Dealing with Alarms
How to Configure My Monitor to Report Alarms?
Your Monitor can report Alarms using different meanings. The following steps will guide you through the creation of an Alarm and will also explain how to associate an Alarm to some of the Components that can be found inside of a Monitor.
Creating an Alarm
From within your KEdit open the Layout where you'll want to use the Alarm. An Alarm is not associated to a Layout but is created for the system, so that an Alarm can be used by several Layouts on the same machine.
- Open the Alarm Browser by selecting "Alarm Browser" from the "View" menu or by pressing "F7". The "Alarm Browser" should appear.
- Select the "New" button. The "Alarm Monitor" configuration panel appears.
- In the "Name" field enter a name for the Alarm.
- If you want to associate the Alarm to a group (this is useful when you want to enable or disable all the Alarms of a specific group instead of doing it one Alarm at the time) select an existing group or type the name of a new group. You can also leave this field empty and associate a group later on.
- Click in the first column of the first row of the Alarm List table and select the type of the Alarm. A configuration dialog will appear allowing you to configure the Alarm. When you're done with the configuration select the "Ok" button; the newly created Alarm should appear in the Alarm List of the "Alarm Monitor" configuration dialog.
- An Alarm Monitor can report the status of one or many Alarms. You can create other Alarms if you wish to. Note that when it contains more than one Alarm, the Alarm Monitor reports the status of the top priority Alarm: if an Alarm is in Error the Alarm Monitor will report an Error Status even if all the other Alarms are Ok.
- If needed, associate an Action to execute when the Alarm Monitor reaches the specified state. Doing so, for example, can allow you to load a specific Layout if a Video Signal reports an Error state.
- When you're done, click on the "Save" button; the created Alarm Monitor should now appear in the "Alarm Browser".
Associating an Alarm with a Monitor
In a Monitor, the Alarm can be reported by many Components: Video, UMD, Text Label, Status Indicator and Tally can be used to report Alarms.
Associating an Alarm with a Video Component
- Select the Video to configure (if the Video is within a Monitor, right-click on the Monitor and select Unlock Monitor from the popup menu, and then click on the Video, or more directly, ALT-click on the Video).
- Display the "Configuration Panel" (if it is not already displayed) by double-clicking on the Video, by selecting "Configuration Panel" from the "View" menu or by pressing "F5".
- In the "Configuration Panel" select the "Border" tab; the panel that appears will let you select which Alarm Monitor will be monitored by the Video Component and configure how the border of the Video will reflect the changes to the Alarm Monitor state.
- In the "Border Color" section select the appearance that the border will take for each of the states, and indicate if you want the border to flash when the state turns to "Warning" or "Error".
- In the "Assign Alarm Monitor" section select the name of the Alarm Monitor that will be reported by the border.
- In the "Error Latching" section indicate if you want the error to be latched or not (default behavior) or held for a specified duration (in seconds).
- In the "Alarm Link Order" section indicate the Link Order to associate with this Alarm (the Link Order refers to the precedence of Alarms when assigning a Channel to a Monitor; please refer to the Channel Concepts documentation for more information).
- Select the "Apply" button to apply this information to the selected Video Component.
- Save the Layout by selecting "Save" from the "File" menu or by pressing "Ctrl-S". If the Layout you are editing is the online Layout you can assign this modified Layout to a preset by pressing on one of the preset keys of the RCP for at least 6 seconds.
From now on, the Video border will report the status of the Alarm.
Associating an Alarm with a UMD Component
The following steps describe how to associate an Alarm with a UMD that is part of a Monitor, but an Alarm could also be associated with a UMD that is not part of a Monitor (leave out the first step of the following procedure in the later case).
- Select the UMD to configure (if the UMD is within a Monitor, right-click on the Monitor and select Unlock Monitor from the popup menu, and then click on the UMD, or more directly, ALT-click on the UMD).
- Display the "Configuration Panel" (if it is not already displayed) by double-clicking on the UMD, by selecting "Configuration Panel" from the "View" menu or by pressing "F5".
- In the "Configuration Panel" select the "Alarm" tab; the panel that appears will let you select which Alarm Monitor will be reported by the UMD Component and configure how the background and text color will change to report the Alarm Monitor state.
- In the "Display Options" section select the appearance that the UMD will take for each of the states. Indicate if you want the UMD to flash when the state turns to "Warning" or "Error".
- In the "Assign Alarm Monitor" section select the name of the Alarm Monitor that will be reported by the Component.
- In the "Error Latching" section indicate if you want the error to be latched or not (default behavior) or held for a specified duration (in seconds).
- In the "Alarm Link Order" section indicate the Link Order to associate with this Alarm (the Link Order refers to the precedence of Alarms when assigning a Channel to a Monitor; please refer to the Channel Concepts documentation for more information).
- Select the "Apply" button to apply this information to the selected UMD Component.
- Save the Layout by selecting "Save" from the "File" menu or by pressing "Ctrl-S". If the Layout you are editing is the online Layout you can assign this modified Layout to a preset by pressing on the preset key of the RCP for at least 6 seconds.
From now on, the UMD will report the status of the selected Alarm.
Associating an Alarm with a Text Label Component
The following steps describe how to associate an Alarm with a Text Label that is part of a Monitor, but an Alarm can also be associated with a Text Label that is not part of a Monitor (leave out the first step of the following procedure in the later case).
