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Preface................................................................................................................................. xiii
Audience ................................................................................................................................ xiii
Revision Information ............................................................................................................. xiii
Reference Documents ............................................................................................................ xiv
Conventions ........................................................................................................................... xiv
Menu Bar Commands ....................................................................................................... xiv
Command and File Name Syntax ....................................................................................... xv
Glossary .................................................................................................................................. xv
1. Introduction to FoxView ................................................................................................... 1
Overview of FoxView ................................................................................................................ 1
I/A Series Hardware ............................................................................................................. 1
Multi-Headed Workstations ................................................................................................. 2
I/A Series Environments ............................................................................................................ 3
I/A Series Applications .............................................................................................................. 4
System Management ............................................................................................................ 4
Alarm Manager .................................................................................................................... 4
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FoxCAE ...............................................................................................................................
DD Explorer ........................................................................................................................
IACC ...................................................................................................................................
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FoxPanels Configurator ........................................................................................................
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Overview of Trends ............................................................................................................
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Preface
This document describes FoxView software (FoxView), the user interface to I/A Series
process displays. It also describes FoxSelect software (FoxSelect), the user interface for
accessing compounds and blocks. Additional topics include the Online Trend Configurator,
pos_win utility, shortcut menus, moveable overlays and profile plots.
The information in this document is also available from FoxView Online Help. FoxView and
FoxDraw v10.4 are supported on the following Windows operating systems:
I/A Series software v8.8 and later for Windows 7 or Windows Server2008 R2
Standard platforms.
I/A Series software v8.2 and later for Windows XP, and Windows Server2003
platforms.
Refer to FoxView and FoxDraw Software V10.4 Release Notes (B0700SN) for additional
details on the latest features for FoxView v10.4.
NOTE
FoxView and FoxDraw v10.3 or later do not run on Solaris platforms. Earlier versions of FoxView and FoxDraw are supported on the Solaris platform. Refer to
FoxView and FoxDraw Software v10.2.4 Release Notes (B0700RJ), FoxView
Software (B0700BD), and FoxDraw Software (B0700BE) for further information
on Solaris support.
Audience
The information in this document is intended for process operators and engineers.
Revision Information
For this release of the document (B0700FC, Rev. B), the following changes have been made:
Global
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Reference Documents
Refer to the following documents for more information:
AIM*Historian Users Guide (B0193YL)
Alarm and Display Manager Configurator (B0700AM)
Display Commands (B0193DF)
Display Engineering for FoxView Software and Display Manager Software (B0193MQ)
FoxCAE V4.0 Computer Aided Engineering for I/A Series Control Station Databases
(FoxCAE) Version 4.0 (B0193MR)
FoxDraw Software (B0700FD)
FoxView and FoxDraw Software V10.4 Release Notes (B0700SN)
Control Processor 270 (CP270) and Field Control Processor 280 (CP280) Integrated
Control Software Concepts (B0700AG)
System Manager (B0750AP)
Integrated Control Configurator (B0193AV)
Process Operations and Displays (B0700BN)
System Management Displays (B0193JC)
Workstation Alarm Management (B0700AT)
The MESH Control Network System Planning and Sizing (B0700AX).
Most of these documents are available on the I/A Series Electronic Documentation media
(K0173WT). The latest revisions of each document are also available through our Invensys
Global Customer Support at http://support.ips.invensys.com.
Conventions
Menu Bar Commands
This document uses an abbreviated format for menu bar commands.
Example
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When a new trend is assigned to an environment trend_list, one of files is copied into the
\opt\customer\ScratchPads\EnvironmentName\Trends directory. The copied file is
renamed as trend_button#.fdf, where button# is the number of the button that was
assigned to open the trend, and EnvironmentName is the name of the FoxView
environment.
Glossary
The following terms are used in this document.
Annunciator keyboard
Hardware panel with keys that light and blink to indicate process alarms.
A horn can also be configured to the keyboard.
Depending on how the annunciator keyboard is configured, pressing a
key:
Acknowledges an alarm
Calls up a display
Carries out a command.
The I/A Series system also includes FoxPanels, software alarm panels that
can emulate the same functions as hardware annunciator panels.
Checkpoint
Compound
Detail Display
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Equipment
Control
Compound
FoxSelect
Group Display
ScratchPads
A set of 20 trend overlays and 20 group overlays that can be created using
the ScratchPad menu bar command.
