentient Computing 2006 MacroView Navigator Manual INFANTS CROC UT nie ri lic de ini 78 6 2 Using the Group App nee dt ten a ee a etes 8
82. ternal clock Time Marker This is used by various applica tions as a temporary storage For example clicking on an alarm will result in the time stamp going to the Time Marker The marker can then be used in the Trend Application to locate the same instant in time that the alarm occurred Duration Marker This is conceptually the same as the Time Marker with the exception that it represents a period of time rt About the Navigator 05_C2FGV MINFUEL PBD C2 Fuel Viv Be 1 61 al 11th Sep 11 24 33 EE pal Using the Time Line 1 Toggling the Time Line The user may toggle between the three modes of presentation by clicking on the Time Line The Time Marker will appear in Blue and the Duration Marker will appear in Red Both Markers have white backgrounds If you set the time line to show a time or duration marker after a short period the time line will revert back to the current time Sentient Computing 2006 O 18 MacroView Navigator Manual Page Line The diagram below shows the main features of the Page Line Page Up Down and current Page Main Features 1 Structure If the application is a paging application the Page Line displays the current page number and the total number of pages in an application where appropriate Applications may or may not be paging applications It also provides icons to page up and down and also to initiate the Please enter a page gt
83. the trendgrp3 database s METAFILE field DESCRIPT The chart description Future Use Sentient Computing 2006 O 55 MacroView Navigator Manual Views used by the Trends Application Table 5 Views in the Trends Application Name Data Type Description MV_TREND Historical The historical view used in the main trends pack View age MV_HSPEC Database MACRODIR hspec dbf View MV_HLIST Database MACRODIR hlist dbf View MV_TRNDGRP Database MACRODIR trends app1 trndgrp3 dbf View MV_CHARTS MACRODIR trends app1 charts dbf View MV_FLT_TRNDGRP Database MACRODIR trends app1 trndgrp3 dbf View used by pop up trend MV_FLT_HSPEC Database MACRODIR hspec dbf View used by popup trend MV_FLT_TREND Historical The historical view used in the pop up trend win View dow Trend Application Graphic Metafiles The dgt files are used to display the Trend Application information These files are located in the MACRODIR trends app 1 directory The following table describes the dgt files and their functions Table 6 Trend metafiles Name Description flt_trnd dgt The popup window for the floating trend tre_conf dgt Trend configuration screen tre_page dgt Popup window allows the user to continue or terminate a search tre_srch dgt Allows the user to configure the settings for the current trend page Sentient Computing 2006 O 56 MacroView Navigator Manual T
84. tools that are used to display and manipulate the alarm infor mation These tools include filters sorting acknowledging etc e The Alarm Application is divided up into a number of pages of alarm information Each page shows different types of alarms e Various aspects of the alarm configuration are provided from within the application itself This chapter describes 1 the application and its structure 11 how to use the application 111 how to configure the application and finally iv the engineering details that an engineer would need to know to effectively maintain the application Purpose The purpose of the Alarm Application is to i show alarm and message information in a clear usable format 11 provide a set of tools that enable a user to easily find and manipulate the information Main Screen The diagram Screen Layout on the next page shows the main presentation features of the Alarm Application Essentially the application shows i a central list or browse widget of active and possibly filtered or sorted alarms ii anumber of manipulation tools that surround the central area to enable the user to filter sort and acknowledge the alarms 111 a group of soft keys that enable the user to bring up other pages of alarms Sentient Computing 2006 58 MacroView Navigator Manual Sentient Computing 2006 59 MacroView Navigator Manual Acknowledge Silence an
85. up faceplate then the generic faceplate shown above will be displayed For more information on how the faceplate is retrieved and associated with the type please see the Groups Chapter in the engineering manual Call up Press the CTRL G key or click on the AG key in the Pop up line Closing the Pop up Close the Pop up by either 1 clicking on the Close Button ii clicking on the minus icon in the Pop up Line or iii pressing the minus sign on the keyboard CLOSE Scratchpad Entity 4 Scroll Bar Appears if needed Attributes Selected Attribute PV Barindicator Using the Group Pop up 1 Type Faceplate These are faceplates associated with the type and source of the entity in the scratch pad Generic Faceplate The example shown is the generic faceplate To get more information on an attribute just click on the attribute name in the list At that point the selected attribute will appear in the lower window and it will also be reflected in the scratchpad Sentient Computing 2006 31 MacroView Navigator Manual Time Pop up The diagram below shows the main features of the Time pop up Time Pop up Features Edit Time Stamp Increment gt Decrement 1996 yr Buttons 06 m 19 f 14 day 17 hr 00 min 00 sec D LENREERHUE Use Current Time Button Use NOW lt lt Time Line Accept and Cancel Accept Cancel e Buttons l l Main Fe
