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Version: v3.6 (Not Supported)

Main Screen

  • red port failure (cannot be open or out of order)
  • yellow an incoming or outgoing call is in progress
  • orange data connection established (pager, printer, remote terminal)
  • purple vocal connection established
  • dark yellow port is being disconnected

A general status bar At the bottom of the screen, including 3 windows and a message zone:  1st window: name of the locally logged operator (with name of its class in brackets)  2nd window: name of the station selected at login time or in the display options.  3rd window: current date and hour  right part: zone to display help or service messages

The main screen displays a browser like synoptic view of the supervised installation and on-call management. It allows a continuous and optimal control of the application and proposes a lot of tools for operation and analyze. This screen is made up of threes windows and a browsing bar. The left window of the main screen displays a topographical representation of the whole application, under the form of a tree of stations, with for each station, the corresponding sub-tree for the representation of the supervised data (supervision) and the organization of the staff in charge of the surveillance (on-call management). Graphical symbols allow the system state to be showed at one sight (alarms, link failures, unreachable on-call groups, active teams ...). The right window located on the top part of the screen displays a synoptic view of the entity selected in the tree (station, list of supervised tags, tag groups, operators, on -call group, team ...). According to the views, graphical symbols allow an immediate identification of the active or unacknowledged alarms, off duty or relief users, active or unreachable teams, etc. The graphical representation of each view can be modified (list, small or large icons, ...). For each view represented under a list form, it is possible to select th e columns to display by clicking with the mouse right button on the header line of the list. The size and the order of the columns can be modified by respectively dragging column separators or column headers. The right window located on the bottom part of the screen displays various application screens that can be selected by tabs (or by the display commands of the main menu or buttons of the toolbar): "Schedule" On-call schedule of the group selected in the screen (see § 6.1 "On-call schedule"). "Alarms" Table of alarms present in the supervised application (see § 6.2 "Alarm table").

"History" History and statistics on t he alarms and user interventions (see § 6.3 "Alarm history"). "Calls" Screens for call overview and analysis (see § 6.4 "Call overview"). This tab is only displayed when the data base export option is activated.

"Journal" Journal displaying the event log (see § 6.5 "Event log"). "Reports" Logbook containing reports recorded by the users (see § 6.6 "Logbook"). When the alarm viewer module is activated (see § 7.1.2 "Alert Viewer Configuration"), a new tab is added: "Viewer" Graphical supervision of alarms to display synoptics for representation and localization of alarms. A browsing bar located above the synoptic view identifies the selected view and can be used to quickly browse through the various views. It also gives the choice among various graphical representations. The size of each window can be adjusted by moving the mouse cursor on the vertical or horizontal split bar between the windows (cursor or displayed), clicking on the left button of the mouse then dragging the cursor in the wished direction, keeping the mouse button pressed.

Note: it is possible to suppress the topographical representation of the application (with the associated synoptic views) to return to a display compatible with the previous versions (before the version 3.5):

  • Either generally for all the users by unselecting the "Mapping display" option in the starting options (see § 7.1.1 "Advanced parameters").
  • Or for a specific user profile by unselecting the menu entry "Supervision Mapping" of the "Operation" menu for the concerned profile(s).

The displayed tree architecture is as shown on the next page:

Root1 (blue) if DDE/OPC connections stopped | (red) if at least one alarm not acknowledged on all the stations |

(blue) if alarms acknowledged and active on all the stations
  • Station1 (blue) if polling stopped on the station | | (red) if calls disabled on the station | | (red) if at least one alarm not acknowledged on the station | | (blue) if alarms acknowledged and active on the station | |--- Supervision1 (blue) if polling stopped on the station | | | (red) if at least one alarm not acknowledged on the station | | | (blue) if alarms acknowledged and active on the station | | |--- Tags1 (blue) if polling stopped on the station | | | | (red) if at least one alarm not acknowledged on the station | | | | (blue) if alarms acknowledged and active on the station | | | |--- Data Server1 (blue) if polling stopped on data server | | | |--- Data Server1 (red) if alarm not acknowledged in data server 2 | | | | (blue) if alarms acknowledged/ active in data server | | | |---- Data Server1 (red) if link failure with at least one tag of data server | | | | | |---- Groups1 (blue) if polling stopped on the station | | | (red) if at least one alarm not acknowledged on the station | | | (blue) if alarms acknowledged and active on the station | | |---- Group1 (blue) if polling stopped on the station | | | | (red) if alarm not acknowledged in group or sub-group 2 | | | | (blue) if alarms acknowledged and active in group or sub-group | | | | (red) if link failure with a tag of group or sub-group | | | |---- Group1 (blue) if polling stopped on the station | | | |---- Group1 (red) if alarm not acknowledged in the group 2 | | | | (blue) if alarms acknowledged and active in the group | | | |---- Group1 (red) if link failure with a tag of the group | | | | | |---- Group1 | |---- On-Call Management | |---- Users | |---- Groups | | | |--- Active on-call group (red) if active team not reachable | | |---- Team (red) if unreachable team 3 | | |---- Active team (red) if unreachable team | | | |---- Locked on-call group (no active team) | |---- Team |----
  • Station

