Navigation:  Files (database) and Alarms >   FILES AND ALARMS FORM

 

FILES FORM

 

See database recommendation before setting up your files.  The Database Recommendations above explains how the data is filed and how reports are made from the databases.  It is important to combine like data into the same database.  You can store the same value in more than one database if you need to.

 

The files and alarms form is where the sensors are assigned to database files, alarms, rate alarms, statistics, and defined sensors.

 

 

 

FILES TAB ( "is the database setup" )

 

 

The files tab defines how your data will be stored.  How the data will be logged and what database the data will be filed in.

 

 

The Files Tab:  Database setting

 

The files tab defines how the sensors will be stored in the database.  The other tabs are used to setup your alarms, statistics and define special sensors and messages.

 

See ALERT Setup and MODBUS Setup for more information about adding data to these grids.

 

 

STATISTICS TAB

 

Making daily statistics.

 

 

Files & Alarms Edit Menu Items

Reset Statistics by checking the Reset Statistics @ 23.59 menu item.

 

 

 

Button Select Form Property

         

Buttons can also reset statistics.  Each button can be selected to reset row (start row to end row).

This button can be clicked by the user or the scheduler can click the reset button for you.

 

 

The Statistics Tab: Daily statistics for each sensor listed.

 

The statistics are calculated on for the day and reset at 23.59 normally.  You can schedule to print a statistics report at 23:55 to get the yesterdays statistics.

 

Statistics are stored on a daily basis in the data file in a Stat-1.csv file.

 

 

 

ALARMS TAB

 

 

Configure your alarm set points in the Alarms tab.

 

Sensor alarms are set in the Alarms tab.  See setting alarms for more information on these settings.  You can view all the sensors in the alarm grid and easily see if any of the sensors are in alarm.  Sensors in alarm will have an aqua background and say Yes in the alarm column.

 

You can assign separate actions for each alarm.  Alarm actions include logging, blinking the title bar, sounding alarms in your speakers, showing the alarm form, and showing a special alarm message box.

 

 

RATES TAB

 

 

The rates tab is where you can set up rate of change alarms.  The rate of change alarms is a sliding window rate of change.  If you set up a 30 minutes rate of change, after 30 minutes, the rate of change is calculated each minute and checked against the value stored 30 minutes ago to see if it is in alarm.

 

 

Rate of change alarms are defined here.

 

 

See Setting Alarms for more information about setting these alarms.

 

 

MESSAGES TAB

 

 

Note:  To enter multiple line in the message column, press Ctrl Enter.  A soft return is entered and you can add additional lines.

 

 

PLAYING WAVE FILE FOR ALARM MESSAGES

 

You can play one or more wave files for each alarm.  Just use the command Play:Alarm.WAV and the Alarm.WAV file will be played

when the alarms goes off.  The Alarm.WAV file needs to be in the Events Main Folder.

 

 

Alarm messages are entered here.  You can select the message action in the alarm setup.  If you select the message option, you need to enter the number of alarm message.  The alarm message number goes to this tab and displays the appropriate alarm message.

 

 

Double click the message column to see your message.  This is a quick test to see what the message will look like.

 

 

Alarm Message, press the OK button to stop the alarm sounds and to stop any wave file.

 

 

 

 

 

DEFINE TAB

 

 

The Define tab allows you to define special sensors for your database.  You can define as many sensors as you need.  The defined sensors are updated when any sensor change values.  See Equations and Tables and Build Define Sensors for more information

 

Defined sensors are used for reports and displays.