National Instruments BridgeVIEW - Manual (Page 96)

Chapter 3 Tag Configuration
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User Must Ack
With this option enabled, an alarm remains unacknowledged until the
operator acknowledges the alarm.
Activity 3-1. Configure a Tag, and View the
Tag Configuration Parameters
and Tag Values
The objective of this activity is to use the Tag Configuration Editor to
configure tags for an HMI application and to become familiar with the
Tag Browser and Tag Monitor utilities.
As with all servers, you must register the Tanks Server VI before you can
use it. Most of the activities in this manual require the Tanks Server VI, so
you must run the Register Tanks Server VI, as indicated in the steps below.
For more information about registering servers, see Chapter 8,
Servers .
1. Open the Register Tanks Server VI, which is located in the
BridgeVIEW\_servers\Tanks Server directory.
2. Run the VI.
3. Close the VI.
4. Launch the Tag Configuration Editor by selecting Project»Tag»
Configuration…. This launches the Tag Configuration Editor.
5. Select the configuration file by selecting File»Open and choosing
mytanks.scf from the BridgeVIEW\Activity directory. This
loads mytanks.scf into the Tag Configuration Editor, as shown in the
following illustration.