1 Customizable icon 2 Flashing if call in progress 3 No reachable operator (user off duty or without valid dial number)

The root of the tree provides a synoptic view of the whole stations controlled by the application. Its conte xtual menu allows the creation of new station s and the configuration of the general options of the application. It also allows the root icon to be modified. Tree menu

Acknowledgement Acknowledgment of all alarms of the application (all stations). Polling Stop / Restore the DDE/OPC connections. Add a station Creation of a new station (see § 5.12 "Station properties"). Import Importation of a tag or user list from a text file (see § 8.6 "Importation of a text file"). Paste Add one or more station(s) first copied, with the name "copy<n> of <name of the copied station>". Properties Edition of the properties of the root (icon change). General options Edition of the general options of the applications (see § 7.1 "General options"). Associated view menu

Open Opens the station in the tree (see below). Acknowledgement Acknowledgment of all the alarms of the selected stations. Synchronize Synchronization of the selected stations with the local main station (see § 6.13 "Station synchronization"). Copy Copy data of the selected stations to the clipboard for duplication by a later paste on the root of the tree. Delete Deletion of the selected stations. If data are attached to the stations (tags, tag groups, users, on-call groups), a confirmation is required. The local station (first station) cannot be deleted. Rename Change the name of the station. Properties Edition of the properties of the station (see § 5.12 "Station properties").

Each station branch displays in its sub -tree the whole information relative to the corresponding station, from 2 main branches: a supervision branch for the data owned by the station and an on-call management branch for th e on -call management specific to the station. For each station, it is possible to hide one or the other branch (see § 5.12 "Station properties"). The icon of each station can be customiz ed by using the Properties command of the associated contextual menu. The order of the stations in the tree can be customized. The local station is always displayed on the top of the tree and cannot be moved. To move a station in the tree, click on its ic on with the mouse left button, drag the icon (keeping the mouse button pressed) over the station icon AFTER which the dragged station is wished to be moved, then release the mouse button. Tree menu

Acknowledgement Acknowledgment of all alarms of the station. Synchronize Synchronization of the station with the local main station (see § 6.13 "Station synchronization".

Polling Stop / Restore the DDE/OPC connections of the station. Import Importation of a tag or user list from a text file (see § 8.6 "Importation of a text file"). Copy Copy data of the selected stations to the clipboard for duplication by a later paste on the root of the tree. Delete Deletion of the station. If data are attached to the station (tags, tag groups, users, on-call groups), a confirmation is required. The local station (first station) cannot be deleted. Rename Change the name of the station. Properties Edition of the properties of the station (see § 5.12 "Station properties").

Associated view menu

Open Opens the supervision or on-call management sub-tree (according to the selection). Acknowledgement Acknowledgment of all alarms of the selected station. Properties Edition of the properties of the supervision sub-tree (icon change).

The Supervision branch displays in its sub -tree th e whole information relative to the supervision of the parent station, from 2 main branches: a Tags branch which contains the whole list of the supervised tags and a Groups branch which displays a topographical functional description of the organization of the supervised tags. Tree menu

Acknowledgement Acknowledgment of all alarms of the selected station. Polling Stop / Restore the DDE/OPC connections of the station. Import Importation of the supervision list from an OPC server, a text file or a mediator. The mediator choice ("M_XXXXXX") is only proposed when a mediator has been selected in the supervision options (see § 7.2 "Supervision options"). Properties Edition of the properties of the supervision sub-tree (icon change). Associated view menu

Open Opens the list of tags (or of groups according to the selection) in the tree. Acknowledgement Acknowledgment of all alarms of the selected station. Properties Edition of the properties of the list of tags or groups (icon change).

The Tags branch displays in the associated synoptic view the whole supervised tags that are attached to the parent station. It also displays in its sub -tree the list of the data servers ( DDE and OPC) referred to in the tag list. The type and the status of a tag are represented by icons. In the report representation, the column (1st column by default) displays the type of the tag and the column (2nd column by default) displays its status. In the other views, each tag is represented by an icon resulting from the juxtaposition of the icons representative of its type and its status. The type of a tag is symbolized by the following icons: Variable

Event

Alarm

Masked alarm

The status of a tag is signaled by the following symbols: DDE or OPC tag not polled Invalid tag (server out of order, unreliable value ...) Event active High priority alarm, active not acknowledged Low priority alarm, active not acknowledged Alarm active ackn

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