JSUP ALARM GROUP (BOZZA)
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An Alarm Group is a property of a [tag] that
represent a physical or logical plat area. Alarm
groups have a hierarchic structure that starts from
the $System alarm group. To define/edit alarm
groups use menu Tools / Edit alarm groups. To
create a new alarm group select the parent group
and press the Add button. To delete an alarm group,
this must be no referred by any tag, graphic page
or [JavaCode]. A check is performed when the Delete
button is pressed. The Copy path button can be used
the copy the full alarm path in the clipboard (for
documentation purpose), in the image example, the
string
$System/Reparto_Stearati/Dosaggi/Stearina/Stearina_D012/Stearina_D012_in_D013
is copied. 1. Alarm Group dialog The alarm group
dialog define the properties of an alarm group: *
Name: must be unique in the [tag], [window] or
[Security group] can have the same name). * Require
alarm acknowledge: define if the [alarms] in this
alarm group must be acknowledged by the user
(default) or not. * Custom colors: if checked
custom colours can be specified for [alarm] state,
otherwise parent colours will be used. * Prefix /
Suffix: will be added at the begin and at the end
of the [alarm] descriptions. * Window to show: for
an alarm group related to a plant area the related
synoptic [window] can be specified, than when the
user select an active alarm, this [window] can be
obtained in [JavaCode] and displayed on user
request. If not specified parent alarm group
[window] will be used (if any). * Default property
values: [alarm] localized properties can be
retrieved from [JavaCode]. First they are searched
in the [tag] properties ([Tag class] properties
too), if not found those properties are searched in
the alarm group (or parent) properties. * Record
raw alarm signals: this button is a shortcut to
define the propery recordRaws that enables (or
disables, if 0) the raw (non [filtered/masked]
alarm signals), these data can be displayed in
[alarm history] or used for [statistics].