Station block
Station
Compound
1. Introduction to FoxView
This chapter introduces FoxView and discusses I/A Series environments and applications,
printer setup, configurators, and alarms.
Overview of FoxView
FoxView is the I/A Series user interface between you and the process.
From FoxView, you can interact with any or all of the real-time plant, field, and process data
available in the I/A Series system.
FoxView provides:
Entry into user-configurable operating environments specific to each user
Execution of embedded real-time and historical trending
Direct access to dynamic process displays
Access to the four most recently used displays
Service and display of process alarms, using the Alarm Manager
FoxSelect, which in turn, provides an overview of the compounds and blocks in the
control database, and access to Block Detail Displays
Access to other applications (if permitted), such as:
System Management
FoxDraw software (FoxDraw) for building and configuring dynamic user
graphics
Integrated Control Configurator for configuring the control database
AIM*Historian for configuring the historization of process data and system
messages.
Display Editor (DEdit), Display Converter (DConvert)
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1. Introduction to FoxView
Multi-Headed Workstations
An I/A Series workstation can support multiple monitors. This feature, called multi-headed
operation, allows a workstation to display up to four times as much information as can be viewed
on a single screen.
Multi-headed workstations can support:
Four USB annunciator and annunciator/numeric keyboards - refer to USB-Based
Annunciator Keyboard User's Guide (B0700FT)
Four serial/GCIO annunciator and annunciator/numeric keyboards
Two console horns
Two external horns.
When configured for multi-headed operation, standard (non-touchscreen) monitors share a single
keyboard and pointing device, and the cursor moves from one screen to the other screen.
Workstations
Workstations such as the WSTA70, WSVR70, and AW70 can be configured for up to four monitors and a maximum of two touchscreens.
The H92 and P92 workstations can be configured for two monitors and two touchscreens.
You can open an application on one screen and move it to another screen.
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Environment
Initial
Menus
File, Help
NOTE
The FoxView menu bar includes a Disp menu (and optionally additional menus such as Disp_1
and Disp_2), from which to call up process displays.
The Software Engineer and Process Engineer environments include a SftMnt menu for
maintaining I/A Series software and a Config menu for accessing I/A Series configurator
programs:
FoxDraw
FoxPanels
AIM*Historian
Integrated Control Configurator
Refer to FoxView Window on page 47.
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1. Introduction to FoxView
Alarm Manager
The I/A Series Alarm Manager provides seven alarm displays for viewing and responding to process alarms.
By default, clicking the FoxView Process button calls up the Alarm Managers Current Alarms
Display, which shows all existing alarm conditions. Alarms are color coded by priority to help you
quickly focus on critical conditions.
From the Alarm Managers Operations display, you can access any of the other Alarm Manager
displays.
You can use the Alarm Managers Find capability to acknowledge and clear specific sets of alarms,
and the Match/Filter capability to specify the alarms you want to view based on a time frame
(for example, a particular compound or block, or an alarm type).
For more information about the Alarm Manager and the alarm displays, refer to the Alarm
Manager On-Line Help (am.hlp) or the I/A Series Workstation Alarm Management (B0700AT)
document.
Configurators
FoxCAE
FoxCAE software is an optional engineering package for designing the control database and
AIM*Historian database, and producing typical loop drawings. Use FoxCAE to build software
loops of control strategies using a tag list and standards such as typicals and default values.
Typicals are built with a graphic loop editor, enabling you to view the layout of the loops during
the planning stages as well as print out a loop drawing.
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You can load a database (created using the Integrated Control Configurator) into FoxCAE to
generate loop drawings for the database.
DD Explorer
DD Explorer, used with FoxCAE, translates H1 device descriptions in device templates that can
be imported into FoxCAE, eliminating the need for NI-bus communication. DD Explorer is also
used with IACC to provide device-appropriate configuration options for DCI Function blocks
used with H1 devices.
IACC
IACC offers the following coordination with FoxView:
Quick View is a commissioning tool available for on-platform IACC clients. Quick
View automatically generates a FoxView group display with a faceplate for each block
in the control strategy diagram (CSD) showing live data from the CP. The faceplates
are arranged in the same relative positions as the block in the CSD.
