How to display Alarms on the Kaleido-K2 from other Miranda devices through iControl?
The first step is to find the "Miranda Long ID" associated with each Miranda device from which you want to receive status. You can achieve this either by using iNavigator or, if you don't have access to iNavigator, via the log generated by the Kaleido. Then you can create an alias for this ID that is easier to recall and enter than the ID itself. This step is not necessary but it could be useful if you must create many Alarms with this ID. Then you can create your Alarms and finally export the Layout and Alarms to the targeted Kaleido-K2.
Getting the Miranda Long ID using iNavigator
Start your iNavigator. Use iNavigator to locate the device on the network (please refer to the iNavigator manual for more details). Note the device's address (something like anipaddress_com9_somethingagain).
Getting the Miranda Long ID using the Kaleido.log
- From your Kaleido-K2's desktop, double click on the icon "My Computer".
- Navigate to "C:\iControl\Startup\" and open the file "Kaleido.log" using the Notepad (right click on the "Kaleido.log" file and select "Notepad" from the "Open With" menu).
- Within Notepad, press "Ctrl-F" or select "Find..." from the Edit menu and in the "Find What" section enter "serviceAdded called for ID:".
Each entry found will give you a Miranda Long ID. Continue looking through the file until you find the device you're looking for.- Note the device address (something like anipaddress_com9_somethingagain).
Creating an Alias for the Miranda Long ID
After you collected the device's ID you can decide to create an alias, which is a "nickname" you could use while configuring Alarms, or to configure the Alarms right away. Here are the steps to create an alias. If you prefer to use the Miranda Long ID you can skip this section.
- On your Kaleido-K2 machine, open the file "C:\iControl\Startup\KG2Config.xml" with Notepad.
- Find the <ServiceStatus> section.
- Enter the following line:
<Service ServiceLabel="MyService" id=" anipaddress_com9_somethingagain"/>Where:- Save the KG2Config.xml file.
- It is a good time to reboot your Kaleido-K2 system: doing so will allow the Kaleido-K2 to recognize and use the newly defined alias.
Example of a KG2Config.xml:
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Creating and using a Layout using Alarms for the device
- From within your KEdit open a Layout from the Kaleido-K2 (select "Open" from "File" menu and then select "Online" or press "Ctrl-O" and choose the Kaleido-K2), open an existing Layout (select "Open" from the "File" menu and "File" or press "Ctrl-F" and navigate to the file containing the Layout) or create a new Layout (select "New" from the "File" menu or press "Ctrl-N"), lay your Components and when you're satisfied with the result go to the next operation.
- Select "Alarms Browser" from the "View" menu or press "F7" to display the "Alarm Browser".
- From the Alarm Browser select the "New" button. You are ready to create a new Alarm Monitor.
- Enter a name for this Alarm Monitor.
- If required, associate the Alarm Monitor with an Alarm Group.
- Click "New" to add a blank alarm to the alarms list if there is not already one there.
- Click the blank alarm under the "Type" column; a pulldown list of alarm types will appear.
- Select "iControl Device" from the list; the Alarm Setting dialog will appear.
- In the "iControl Device Service ID" box enter the Miranda Long ID associated with the device or its alias if you created one for this device, then click "OK" to return to the Alarm Monitor panel.
- If required, associate Actions to be executed with one or many statuses of the Alarm Monitor.
- Click on the "Save" button to save your Alarm Monitor.
Back in your Layout, identify a Component to display the Alarm's status. Let's say you add a "General Status Indicator" to display the Alarm's status:
- Click on the "General Status Indicator" icon from the toolbar
- Create the Component in your Layout.
- Select the Component and select "Configuration Panel" from the "View" menu or press "F5" to display the "Configuration Panel".
- Select the icons to use to represent the different states the Component can display.
- In the Alarm dropdown field choose the Alarm you just created.
- Configure more parameters if needed (Error Latching, Transparency, Channel, Action,...)
- Click on the "Apply" button to save the configuration.
If you're not in online mode (that is if you have not opened the Layout you are editing via the "Open" and "Online" option) you must apply your Layout online on the Kaleido-K2 in order to test what you just did. To do so:
- Select "Apply Layout Online" from the "File" menu or press "Alt-A". The "Apply Layout Online" dialog should appear.
- Select the destination Kaleido-K2.
- Select the data to export: make sure to select the Alarms Monitors.
- Click on the "Load" button. You should be able to see the new Layout on the specified Kaleido-K2.
You are now ready to test your Alarm. Don't forget to save the Layout as a Preset Layout if you want to be able to retrieve it at a later time.
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