Micromod Micro-PWC: 53PW6000 MicroPWC Configuration Guide - Manual (Page 43)

Micro-PWC CONFIGURATION GUIDE
System Configuration 23
To manually specify a color for a priority:
1. Click the Priority Color to be changed.
2. Click the selection entry box and use B ACKSPACE to remove the original color name.
3. Type in the name of the desired color using the keyboard.
4. Click Assign Color to assign the newly chosen color to the selected priority.
Custom colors can also be defined, and specified for use with Priorities 1 through 16.
Each available color on the Micro-PWC is created using the three primary colors (red, green and blue) in
varying intensities; a value from 0 to 255 is used to define the intensity of each primary color. Three color
definition boxes in the primary colors red, green and blue appear on the right side of the Primary Colors
portion of the Alarm Setup window.
A color definition is composed of three values, and each color definition box contains a horizontal slider
with an entry box above it. The entry box contains a number from 0 to 255 (inclusive), which reflects the
location of the slider and the current value for that primary color's intensity.
For example:
A color definition with a value of 0 (zero) for all three color intensities produces the color black
(all sliders positioned at the extreme left).
A value of 255 for all three color intensities yields white
(all sliders positioned at the extreme right).
A color definition of Red = 255, Green = 255, BLUE = 0 produces yellow, and so on.
To specify a custom color for a priority:
1. Click the Priority Color to be changed.
2. Specify the desired custom color using the color definition entry boxes or sliders.
3. Click Assign Color to assign the newly chosen color to the selected priority.
2.6.1.4 Audible Alarm Configuration
Audible alarms are sounds produced by an annunciator. On the Micro-PWC, the annunciator is located
within the Micro-PWC computer. These sounds accompany incoming alarms to notify the operator of their
presence. The user can configure audible alarms to accompany System Events and Messages. Process
Alarms are always accompanied by audible alarms.
The types of messages (including Process Alarms, System Events, and Operator Messages) received by
a user are determined by the configuration of message filtering for that user's login account (described in
Section 2.8.4, Message Routing ). This means that not all Micro-PWCs will necessarily receive the same
set of Alarms and Messages.
✎ Note
If this method of color selection is used, the newly selected color
will not appear in the color sample box.
✎ Note
Modifications to priority colors will take effect only in those Operator
Windows which are opened after the new priority color
configuration has been saved.
Similarly, where messages are displayed on two different Micro-
PWCs (CON1 and CON2), new priority colors defined on CON1 will
not be visible on CON2 until the Operator Windows have been
closed and re-opened on CON2. The new colors will be used in the
Mini-Alarm Window only after the Micro-PWC has been restarted.