IACC is integrated with the FoxDraw software so you can create FoxView displays by
simply dragging block objects from the IACC Project Navigator into the FoxDraw
Editor. IACC also supports download of the drawing files to the I/A Series
workstations.
FoxDraw
FoxDraw is the display builder/configurator used to create and maintain graphic displays for
viewing process dynamics.
Use FoxDraw drawing tools and graphic object palettes to create process displays representing the
plant, a process area, or a portion of the process. Use FoxDraw to connect display objects to
process variables and operator picks, providing dynamic updates as a method interacting with the
process.
Refer to the FoxDraw On-Line Help (foxdraw.chm) or FoxDraw (B0700FD) for more
information.
FoxPanels Configurator
Use the optional FoxPanels Configurator to create and configure these types of alarm panels:
Customized alarm panels
Emulated annunciator keyboards (soft alarm panels)
Hardware annunciator keyboards
You can specify panel layout, button appearance, button labels, access to process displays,
program, script execution, and the blocks to be monitored.
You can also configure workstation horns for both process and system alarms.
Refer to the FoxPanels Configurator On-Line Help (foxpancf.chm), FoxPanels Runtime
On-Line Help (foxpanel.chm), or I/A Series Workstation Alarm Management (B0700AT) for more
information.
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AIM*Historian
AIM*Historian collects, processes, and stores control data for trends, logs, reports, spreadsheets,
and application programs. A typical Historian database can contain a combination of process
analog or digital variables (points), application-generated messages, and system and process
alarms.
You can configure the following types of data collection:
Point sample collection
Message groups (predefined groups only)
Archive groups
Manual Data Entry groups
For these data collections, you can configure and edit point members, groups, group members,
and Manual Data Entry variables. For more information, refer to AIM*Historian Users Guide
(B0193YL).
Printer Setup
The default graphics printer is the default workstation printer.
To configure the Printer:
1. Click Panel Launch button to add keyboard shortcut to the Print Screen key.
2. Launch Preferences > Desktop Preference > Keyboard > Shortcuts. The
Keyboard Shortcuts preference tool window appears.
3. To disable the Take a Screenshot command:
a. Select Take a Screenshot command
b. Select shortcut column, press Delete button.
c. Now the Take a Screenshot command is disabled.
4. Press New button to add the command. A Custom Binding dialog is displayed.
5. Enter the command /usr/local/pref -<DMNAME> dmcmd psc. Click OK.
6. Click on the Shortcut column, while clicking you can see the New accelerator text.
7. Click Print Screen key to associate with the command.
8. Click on the Key to Get Print of the Display.
NOTE
You can get more information for configuring from HELP of the Keyboard Shortcuts preference tool.
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Widescreen Monitor - used with I/A Series Workstations with FoxView/FoxDraw v10.2.4 or Later
Figure 1-1. Foxboro Display Files Converted from 4:3 Aspect Ratio to
Widescreen 16:9 Aspect Ratio
Refer to the appendix Widescreen Conversion for Displays in FoxDraw Software (B0700FD)
for the instructions on how to convert these displays to widescreen format.
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1. Introduction to FoxView
2. Process Displays
This chapter describes different process displays that you can invoke from FoxView, including
block, compound and station block displays and trends.
Customized Displays
A site can include customized displays to meet its needs. Customized displays include:
Group displays, showing trends and faceplates of selected blocks
Customized Block Detail Displays
User-built displays that can take any form.
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User-Built Displays
User-built displays are displays created with FoxDraw or Display Builder (older systems).
Refer to Accessing a User-Built Display on page 78.
Group Displays
Group displays contain faceplates and trends grouped into unique layouts with connections to
different blocks to meet changing operational needs. For example, a group display can include
four faceplates over four trends, together with control buttons for acknowledging an alarm,
toggling a Boolean value, toggling an Auto/Manual state, or calling up a Block Detail Display.
A faceplate can show a block description, measurement, and outputs. Use a faceplate to
manipulate the block state and provide direct access to Block Detail Displays.
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If a block is configured for Supervisory Setpoint Control (SSC), you can enable or
disable SSC.
A Block Detail Display (Figure 2-1) consists of a base detail display, which contains the most
important control data, and overlays containing additional information.
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Trend Area
A trend area is an overlay that covers the block alarm area display.
