Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 Alarm Printer View Bristol OpenEnterprise Reference Guide Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 2 Alarm Printer View Contents 1 Alarm Printer View................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Alarm Printer Overview ....................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Configuration....................................................................................................................... 5 1.2.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 3 Alarm Printer View 1.3.3.1.6 Monochrome Box............................................................................................ 16 1.3.4 Attributes Page ........................................................................................................... 16 1.3.4.1 Features ............................................................................................................... 17 1.3.4.1.1 Available Attributes List ...........................
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 4 Alarm Printer View 1.3.6.1 Features ............................................................................................................... 25 1.3.6.1.1 Adjust Time Zone............................................................................................ 25 1.3.6.1.2 Time Zone List ................................................................................................ 25 1.4 Runtime Mode.....................................................
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 5 Alarm Printer View 1 Alarm Printer View 1.1 Alarm Printer Overview The Alarm Printer View is one of the few View components that are available to configure and run on both OpenEnterprise Servers and Workstations. The Alarm Printer View enables the user to: • Print alarms and events to a printer as they occur ; • Display alarms and events on screen as they occur ; • Start and Stop printing of alarms; 1.2 Configuration 1.2.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 6 Alarm Printer View Then right click on the Alarm Printer window and select the 'Properties' option:- 1.2.1.1.3 [Ctrl] + [M] With the Alarm Printer View window in focus press the [Ctrl] and [M] keys on the computer keyboard simultaneously. 1.2.2 Accessing the Property Pages There are three ways of accessing the Property Pages for the Alarm Printer View component: 1.2.2.1.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 7 Alarm Printer View Then right click on the Alarm Printer window and select the 'Properties' option:- 1.2.2.1.3 [Ctrl] + [M] With the Alarm Printer View window in focus press the [Ctrl] and [M] keys on the computer keyboard simultaneously. 1.2.3 Using the Alarm Printer View as an Event Log Although the Alarm Printer View's purpose is to print alarms, it actually prints the contents of the event log table from the OpenEnterprise database.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 8 1.2.4.2 Alarm Printer View Configuring the Active Alarm Printer In order to configure the Active Alarm Printer for an Alarm Printer View instance, you need to open the Alarm Printer Properties pages, and select the Printers tab. See the Printers Page topic for further information on setting the Active Printer from here. The name that is in the signal's printer attribute must exactly match the name of the Active Printer . 1.2.4.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 9 Alarm Printer View 1) Setting dip switches as stated in the printer's manual. 2) Selecting appropriate buttons or menus on the front display panel of the printer. 3) Using software (printer driver). You must configure your printer to emulate an EPSON printer. This will enable the Alarm Printer View to send colour codes to the printer correctly, thus enabling the printer to interpret the codes and print the alarm(s) in colour.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 10 Alarm Printer View The option "Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster" will need to be selected, this will spool the document onto the hard disk. Once this is done SPOOLS.EXE will send the document to the printer in the background. 1.2.6 Configuring Printed Colors Configuration of printed colours for each of the priorities is done through the Alarm Priority configuration tool. The Alarm Priority Tool is invoked from the Toolbox.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 11 Alarm Printer View The Alarm Printer View will support seven colours on a line printer (eg a dot matrix printer). If a colour that is defined but is not supported is selected, the Alarm Printer View will choose the nearest colour. The seven colours that are supported are black, red, blue, violet, yellow, orange and green.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 12 1.3.1.1 1.3.1.1.1 Alarm Printer View Features Background Color Selecting the browse button to the right of the white Background colour indication square displays a colour selection dialog box. Click here to view this. By default the Background colour square displays the current display scheme. A new background colour can be selected by clicking on the desired colour square.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 13 1.3.1.1.3 Alarm Printer View Number of Alarms to Cache The Alarm Printer View connects to a single printer and obtains records from the Alarm Printer Server. If the [Don't cache all alarms] button is checked, and no number is specified in the 'Number of alarms to cache' field, the Alarm Printer Server by default will cache 100 records.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 14 1.3.2.1 1.3.2.1.1 Alarm Printer View Features Selected Databases List Displays the databases from which the Alarm Printer will source alarms. 1.3.2.1.2 Add Database Dialog Enables the user to add an OpenEnterprise Database to the 'Selected Databases' List. A remote database is defined by the Server's DNS name(s) followed by a colon, followed by 'rtrdb1' (eg OEServer:rtrdb1).