86. ve been configured with the priority based color option 0 Changing the Priority Color Scheme Please see the configuration and engineering section of this chapter The alarm colors are set in the defaults file Sentient Computing 2006 71 MacroView Navigator Manual 5 3 Alarm Configuration and Engineering Tasks This section defines how the Alarm Application Package can be configured as well as engineering tips With regards to the alarms application The section is designed for an engineer to set up the system for the operators and other users Most of the tasks are optional i e you may use the Alarm Application as it comes or if you desire you may tai lor the system to more closely meet your needs by carrying out these optional tasks In a typical scenario the following tasks may be carried out i 11 iii Configure the alarms in the Engineering Configurator This is covered in the Engi neering Manual All operations relating to the configuration of alarms generation are done with the engineering configurator Configure the start up options for the alarms screens Configure other screens such as schematics to jump to alarms Start Up Options You do this by first calling up the alarm screen secondly pressing the P key for page and then entering the page name config This allows you to add pages to the alarms appli cation Note that adding pages to the alarms application is only recommended to engine
87. w summarizes the allocation of functions to the keyboard keys Some of these allocations may be modified by changing the settings in the keys ini file System Keys Not configurable Go to menu page Close all Navigator Pop Ups Prompt user for value Aa A a Go to Alarms page bB Screen Back cC Clear Alarm Line Go to System Alarms page c C Clear Scratch Pad dD Go to Detail pages eE Prompt user for an entity e E Display entity pop up Ag AG Display faceplate pop up kK Ramp up value in scratch pad k K Fast ramp up value in scratch pad IL Ramp down value in scratch pad AJAL Fast ramp down value in scratchpad m M Go to Operator Guides page Am M Go to Internal Errors page nN Deny current message in message area NO An AN _ Display entity notes pop up pP Prompt user for page rR Prompt user for attribute Ar AR Display scratch pad entity s attribute pop up uU Branch Up groups trends xX Acknowledge alarms x X yY Confirm current message in message area YES ZZ Silence beeping Exit MacroView F1 F8 Soft Key 1 Soft Key 8 Page Up Next Page Page Down Previous Page Home Select Application Line Sentient Computing 2006 Key Table Assignments User defined keys keys ini and defaults 10 S E x RUN bin prtscrn for screen dumps O b B d D fF Af AF gG Go to Groups pages hH Go to Help pages h H Goto online Help page il Display time modification pop up j
88. work best Sentient Computing 2006 O S L Chart The Trends Chart to use for this Trends Page Note that if quicker operation is desired using the same chart for most pages reduces dis play time while changing pages Entity The pen entity must have at least one attribute historized See the MacroView Engi neering manual s History chapter for information on how to historize entities Attribute The pen attribute must be historized for the selected entity Scale High The optional scale high for this pen If nothing is specified the Entity s scales are used 10 Scale Low The optional scale low for this pen If nothing is specified the Entity s scales are used Note If either scale is entered they both must be 11 Digital If the value to be trended is digital or dis crete set this option 12 Close Press to close window Changes are made 51 as entered Note Window must be closed to use Navigator A page change may be necessary for changes to be effected MacroView Navigator Manual 4 4 Trend Group Configuration Tasks This section defines how the Trend Application Package can be configured The section is designed for an engineer to set up the system for the operators and other users Some of the configuration tasks may be carried out using the MacroView configurator or from within the Navigator For information on configuring the application from the configura tor please see
89. y s detail page a REE EE EE ERRE ES BAILEY 33185025 AVSwb B CB Trip e AA Sentient Computing 2006 O 90 MacroView Navigator Manual Sentient Computing 2006 91 MacroView Navigator Manual 7 2 Using the Detail Application This section describes how you use the Detail Application to view the on line information Starting the Detail Application Package The Detail Application package is integrated into the MacroView system To start up the Detail Application e First make sure the scratch pad contains the entity whose detail you want to look at Click once on the Detail Icon in the Application Matrix Select the Detail Application entry in the Application Line Press the D key on the keyboard Selecting a Detail Page Use the scratchpad to enter the entity of interest When you select the detail application this will show the selected entity s detail display Sentient Computing 2006 92 MacroView Navigator Manual 7 3 Engineering Considerations To go to an entity s detail page from a graphic the entity must first be put in the scratch pad This can be done with the following meta script SEND SetEntity lt entity gt TO MessageCenter The detail application may then be displayed using the following meta script SEND SetPage detail TO MessageCenter When engineering detail displays the sc
90. y to select the application Table 1 Summary of Pop ups Most of the pop ups are activated from the pop up line For more information see the Pop up Line section in the Navigator Modules chapter Sentient Computing 2006 26 MacroView Navigator Manual 3 2 Pop up Features Alarm Pop up The diagram below shows the main features of the Alarm Pop up MacroView Navigator L EE Alarm Line Display Alarm Pop up Main Features 1 Structure The Alarm Pop up consists of a browse on the alarms database and icons to silence acknowledge and clear alarms There is also a close icon 2 Alarm Pop up purpose The Alarm Pop up e Allows alarms to be monitored while viewing any screen e Allows alarms to be silenced acknowledged and cleared while viewing any screen Alarm Line and Alarm Pop up Features Alarms Pop Up Alarm Pop up Using the Alarm Pop up 1 Acknowledging alarms To acknowledge an alarm in the Alarm pop up first select the alarm by click ing on it in the pop up then click on the check icon 2 Clearing an alarm If this functionality is enabled clear an alarm by selecting an acknowledged alarm and pressing the X icon in the pop up 3 Silencing the buzzer Press the silence musical note button to silence the buzzer 4 Alarm Pop up Filtering The pop up uses the same filtering and ordering settings as the main alarm application Note If the clear button is not vi

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