Trend areas are a collection of pre-built display fields that show lines (trends) representing
changing data values from real-time data or historical databases. Figure 2-2 displays a trend area.
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Faceplate
The faceplate, located in the upper-right of the Block Detail Display, includes:
Header, the upper area that is common to most block types
Data area, located below the header.
The data area varies, depending on the parameter and the block type. Figure 2-3 is an example of
a faceplate.
Header
Alarm Area, when present
Data Area
Button
Description
Acknowledges alarms.
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Toggles a Boolean value (0 or 1).
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Overlay Buttons
Overlay buttons (located to the left of the faceplate), as shown in Figure 2-4, open overlay pages,
containing additional block information.
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Alarms Overlay
The Alarms overlay opens over the bottom half of a Block Detail Displays base display. The
example in Figure 2-5 shows an alarms overlay for a PID Block Detail Display.
Alarm Status
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Alarm Inhibited
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Absolute alarm deadband
Bad input/output
Deviation alarm deadband
High-high absolute
High absolute
High deviation
High output
High/low deadband
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Low absolute
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Low output
Measurement alarm deadband
Output alarm deadband
Input Point1 to Point8 state alarms
Pretarget
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Compounds
Process control for I/A Series systems is based on compounds and blocks. A compound is a logical
collection of blocks that perform a control strategy.
Refer to Control Processor 270 (CP270) and Field Control Processor 280 (CP280) Integrated Control
Software Concepts (B0700AG) for more information.
The compound attributes are listed in Table 2-3.
Table 2-3. Compound Attributes
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A configured user-defined name.
A configured user-defined identification.
A parameter that enables or disables the execution of all
blocks within the compound (1=on; 0=off ).
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Period/Phasing
Period and phasing allow the starting time of one compound/block to lead or lag the starting time
of another compound/block. This is often used to level the block processor load. You can assign a
phase number to each compound using a range of integer values that varies with the assigned
period.
Settable Parameters
ON
CINHIB
Non-Settable Parameters
ALMLEV
Specifies the highest priority of all active alarms within the compound.
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Data Collection
Active or Inactive
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Soft Vers
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Cont Blks
Seq Blks
Total Control
Cycle
OM Scan
Station Idle Time
Percent (%) of BPC (basic processing cycle) time spent reading and
writing data from Fieldbus Modules. This is primarily the time spent by
the Fieldbus coprocessor communicating with Fieldbus Modules.
Percent (%) of BPC time that is spent executing all Continuous blocks.
Percent (%) of BPC time that is spent executing all Sequence blocks.
Percent (%) of BPC time that is spent collecting data from Fieldbus
modules and executing Continuous and Sequence blocks. In other words,
Field bus scan plus Cont blks equals total control cycle.
Percent (%) of BPC time that is spent scanning the control database.
This value is the average load of the past 12 scans.
Percent (%) of time that the main processor is executing an idle loop.
The Sink Peer-to-Peer Status box displays data about points that are being collected into this
station to satisfy the station databases remote inter-block linkages. There is no information about
peer-to-peer data that this station is sending to other stations. Table 2-6 describes the Sink
Peer-to-Peer Status box attributes.
NOTE
This option does not apply to stand-alone stations. Some systems show this data as
a result of interprocess communications.
Attribute
Total Points
Points
Disconnected
Points Deleted
Points
Not Found
Description
Displays the total number of unique remote inter-block linkages that exist
within this stations database. For example, if each of 20 blocks has a remote
reference to rem_compound:pid.out, only one remote inter-block linkage is
counted in the total points field.
Displays the number of points that were connected at one time, but are
currently disconnected. It may indicate failure or reboot of the source station.
Displays the number of points that were connected, but have had the remote
source of data deleted from the station. This is normally a transient state that
lasts between the time that the block was deleted and the checkpoint
completing on that station.
Displays the number of points that have never been located on the system.
This can occur while multiple stations are being loaded via the loadall
process. Other common reasons for points not found include errors (typos) in
the Compound:Block.Parameter name, or source block not built.
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Table 2-7 lists the Station Free Memory box attributes and their descriptions.
