Micromod Micro-PWC: 53PW6000 MicroPWC Configuration Guide - Manual (Page 52)

Micro-PWC CONFIGURATION GUIDE
32 System Configuration
2.8.0.3 Changing Existing Alarm Vectoring Assignments
Once points have been configured for Alarm Vectoring, use the Find button to quickly locate and highlight
any entry in the Tagnames list box. To do so, enter the desired tagname (or any known portion thereof) in
the text entry box to the right of the Find button, then click Find. The first entry containing the desired
string will appear highlighted at the top of the Tagnames list box. Click Find again to find the next entry
which matches the entered text string.
2.8.0.4 Configuring Multiple Alarm Vectoring Assignments
Multiple Alarm Vectoring assignments can be configured without exiting the Alarm Vector Configuration
window by using the Apply button. To do so, first enter the tagname (or select it from the list in the
Tagnames list box) and specify the target display. Click Apply. The tagname will be entered in the
Tagnames list. Alarm Vectoring assignment will be completed. Repeat the information entry and use Apply
as often as necessary.
2.8.0.5 Deleting Alarm Vectoring Assignments
To delete an Alarm Vectoring assignment, highlight the desired tagname in the Tagnames list box, then
click Delete. A confirmation box will query:
Delete Selected Items?
Click Yes to complete the operation. Click No to exit the operation without making any changes.
If more than one item is to be deleted, all items to be deleted must occupy adjacent lines. Position the
pointer on the first item to be deleted, press and hold the left mouse button, and drag the pointer down to
the last item to be deleted. Click Delete. The confirmation box will appear. Proceed as described above.
2.8.0.6 Using the Vector Button
Vector buttons appear on each of the alarm lines in the Mini-Alarm Window (the top two lines), and on
each line used in the Alarm Review display. A V is displayed on the face of each Vector button.
If Alarm Vectoring has been configured for the point which is in alarm, clicking the Vector button on an
alarm line in the Mini-Alarm Window will cause the assigned display to appear (by default) in the Operator
Window with the lowest index number (e.g., Operator Window #1).
Clicking the Vector button on an alarm line in the Alarm Review display will cause the assigned display to
appear (by default) in the Operator Window which contains the Alarm Review display. In either case, the
display can optionally be made to appear in a different window by dragging and dropping the Vector button
to a location inside the frame of the alternate window.
2.8.1 Area Name Assignment
To use Micro-DCI features to the best advantage, it is important that Areas be planned before configuration
of a system. Areas can be used as the basis for numerous system refinements. For example:
• An operator's permission to change values in the databases of the 53PW6000 controllers in
the system can be limited on the basis of area. In this context, areas are generally considered
to be process areas.
• Messages associated with process alarms and events can be filtered for an operator on the
basis of area. Again, the implementation is usually on the basis of process area.