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Configuration Files C-21

EPL Status Tag Manager Configuration File (status.cfg)

The Status Tag Manager uses this file to display system status

information on EPLs. Refer to Appendix D for details about using this

file with the Status Tag Manager.

# EPL Status Tag Manager configuration file

# Each entry in this configuration file defines a message to be displayed

# on a SmarTalker status tag. A filename may also be defined that can be

# used to dynamically change the messages displayed on the status tag.

# The format of each entry should look like this:

# [SYSTEM]

# MODE, I|S|A

# FILENAME, "pathname"

# EPLID, eplid1 eplid2 ...

# DEFAULT_MSG, "MESSAGE"

# DEFAULT_UPMSG, "MESSAGE"

# DEFAULT_DOWNMSG, "MESSAGE"

# IDLETIME, seconds

# SYSTEM defines the name of the system for which the status tag is allocated.

# There may be multiple entries for each system. SYSTEM should be defined as

# "EPL SYSTEM" for all EPL system status tags that use MODE A.

# MODE defines one of three modes of operation: (I)mmediate, (S)cheduled, or

# (A)utomatic. Immediate mode forces an immediate display of the desired

# message. Scheduled mode forces the EPL controller to wait for IDLETIME

# seconds before sending the message. Automatic mode updates the status tag

# immediately, but displays DEFAULT_DOWNMSG when IDLETIME expires.

# FILENAME defines the name of the STAT file that is used to pass new messages

# to be displayed on the status tag. FILENAME must be a fully qualified

# pathname. (STAT file contents must be ASCII, and only the first 8 characters

# are displayed in the status tag's LCD window. The "^" character may be used

# to embed descriptor escape sequences.)

# EPLID defines the EPLIDs that correspond to the status tags that the user

# wishes to allocate to SYSTEM. Multiple EPLIDs may be defined. Each EPLID

# must be unique, and must not be allocated in the EPL Table.

# DEFAULT_UPMSG defines the message that the status tag displays when the

# system's status is good.

# DEFAULT_DOWNMSG defines the message that the status tag displays when the

# system's status is bad.

# DEFAULT_MSG defines a message that is always displayed regardless of the

# system's status. The "^" character may be used to embed escape sequences.

# IDLETIME is valid for MODES A and S. IDLETIME defines the delay time (in

# seconds) beween the time a message is sent to a status tag and the time the

# tag's LCD changes.