- Select the Text Label to configure (if the Text Label is within a Monitor, right-click on the Monitor and select Unlock Monitor from the popup menu, and then click on the Text Label, or more directly, ALT-click on the Text Label).
- Display the "Configuration Panel" (if it is not already displayed) by double-clicking on the Text Label, by selecting "Configuration Panel" from the "View" menu or by pressing "F5".
- In the "Configuration Panel" select the "Alarm" tab. The panel that appears will let you select which Alarm Monitor will be reported by the Text Label Component and configure how the background and text color will change to report the Alarm Monitor state.
- In the "Display Options" section select the appearance that the Text Label will take for each of the possible state. Indicate if you want the Text Label to flash when the state turns to "Warning" or "Error".
- In the "Assign Alarm Monitor" section select the name of the Alarm Monitor that will be reported by the Component.
- In the "Error Latching" section indicate if you want the error to be latched or not (default behavior) or held for a specified duration (in seconds).
- In the "Alarm Link Order" section indicate the Link Order to associate with this Alarm (the Link Order refers to the precedence of Alarm when assigning a Channel to a Monitor; please refer to the Channel Concepts documentation for more information).
- Select the "Apply" button to apply this information to the selected Text Label Component.
- Save the Layout by selecting "Save" from the "File" menu or by pressing "Ctrl-S". If the Layout you are editing is the online Layout you can assign this modified Layout to a preset by pressing on the preset key of the RCP for at least 6 seconds.
From now on, the Text Label you configured will report the status of the selected Alarm.
Associating an Alarm with a Status Indicator Component
The Status Indicator is a Component whose primary function is to report the status of an Alarm Monitor. A Status Indicator can be part of a Monitor but it can also be placed independently in the Layout (leave out the first step of the following procedure in the later case).
- Select the Status Indicator to configure (if the Status Indicator is within a Monitor, right-click on the Monitor and select Unlock Monitor from the popup menu, and then click on the Status Indicator, or more directly, ALT-click on the Status Indicator).
- Display the "Configuration Panel" (if it is not already displayed) by double-clicking on the Status Indicator, by selecting "Configuration Panel" from the "View" menu or by pressing "F5".
- The panel that appears will let you select which Alarm Monitor will be reported by the Status Indicator Component and configure the icon that will be used to report the Alarm Monitor state.
- In the "Icon Selection" section click on the "Select..." button located on the side of each status to configure. A dialog will appear allowing you to select the icon that will be displayed for the states. Indicate if you want the Status Indicator to flash when the state turns to "Warning" or "Error".
- In the "Assign Alarm Monitor" section select the name of the Alarm Monitor that will be reported by the Status Indicator Component.
- In the "Error Latching" section indicate if you want the error to be latched or not (default behavior) or held for a specified duration (in seconds).
- In the "Transparency" section your can specify if you want your Component to be opaque or transparent. Indicating a value other than "Opaque" will allow the video to be seen through the Status Indicator if it is positioned over a Video Component.
- In the "Alarm Link Order" section indicate the Link Order to associate with this Alarm (the Link Order refers to the precedence of Alarm when assigning a Channel to a Monitor; please refer to the Channel Concepts documentation for more information).
- Select the "Apply" button to apply this information to the selected Status Indicator Component.
- Save the Layout by selecting "Save" from the "File" menu or by pressing "Ctrl-S". If the Layout you are editing is the online Layout you can assign this modified Layout to a preset by pressing on the preset key of the RCP for at least 6 seconds.
From now on, the Status Indicator you configured will report the status of the selected Alarm Monitor.
Associating an Alarm with a Tally Component
The Tally is a Component that can modify its displayed color in order to report the status of its associated Alarm Monitor. A Tally can be part of a Monitor but it can also be placed independently on the Layout(leave out the first step of the following procedure in the later case).
- Select the Tally to configure (if the Tally is within a Monitor, right-click on the Monitor and select Unlock Monitor from the popup menu, and then click on the Tally, or more directly, ALT-click on the Tally).
- Display the "Configuration Panel" (if it is not already displayed) by double-clicking on the Tally, by selecting "Configuration Panel" from the "View" menu or by pressing "F5".
- The panel that appears will let you configure the color to use for each state. Do to so, click on the "Select..." button that is located to the side of the Tally associated with each status. You can indicate to a Tally to flash in any state by selecting the "Flashing" button to the right.
- In the "Tally Assignment" section choose the Alarm Monitor with which this Component will be associated. The GPI_XX options are automatically-generated Alarm Monitors that reports the status of the GPI IN XX. Choosing any of these Alarm Monitors means that the Tally would report the status of the named GPI input.
- In the "Transparency" section your can specify if you want your Component to be opaque or transparent. Indicating a value other than "Opaque" will allow the video to be seen through the Tally if it is positioned over a Video Component.
- In the "Alarm Link Order" section indicate the Link Order to associate with this Alarm (the Link Order refers to the precedence of Alarm when assigning a Channel to a Monitor; please refer to the Channel Concepts documentation for more information).
- Select the "Apply" button to apply this information to the selected Tally Component.
- Save the Layout by selecting "Save" from the "File" menu or by pressing "Ctrl-S". If the Layout you are editing is the online Layout you can assign this modified Layout to a preset by pressing on the preset key of the RCP for at least 6 seconds.
From now on, the Tally you configured will report the status of the selected Alarm Monitor.
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