Console Guide

Table of Contents

• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Release Notes
  • 1.2 Client - Server Concept
• 2 Overview
• 3 Typical Screens
  • 3.1 Member Typical
  • 3.2 Group Typical
• 4 Operation
  • 4.1 Operation Overview
  • 4.2 Operator Interface
  • 4.3 System Startup
    • 4.3.1 O/S Log In
    • 4.3.2 Starting the System
  • 4.4 Console Module Access
  • 4.5 Stopping the VIEW Module
  • 4.6 Stopping the System
  • 4.7 Installation & Reference
  • 4.8 System Environmental Variables
  • 4.9 Security
• 5 Mouse Graphic Elements
• 6 Mouse Operations
• 7 Selecting a Tag Name
• 8 Screen Area Zones
  • 8.1 Main Menu Zone
  • 8.2 Top and Side Pan Bars
  • 8.3 Message Area
  • 8.4 Canvas Area
  • 8.5 Presentation Window
• 9 DataBase Points
  • 9.1 Real-Time DataBase Types
  • 9.2 Data Quality Flags
    • 9.2.1 U - Unused
    • 9.2.2 M - Manual Entry/Override
    • 9.2.3 X - Off Scan
    • 9.2.4 L - Output Lock
    • 9.2.5 F - Communications Failure
    • 9.2.6 T - Communications Timeout
    • 9.2.7 S - Stale Data
    • 9.2.8 ? - Questionable Data
  • 9.3 Communications Statistics
    • 9.3.1 CI Definitions
    • 9.3.2 CI Operation
• 10 Real-Time Graphics Usage
  • 10.1 AccessPoint Window Definitions
  • 10.2 On Change Updates
  • 10.3 Customized Operations
    • 10.3.1 Command Pushbuttons
    • 10.3.2 Text Entry Fields
    • 10.3.3 Numeric Entry Fields
    • 10.3.4 Slider Bar Fields
• 11 Alarm Window Usage
• 12 File -> New Screen
• 13 File -> New Window
• 14 File -> Close Window
• 15 File -> Redisplay
• 16 File -> New Display
• 17 File -> Default Display
• 18 File -> Last Display
• 19 File -> Print
• 20 File -> Report
• 21 File -> Historical Plot
• 22 File -> Trend Plot
• 23 File -> Alarm Window
• 24 File -> Exit
• 25 Select -> Reference Entry
• 26 Select -> Goto Display
• 27 Select -> Manual Entry
• 28 Select -> Supervisory Control
• 29 Select -> Action
• 30 Select -> Command
• 31 Details -> Process Variable
• 32 Details -> Digital Input
• 33 Details -> State Variable
• 34 Details -> Group Specification
• 35 Details -> Miscellaneous Variable
• 36 Details -> Miscellaneous String Variable
• 37 Details -> Miscellaneous Digital Variable
• 38 Details -> Message Input
• 39 Details -> Timed Tasks
  • 39.1 Edit Task
• 40 Details -> Message Summary
  • 40.1 Message Query GUI Client
  • 40.2 Message Command Clients
• 41 Details -> Alarm Summary
• 42 System -> Accessories
  • 42.1 Xterm
  • 42.2 Inactive Summary
  • 42.3 Exit F10
  • 42.4 Browser
  • 42.5 Edit Action
  • 42.6 Compile Action
  • 42.7 Q Plot
  • 42.8 Alarm Window Configuration
  • 42.9 Rebuild Actions
  • 42.10 Print Action
  • 42.11 Install Actions
  • 42.12 Database Import/Export
• 43 System -> Rebuild IO
• 44 System -> Historical Archive
• 45 System -> Configurator
• 46 System -> Display Builder
• 47 System -> User Shell
• 48 User -> Lock Console
• 49 User -> Login
• 50 User -> Logout
• 51 User -> Override User
• 52 Help
• 53 Viewer Error Messages
• 54 Glossary
• 55 Introduction to X-Windows
  • 55.1 Types of Windows
  • 55.2 The Window Manager
  • 55.3 Root Menu
  • 55.4 Icons
  • 55.5 Controlling Window Operations
  • 55.6 Mouse Terminology
  • 55.7 Mouse Operations
  • 55.8 Moving a Window Around the Screen
  • 55.9 Making a Window into an Icon
  • 55.10 Expanding an Icon into a Window
  • 55.11 Changing the Size of a Window
  • 55.12 Disabling Screen Blanking
  • 55.13 Selecting the X Root Menu
  • 55.14 Running in an X-Window Environment
  • 55.15 Mouse Button Functions
  • 55.16 Exiting the X-Window System
  • 55.17 Glossary of X Terms
• 56 Quick Information
  • 56.1 System Shutdown Routine
  • 56.2 Computer Shutdown