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 15 Alarm Printer View The 'rtrdb1' part of the database name is an alias for a sevice defined in the Services file, found in the same directory as the Hosts file. In applications where there are more than one database defined, these aliases may be given more descriptive names such as 'nw3000', 'dynamiclogic' or 'corporate'. Each alias must have a unique service number, and the numbers must be applied consistently across the application. 1.3.2.1.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 16 1.3.3.1.3 Alarm Printer View Remove Printer Button Deletes the printer selected from the list box. 1.3.3.1.4 Active Printer Sets the Active printer from a printer selected from the 'Selected Printers' List. If more than one printer is in this list, the active one is used to print alarms. 1.3.3.1.5 Fit to Page When checked, a page full of alarms is printed; normally used when printing to page printers (see Setup of Printer Hardware topic). 1.3.3.1.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 17 1.3.4.1 1.3.4.1.1 Alarm Printer View Features Available Attributes List The attributes available for inclusion in the Alarm Printer View window. Sourced from the Event Log table of the database. 1.3.4.1.2 Add Button Adds the selected attribute(s) to the 'Selected Attributes' list box. 1.3.4.1.3 Add All Button Adds all of the attributes in the 'Available Attributes' list to the 'Selected Attributes' list box. 1.3.4.1.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 18 1.3.5.1 Alarm Printer View Use Filter Check Box When checked, the Filter Sub Pages are made visible. If Printer Filtering is enabled, this box will be disabled. 1.3.5.2 General Sub Page The Filter General Sub Page enables the user to create alarm and event filters based on the name, description, event type or device name of the alarm object.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 19 1.3.5.2.1 Alarm Printer View Features 1.3.5.2.1.1 Name The name attribute of the signal or object in alarm. Wildcard rules can be viewed from the Using Wildcards topic. 1.3.5.2.1.2 Description This is the description attribute of the signal or object in alarm. Wildcard rules can be viewed from the Using Wildcards topic. 1.3.5.2.1.3 Event Type This is the EventType attribute of the signal or object in alarm.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 20 Alarm Printer View Real? Matches with Real1, RealX, but does not match Real. Analog*15 Matches with Analog Alarm386, Analog15 etc. (remember that the 15 after the asterisk will be ignored). 1.3.5.3 Priority Sub Page The Filter Priority Sub Page enables the user to filter alarms and events according to their priority. 1.3.5.3.1 Features 1.3.5.3.1.1 All Priorities No filter will be applied to alarm priorities. 1.3.5.3.1.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 21 Alarm Printer View 1.3.5.3.1.4 Range of Priorities The user is able to define a range of Alarm Priorities as a filter for the Alarm Banner. The 'from and to' range numbers may be changed by using the spin arrows or by typing the number directly into the range field. 1.3.5.4 Conditions Sub Page The Filter Conditions Sub Page enables the user to filter alarms according to alarm condition. 1.3.5.4.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 22 Alarm Printer View The Filter State Sub Page enables the user to filter alarms according to their state. 1.3.5.5.1 Features 1.3.5.5.1.1 Acknowledged Filter Displays and prints all acknowledged alarms. 1.3.5.5.1.2 Cleared Filter Displays and prints all cleared alarms. 1.3.5.5.1.3 Suppressed Filter Displays and prints all suppressed alarms.. 1.3.5.5.1.4 Unacknowledged Filter Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 23 Alarm Printer View Displays and prints all unacknowledged alarms. 1.3.5.5.1.5 Uncleared Filter Displays and prints all uncleared alarms.. 1.3.5.5.1.6 Unsuppressed Filter Displays and prints all unsuppressed alarms.. 1.3.5.6 Site Sub Page The Filter Site Sub Page enables the user to filter alarms and events according to site information. 1.3.5.6.1 Features 1.3.5.6.1.1 Access Area This attribute is used to provide security for signals, objects and users.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 24 1.3.5.7.1 Alarm Printer View Features 1.3.5.7.1.1 Current Workstation Only If checked, alarms and events will be filtered on whether they originated from the current Workstation. 1.3.5.7.1.2 Workstation If a remote Workstation is named here, alarms and events will be filtered on whether they originated from that remote Workstation. This field can accept wild-cards, and therefore if Workstations have been named generically (ie OpRoom1, OpRoom2 etc.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 25 1.3.6 Alarm Printer View Time Zone Page This page allows the user to configure Time zone settings for the Alarm View. 1.3.6.1 1.3.6.1.1 Features Adjust Time Zone To change the Time Zone for the Alarm Printer View the [Adjust Time Zone] box must be checked. When this box is checked, the Time Zone drop-down list is enabled, and a new Time Zone may be selected. The default setting is the physical time zone of the Server or Workstation. 1.3.6.1.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 26 1.4.1 1.4.1.1 Alarm Printer View Features Alarm Display The alarms are displayed in this area according to the configuration set up on the Property pages. 1.4.1.2 Start Printing Right clicking on the Alarm Display brings up this context menu. If this option is available, alarms will begin to be printed when it is selected, and the 'Stop Printing' option becomes available.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 27 Alarm Printer View 2 Index Description.................................................16 A Disable Properties .....................................10 Access Area .............................................. 21 Dont Cache All Alarms ................................9 Accessing Property Pages.................................... 1, 2 E Device Name .............................................17 Accessing ................................................
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 28 Alarm Printer View Printed Colors Configuring .............................................. 7 Unacknowledged Filter ..............................21 Printed Colors ............................................. 7 Unsuppressed Filter ..................................21 Printer Filtering Enabling................................................... 4 Use Filter Check Box .................................15 Uncleared Filter ....................................
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 Alarm Printer View NOTICE Remote Automation Solutions (“RAS”), division of Emerson Process Management shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors in this manual or omissions from this manual.