Table 2-7. Station Free Memory (Bytes) Box Attributes
Attribute
Largest Seg
Total Free
Description
Displays the largest contiguous segment of memory within the free pool
for the station. The largest objects that ever exist within the CPs user
memory are 32,000 bytes (Sequence blocks and OM lists). If the largest
seg is less than 32,000 bytes (the size of the largest sequence block),
reduce the CP load. Installing (or editing) large Sequence blocks may
be a problem. You can reduce the CP load by deleting control blocks,
closing user graphics, or shutting down applications such as,
AIM*Historian.
Displays the sum of all free-memory segments of user memory. If this
value is less than 250,000 bytes, reduce the processor memory load.
Table 2-8 lists the Operator buttons attributes and their descriptions.
Table 2-8. Operator Button Attributes
Attribute
Description
Control Loading
OM Scanner Loading
Group Assignments
Opens the Control Loading overlay on the lower half of the screen.
Opens the OM Scanner overlay on the lower half of the screen.
Opens the Group Device Assignments overlay on the lower half of the
screen.
If your system is configured for Supervisory Setpoint Control (SSC), a
supervisory application can control setpoints, ratios, or measurement
values.
Supervisory
Setpoint Control
Attribute
compound proc
reset button
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Displays the number of times the Compound Processor task has overrun since the station was rebooted or the counter was reset.
Sets the overruns counter to 0.
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LODSYN
Active or Inactive
LODPER
LODPHS
Description
Toggle to ACTIVE to lock data collection onto the phase defined by
the LODPHS entry. Toggle to INACTIVE to collect data on a continuous basis in accordance with the default LODPER, starting at the current execution phase.
Specifies the data collection period for the TOTAL CONTROL
CYCLE and CONTINUOUS BLOCK LOAD boxes. If the station
BPC is 0.5 seconds and the LODPER is 5.0 seconds, the ten bars in the
loading boxes will represent all scans of the Compound Processor. If the
LODPER is 10.0 seconds, the ten bars in the loading boxes represent
ten of the 20 phases beginning with the phase defined in LODPHS.
Enter the number (5 to 3600) of seconds. The default is 10 BPC.
Displays the phase that is shown in the first (far left) bars of the
TOTAL CONTROL CYCLE and CONTINUOUS BLOCK LOAD
boxes.
Normally, the total control cycle and continuous block load boxes represent data collected over
the past ten Compound Processor scans. The Phase Sync Control box allows you to lock the data
collection onto a fixed set of phases.
Table 2-11 gives sample values for load sync fields.
Table 2-11. Sample Values for Load Sync Fields
Loading Periods
(LODPER)
5.0
10.0
60.0
Valid Phases
(LODPHS)
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This box shows ten bars/values representing ten consecutive phase executions of the Compound
Processor (the left bar is the oldest one). The values are elapsed time for the total control cycle,
expressed as a percentage of the station BPC. This includes Fieldbus scanning, Continuous block
execution, and Sequence block execution.
When lodsyn is inactive, the ten bars represent the last ten Compound Processor cycles.
Continuous Block Load (% of BPC) Box
This box shows ten bars/values representing ten consecutive phase executions of the Compound
Processor (the left bar is the oldest one). The values are elapsed time for just the Continuous block
execution, expressed as a percentage of the station BPC.
When lodsyn is inactive, the ten bars represent the last ten Compound Processor cycles.
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Overruns Box
OM Scanner
Displays the number of times the OM Scanner task has overrun since the station was rebooted or
the counter was reset. Overruns occur when:
Communications to a station are disconnected. In this case, overruns typically occur
at one-minute intervals.
Too many stations are connected. This may be corrected by reducing the number of
concurrent applications.
Block processing overload does not leave enough time for the OM Scanner to
complete processing.
Sequence logic contains too many full pathname references.
Reset Button
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Trends
Overview of Trends
A trend consists of:
A graph area
Numerical readout fields
Pause and scroll buttons.
The trends graph area includes lines (pens), representing changing real-time data values or values
from a historical database. Trends can be configured for auto-scaling, which adjusts the maximum
and minimum scale values (Y-axis) according to the current data points being displayed.
Figure 2-6 represents a typical trend.
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Trend Data
Trend data is plotted as a series of data points, each point representing the value of a variable at a
given moment in time. These plotted points are connected by straight lines and are scaled according to the high limit and low limit configured for each trend line. Data scrolls to the left as new
data is entered. The new data appears at the configured scan rate.
