Page 2 - Reference Guide; Alarm Printer View; Contents
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 2 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote Contents 1 Alarm Printer View ................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Alarm Printer Overv...
Page 5 - Printer; Print alarms and events to a printer as they occur ; Accessing the Property Pages; The context menu
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 5 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 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 Ser...
Page 6 - With the Alarm Printer View window in focus press the
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 6 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 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 [...
Page 7 - Using the Alarm Printer View as an Event Log; Associating Signals with a Printer; printer
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 7 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 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 [...
Page 8 - Configuring the Active Alarm Printer; Printers; Then look for the following value on this key and set its data to 1:-; Setting up Printer Hardware
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 8 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 1.2.4.2 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 Properti...
Page 9 - Setting dip switches as stated in the printer's manual.; printers
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 9 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 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 ...
Page 10 - Configuring Printed Colors; Once print colours have been set for the priorities, select; Support; Line Printers
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 10 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 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 don...
Page 11 - Page Printers; Pages; Page
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 11 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 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 Pri...
Page 12 - Color; Dont Cache All Alarms
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 12 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 1.3.1.1 Features 1.3.1.1.1 Background Color Selecting the browse button to the right of the white Background colour indication square displays a colour selection dialog b...
Page 13 - Number of Alarms to Cache; button is checked, and no number is specified in the 'Number of; Log to File
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 13 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 1.3.1.1.3 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]...
Page 14 - Selected Databases List; directory. This allows
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 14 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 1.3.2.1 Features 1.3.2.1.1 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 ...
Page 15 - Button; Enabling Printer Filtering
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 15 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 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 a...
Page 16 - Remove Printer Button; Deletes the printer selected from the list box.; Setup of Printer Hardware topic; Box; Configure Printout Colours
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 16 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 1.3.3.1.3 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 'Selecte...
Page 17 - Removes all the attributes from the 'Selected Attributes' list box.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 17 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 1.3.4.1 Features 1.3.4.1.1 Available Attributes List The attributes available for inclusion in the Alarm Printer View window. Sourced from the Event Log table of the data...
Page 18 - Use Filter Check Box; Filter Sub Pages; Sub
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 18 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 1.3.5.1 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...
Page 19 - Using; Type; Using Wildcards; Name; Using W ildcards; Wildcards
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 19 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 1.3.5.2.1 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 Descript...
Page 20 - No filter will be applied to alarm priorities.; Select Priorities Dialog; button is selected.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 20 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 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)....
Page 21 - Range of Priorities; or
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 21 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 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...
Page 22 - Displays and prints all acknowledged alarms.; Filter; Displays and prints all cleared alarms.; Filter; Displays and prints all suppressed alarms..; Filter
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 22 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 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 acknowled...
Page 23 - Displays and prints all unacknowledged alarms.
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 23 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 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...
Page 24 - Current Workstation Only; , and therefore if Workstations have; Text
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 24 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 1.3.5.7.1 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 W orkstation. 1.3.5.7.1...
Page 25 - Time Zone Page; Adjust Time Zone; To change the Time Zone for the Alarm Printer View the; Time Zone List; Mode
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 25 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 1.3.6 Time Zone Page This page allows the user to configure Time zone settings for the Alarm View. 1.3.6.1 Features 1.3.6.1.1 Adjust Time Zone To change the Time Zone for...
Page 26 - Display; for configuration of the Alarm Printer View.; Alarms
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 26 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 1.4.1 Features 1.4.1.1 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 clic...
Page 27 - Enabling
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 27 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote 2 Index A Access Area .............................................. 21 Accessing Property Pages .................................... 1, 2 Accessing ........................
Page 28 - Printed Colors
Reference Guide D5092 11-Dec-2007 - Page 28 Alarm Printer View Remote Automation Solutions Website: www.EmersonProcess.com/Remote Printed Colors Configuring .............................................. 7 Printed Colors ............................................. 7 Printer Filtering Enabling .......