al_setup,TABLE_HELP,Help - General Alarm Setup Control

This panel is used to identify the tags
that maintain counts of various alarm
states maintained by the Distributed
Alarm Logger.
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al_setup,MAXACTV,Active Alarms

Numeric value that defines the maximum
number of active alarms allowed.

The default is 100, but it can be any
number between 1 and 750.
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al_setup,MASK,Global Hide Tag

Standard element tag name that hides
alarms that have the Use Globe Hide flag
set to YES.  If this tag has a 1 (ON), 
these alarms are not processed.

Valid Data Type: digital
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al_setup,UNACK,Unack. Alarms Count Tag

Standard element tag name updated to
count the number of alarms in the
unacknowledged state.

This must be in the shared domain.

If this field is blank, a count of
the current unacknowledged alarms
cannot be maintained.

Valid Data Type: analog
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al_setup,ACT,Active Alarms Count Tag

Standard element tag name updated to 
count the number of alarms.

This must be in the shared domain.

If this field is blank, a count of
the active alarms cannot be maintained.

This tag can be used to link to an
output animation to display a count
of the number of alarms.

Valid Data Type: analog
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al_setup,AUD,Audible Alarms Count Tag

Standard element tag name updated to 
have the number of unacknowledged 
alarms that have aubible flags set 
o YES.

This must be in the shared domain.

This tag can be used to link Beep
animation in a display to get an
audible signal when an alarm occurs.

Valid Data Type: analog
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al_setup,PRTACT,Print Active Alarms Tag

Standard element tag name that, when
changed to the value 1 (ON), causes
the alarm logger to update the file
(FLAPP/}/alarms.txt and printout
a complete list of all active alarms
and logbook entries.

Valid Data Type: digital
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al_setup,PRTDEV,Active List Print Device

Print device number where the active
alarm list is routed to be printed.
This number corresponds to the line
number of the print device identified
in the Print Spooler Information panel.

The default is 0.
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al_log,TABLE_HELP,Help - Alarm Archive Control

This panel is used to identify the
schema for the database where the
alarms are logged.

The default for this is all fields 
in this panel.
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al_log,DBALIAS,Database Alias Name

Database name that defines a unique name
to identify the relational database that
stores the alarm data.

If the alarms are to be logged to a
relational database, this name must be
entered in the Database Alias Name field
on the appropriate Historian Information
panel.

The default is ALOG or an alphanumeric
string of between 1 and 16 characters.
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al_log,ATABLE,Alarm Table Name

Database name that defines a unique name
for the table in the relational database 
that stores the alarm data.

The default is ALARMS or an alphanumeric
string of between 1 and 16 characters.
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al_log,LTABLE,Logbook Table Name
   
Database name that defines a unique name
for the table in the relational database 
that stores the alarm logbook data.

The default is LOGBOOK or an alphanumeric
string of between 1 and 16 characters.
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al_log,HSTMBX,Historian Mailbox

Mailbox tag name that defines the name
of the mailbox tag used to transfer
the data to the relational database.

This tag name must also be entered in
the Historian Mailbox field on the
appropriate Historian Mailbox
Information panel.

The default is alog_mbx or any
alphanumeric string tag name.
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al_log,MAXRECS,History Max Records

Numeric value that defines the maximum
number of records allowed in the
database if you are sending data to
a dBASE Historian.

The default is 1000.
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al_log,MSGSIZE,Message Size

Numeric value between 1 and 128 that 
defines the size of a message column 
when it is saved into the alarm and 
logbook tables in the relational
database.

The default is 80.
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al_lan,TABLE_HELP,Help - Alarm Local Area Network (LAN) Control

This panel is used to identify the
node and the appropriate mailboxes
for distribution of alarms through
the LAN system.  This panel is
configured only if the alarms are
to be distributed.
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al_lan,LANID,Source Node ID

Numeric value between 0 and 255 that
specifies this node on the network.
Each node must be identified with a
different number.

This ID is for distribution of alarms
only.
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al_lan,SNDMBX,Network Send Mailbox

Mailbox tag name used to communicate
with other nodes on the network.

This mailbox tag name must also be
entered in the Tag Name field on the 
LAN Send Information panel and in the
Network Alias field on the LAN Receive
Information panel.  The Exception Send
Flag field on the LAN Send Control
panel should be set to Y.

This must be in the shared domain.
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al_lan,RCVMBX,Network Receive Mailbox

Mailbox tag name used to communicate
with other nodes on the network.

This mailbox tag name must also be
entered in the Tag Name field on the 
LAN Receive Information panel.

This must be in the shared domain.
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