Trending supports:
Up to four trend lines (pens) per graph representing real, integer, or packed
Boolean data
Trend duration displayed in HH:MM:SS (hours, minutes, seconds)
Real-time data collection at a configured scan rate
A data parameter name (such as MEAS) and related numerical value (for example,
96.61)
Status conditions shown with different line styles. A BAD status is displayed as a
dashed line, and the text field shows asterisks (*****)
Time stamp along X-axis on an even tick division.
You can pause the trend to page forward and backward through historical data, and view a
numerical readout for a requested time. FoxView display time is local time, adjusted for daylight
or standard time.
NOTE
For log scale data, values of 0.0 or less are displayed as 1.0, as the log (base 10) of
these values is undefined.
Refer to Selecting a Time Period for Historical Data on page 58.
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Examples of Trends
These examples show trends with different configurations.
Example #1
Banded mode
No Y-axis scales
Local time stamps.
Example #2
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Option
Trend type
Time stamp format
Specifies
Whether the trend is to be linear or logarithmic. This trend area attribute applies to all lines trended in the graph.
The format of the trend areas bottom edge (X-axis). FoxView
permits two styles: local time and relative time. The illustrations
below respectively show local time and relative time.
Markers
Off-normal area
Background color
Display style
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FoxView allows you to specify the size of the marker in pixels. This
marker size applies to all markers displayed within an instance of FoxView.
A trend can be configured with off-normal operating areas at the top
and bottom of the trend graph. These areas, which can be configured
in any color, are based on a percentage of range for the entire graph.
A trend areas configuration includes its background color.
Each trend is configured to be merged or banded. A merged trend can
display up to four trend lines inside the same graph area. A banded
trend displays each line inside an individual quarter-height area.
Banded format is often used for auto-scale trends. Banded format can
not be used for logarithmic trends.
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Y-axis scales
Y-axis
Static Lines
Specifies
A trends configuration can include the display of scale settings
(labels) along the trend areas Y-axis. Each trend pen (line) can be configured to include its own scales. Within FoxView, you can assign the
pen for scale display.
The scale color matches the color of the assigned pen. Each trend
pen's data is plotted according to the pen's configured scale values,
regardless of which pen's scale is currently visible on the Y-axis.
If the Y-axis is visible, selecting within the Y-axis area displays the next
trend pen's scales. Each scale is displayed in the color of the trend
pen.
Each trend can have a set of four static lines configured either
through the Advanced Graph tab in the OnLine Trend Configurator
or the Pens tab in FoxDraw.
Each trend can be configured to display -1 to 4 decimal places in the
OnLine Trend Configurator or the Timing tab in FoxDraw.
You can also view historical data. A historical trend provides data from a
database file.
Trend data displays as a series of plotted points connected by straight lines. Data scaling on the
vertical axis is according to high scale and low scale limits configured for each trend line, or
according to auto-scaling provided by FoxView.
The real-time trend data scrolls to the left as new trend data is added on the right. New data
displays at the configured scan rate. However, if the configured scan rate is less than four seconds,
new data is temporarily stored. (The display is not updated more often than every four seconds.)
The grid is scrolled with the trend data.
For trending historical data, scrolling buttons near the bottom of the trend allow you to scroll the
trend to the left or right.
The Pause and Update buttons provide a means of toggling between trends representing real-time
and historical data.
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Once a line has been set up for auto-scaling, the numerical updating value on the
trend is surrounded by a rectangle in the pens color. This indicates that auto-scaling is
currently in effect.
Before a trend is redrawn, all other trend lines are checked for the condition described
under Decreasing the trend area (second bulleted item above).
When the Auto-Scale function is in effect, FULL SCALE, ZOOM, and SHIFT are inactive
(dark brown) on the Online Trend Configurator.
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If configured, the changes you make can be saved for future use.
If you have the proper permission access levels, you can configure an online trend and view it
immediately. In addition, if you have the proper permission, you can save the trend configuration,
which overwrites the FoxDraw generated trend configuration for use with subsequent displays of
the trend.
NOTE
If a display contains more than one trend and you make changes to more than one
trend, you must first save each changed trend before saving the entire display.
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X/Y Plots
FoxView supports X/Y plots (Figure 2-10) that allow you to plot two process variables against
each other. You configure these plots through FoxDraw. An X/Y plot allows up to four relations to
be plotted within a single plot area. FoxView supports a maximum of 16 plots per display. Plots
consist of a trace line that shows all data points corresponding to the relation.
