How to squelch the Alarms during the day?

You can choose to stop the Alarms through the use of the Alarm Group inhibit button, through the Gateway or through the Schedule, but before doing so there are a couple of steps that must be completed.

First you need to create your Alarms. The creation of the Alarms is done from the Alarm Browser. To access the Alarm Browser select "Alarm Browser" from the "View" menu or press F7. Once the Alarm Browser is displayed you will see the list of Alarms available on your machine (either the KEdit if you're currently editing an off-line Layout, or the Kaleido-K2 if you are editing an on-line Layout) and their Alarm Inhibition Group if any was defined at the Alarms creation time. Please refer to the documentation to create the Alarms. If no Alarm Inhibition Groups are associated with your Alarms, here is how you can assign them:

Continue until all the Alarms you want to enable and disable are associated with groups.

From now on, there are different options to disable your Alarms.

Using the Alarm Group Inhibit Button

The Alarm Group Inhibit Button can be added to any Layout. In operation mode, pressing this Component will toggle the state of the Alarms contained in the group associated with the button. To add and configure this Component within your Layout:

The Alarms of the group associated with the Alarm Group Inhibit Button should be enabled. Pressing the button will disable them. Pressing again on the button should re-enable the Alarms. This button will toggle the state of the Alarms associated with the group each time it is clicked.

Using the Gateway

It is possible to operate the Kaleido-K2 using its Internal Gateway. The Gateway is a very flexible and powerful tool that is usually used through a program but the Gateway can also be used via telnet. The following explanations will guide you through the use of the Gateway via the HyperTerminal software.

First you must verify if the Internal Gateway service is running on your Kaleido-K2.

The internal gateway is configured through the Kaleido Properties File, and is turned on or off by editing that file. Here is how to do it:

The internal gateway supports all Kaleido/Gateway commands when connected via port 13000, and supports only the <listnodes\> command when connected via port 10001.

Your Gateway service is now up and running.

Open the HyperTerminal software on your computer, and from the "Program" menu choose "Accessories", "Communications" and "HyperTerminal". A dialog will appear, asking you to enter a name for the connection and to select an icon.

A second dialog, "Connect To", will appear. In the "Connect using" dropdown field choose "TCP/IP (Winsock)". Two new fields will appear, in the "Host address" field enter the IP address of your Kaleido-K2 and in the "Port number" field enter "13000". This indicates that you want to connect to your Kaleido-K2 via the port 13000. Click on the "OK" button.

To be able to see the typed characters:

You can now see the typed characters appearing in the console.

Commands can be sent to the Gateway while a session is open. There is no maximum number of commands that can be sent in a session. A session must be opened and closed using two specific commands. While sending a command the syntax must be exact. If you make a mistake in the syntax, the command will not be understood. Here is a rough example of a session:

Open a session

send command
send command
...
send command

Close the session.

To open a session enter the following command:

<openID>IP_ADDRESS_0_4_0_0</openID>

Where:

If the Gateway receives the command, and recognizes it as a command that can be handled, it will send you the following response:

<ack/>

If the command cannot be recognized the following message will appear:

<nack/>

If you received this message, please consult the Gateway documentation included on the Kaleido-K2 CD to troubleshoot the installation and communication.

You are now ready to send commands. There are commands to enable and disable Alarm Groups. Here is the syntax for the command that enables an Alarm Group:

<setKEnableAlarmGroup>set name="NameOfTheGroup"</setKEnableAlarmGroup>

Where:

If you received a <ack/> the specified Alarm Group should now be enabled on your Kaleido-K2.

The syntax to disable an Alarm Group is the following:

<setKDisableAlarmGroup>set name="NameOfTheGroup"</setKDisableAlarmGroup>

Where:

You can execute as many commands as you want. When you want to stop sending commands you have to close the session. The following command is used to close a session:

<closeID>IP_ADDRESS_0_4_0_0</closeID>

Where:

Your session is now closed.

To end the communication, select the "Disconnect" icon from the toolbar.

Using the Schedule

You can enable and disable Alarms using the Schedule. Since a Schedule can only be created in on-line mode you need to open the Layout. To do so:

You are now in on-line mode.

You must have an Action that disables an Alarm Group. The following steps will guide you through the creation of this Action:

The Action is now created and you can use it. Repeat the same steps to create an Action that will be used to re-enable the Alarms associated to the same group, don't forget to select "Enable" in the "Alarm Configuration Dialog" this time!

It is now the time to create an entry in the Schedule.

Back to the "Schedule Editor" you should see that a Schedule Entry has been added. You now need to create a new Schedule Entry so your Alarms will be re-activated at night:

Back to the "Schedule Editor" you should see another entry that describes the enabling of the Alarms. Click on the "Save" button to save the modifications you made to the Schedule.


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