Bridge User Manual

Chapter 2 BridgeVIEW Environment

Table 2-2 provides a description of each of the fields in the Engine

Manager dialog box. This table provides basic information about the

Engine Manager dialog box options. For a more complete understanding

of how or why you might use the Engine Manager in a BridgeVIEW

application, you must understand how to configure tags. See Chapter 3,

Tag Configuration.

Table 2-2.

Engine Manager Field Descriptions

Field Description

Engine Status Displays the current status of the BridgeVIEW Engine—whether launching,

running, or stopped.

Log Historical

Data

Turns on or off logging of historical data to file. This button is pressed

automatically if you selected Start logging on system start-up in your

configuration file. If you do not have a valid event log path configured,

or do not have a printer configured, this checkbox is disabled.

Log Events Turns on or off logging of alarms and events to file. This button is pressed

automatically if you selected Start event logging on system start-up in your

configuration file. If you do not have a valid event log path configured, this

checkbox is disabled.

Print Events Turns on or off printing of alarms and events to your line printer. This button

is pressed automatically if you selected Start printing on system start-up in

your configuration file. If you do not have a printer configured, this checkbox

is disabled.

Run/Stop Engine Starts the BridgeVIEW Engine, or stops the BridgeVIEW Engine and shuts

down any loaded servers.

Quit Engine Closes and exits the BridgeVIEW Engine process.

Enable Error

Dialog

Enables or disables the showing of the Error dialog box. If this box is checked,

a System Error Display dialog box pops up for you to acknowledge the event

when a system error occurs.

Server Browser Launches the Server Browser Utility. With this utility, you can see the servers

in your system, including OPC servers; view server information; and display

the server front panel if the server is running (VI-based servers only).

Show/Hide

System Event

Display

Shows or hides the System Event Display.