X/Y plots support both linear and logarithmic scales on both the X and Y axes. The color and
visibility of grid lines are configured in FoxDraw.
The relation data that is plotted can come from one of three sources:
Current real-time data
X/Y points from a read data file
Historical data.
Use FoxDraw to configure FoxView to retrieve historical data, on a pen-by-pen basis, for X and Y
data points individually and include this historical data in the X/Y Plot.
FoxView supports the ability to retrieve X/Y plot data from an ASCII file, created with a text
editor or a users application that contains data for a single relation. For the format of this data
file, see FoxDraw Software (B0700FD).
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Markers
An X/Y plot can display up to four series of plotted points (also called lines or pens). Each pens
appearance can display:
A leading marker with the previously plotted points indicated by the vertices of a
polyline (for example, -------o, or ------+).
A marker at each point (for example, ooooo or ++++++). The markers can be
connected with polylines (for example, o---o---o---o).
In the X/Y plot, the marker configured for the plotted pair appears in the area next to the names
of the X and Y pairs. The example indicator in Figure 2-11 distinguishes plotted data on plots
containing more than one plotted pair.
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Color
In addition to the marker (quantity and style) configuration, specifications made in FoxDraw for
the X/Y plots background color and pen color (point color) affect the X/Y plots appearance.
The newest X/Y pair can be drawn in one color, and previously plotted points may be drawn in a
different color. Additionally, the color of the most recent point can be based on another variable.
If one of the data values in a plotted pair is unavailable, out-of-service, bad, or in error, then no
data is plotted for the pair. A data field indicates the data quality of the current values for each
pair.
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Out-of-Normal Polygons
FoxView displays out-of-normal polygons (polygons that represent out-of-normal processing
values) on X/Y plots. Out-of-normal polygons can be closed objects or open objects. FoxView
reads the data for the out-of-normal polygons from the object description file as described in FoxDraw (B0700BE). You can configure two behaviors with out-of-normal polygons:
As the most recent point of a plotted relation enters a closed polygon, the color of the
point changes (plotted markers and connecting line segments) to the color configured
in the polygon for the most recent point. If any relation is within the area defined by
the closed polygon, the line color of the out-of-normal polygon changes to the configured color. If there are no longer any most recent points within the polygon, the line
color of the out-of-normal polygon reverts to the original configured color.
As the most recent point of a plotted relation enters a closed polygon, the edge color
of the polygon can be configured to change. As long as the most recent point of any
relation is within the polygon, the edge color remains at the configured color. If a
most recent point is within two polygons, only the edge color of the topmost polygon
changes.
The points plotted from the X/Y plot data file can be configured to be drawn on the
X/Y plot in a different color to distinguish the points.
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Alarm Notification
The FoxView Alarm Bar includes a System button and a Process button, as shown in Figure 2-12,
which indicate the health of the system equipment and the process, respectively.
System Button
Failures can occur at stations, at peripherals attached to stations, or during communications to
Fieldbus modules, Fieldbus processors, controllers, and I/O cards.
The System button indicates your I/A Series systems equipment status, as listed in Table 2-13.
Table 2-13. System Button and Equipment Status Information
System button
Steady green
Blinking green
Steady red
Blinking red
Equipment status
All equipment is healthy.
All equipment is healthy, but one or more previous failures are unacknowledged. One half of a fault-tolerant module has failed.
One or more acknowledged equipment failures exist.
One or more unacknowledged equipment failures exist.
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Process Button
When a block or group of blocks related to the process goes into alarm, the FoxView Process button turns red and blinks. The Process button status is described in Table 2-14.
Table 2-14. Process Button Status
Process Button
Steady green
Blinking green
Steady red
Blinking red
Process Status
No process alarms exist.
One or more alarms that have returned to normal are still unacknowledged.
One or more acknowledged alarms exist.
One or more unacknowledged alarms exist.
Clicking the Process button accesses the Alarm Manager, where you acknowledge alarms and
monitor alarm conditions.
Alarm Displays
The Alarm Managers multiple windows provide alarm displays, which in turn, provide access to
process displays.
You can view an alarm display to assess the criticality of process alarms before acknowledging and
resolving alarm conditions. From an alarm display you can quickly access a Block Detail Display,
a user-built display, or the top priority display.
By default, there are six alarm displays and an operators window, but your site may be configured
to use only the displays that are required. The alarm displays are described in Table 2-15.
Table 2-15. Alarm Displays
Alarm Display
Most Recent Alarms
New Alarm Summary
Unacknowledged
Alarm Summary
Acknowledged Alarm
Summary
Alarm History
Operations
Provides
Most recent unacknowledged alarms, updated every second.
All active unacknowledged alarms.
All unacknowledged alarms that have returned to normal.
All active acknowledged alarms.
All alarm and return to normal messages from a selected historian.
Horn management and access to other environments.
For more information about alarm displays, refer to the Alarm Manager On-Line Help or
I/A Series Workstation Alarm Management (B0700AT).
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Alarms
Alarms and status messages are generated by alarm blocks and alarm options in certain blocks.
These alarms have priorities from 1 to 5 (1 is the highest priority), allowing you to quickly focus
on the most important plant alarm conditions.
Each compound has an alarm summary parameter (ALMLEV) that contains the priority of the
highest current alarm in that compound. To avoid nuisance alarms, you can inhibit low priority
alarms at the compound level via the CINHIB parameter.
Alarm messages from the blocks within the compound are sent to designated groups of
workstations or applications (workstations, AIM*Historian instances, printers) according to the
configured alarm groups.
ScratchPads
FoxView installation includes a set of ScratchPad trends (named trend_list) and group displays
(named group_list). Each of these ScratchPad applications allows you to set up a unique set of
20 trend overlays and 20 group displays for each FoxView environment. These overlays and
displays are configured within FoxView, without using FoxDraw. Each of these ScratchPad sets
has been implemented using existing FoxView commands and features.
Both trend_list and group_list can be added to any FoxView environment. trend_list and
group_list have been added to the Process_Eng environment. In addition, trend_list has been
added to the Operator environment. In the directory /opt/fox/displib/ScratchPad/Common, refer to the files readme_trend.txt and readme_group.txt for installation and operational information regarding this feature.
When added to an environment, a new menu entry appears in the menu bar titled ScratchPads,
as shown in Figure 2-13.
You can use the group_list or the trend_list menu commands to configure the corresponding
ScratchPad within FoxView. ScratchPad configurations for each environment are maintained
separately.
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Shortcut Menus
FoxView provides context-sensitive shortcut menus of display commands for use in the Block
Detail displays and user-built displays. When you click the right-click mouse button on an updating field, overlay, or base display, the assigned shortcut menu opens. If you right-click over an
updating field, and the display also has menu commands associated with the display, the menu
commands for the updating object appear first, and then the menu commands for the display
appear. There are specific shortcut menus for use with specific operating environments such as the
Operator or Process Engineer environment.
In Block Detail displays, FoxView invokes the assigned shortcut menu when you right-click on an
updating field, indicator bar, limit indicator, or other areas on the base display. Figure 2-14 shows
an example of the default shortcut menu invoked when the process engineer right-clicks on the
measurement indicator bar in the control with bias overlay of a PID block detail display.
Shortcut Menu
Figure 2-14. Example of Shortcut Menu for Block Detail Display
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Figure 2-15 shows examples of the default shortcut menus provided for the Initial and Operator
environments. Figure 2-16 shows examples of the default shortcut menus provided for the Process
Engineer and Software Engineer environments.
You can create custom shortcut menus and specify their contents through menu definition files.
For more information on menu definition files, refer to Display Engineering for FoxView Software
and Display Manager Software (B0193MQ).
Overlay Shortcut Menu
Closes the base display
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Moveable Overlays
FoxView supports moveable overlays (see overlay PIDC_11 in Figure 2-17). When first invoked,
moveable overlays are located on the FoxView window in the same position as stationary overlays.
However, you can move the overlays around or off the FoxView window.
You can move these overlays anywhere on the desktop. On Windows multi-head stations, you can
move overlays to any of the heads on the desktop.
Moveable overlays can be hidden behind the FoxView window, but the number of moveable overlays currently opened for each FoxView is displayed on the right of the FoxView status bar. You
can either see the open overlays, or determine if some are hidden behind the FoxView window.
Moveable overlays have a standard window frame and title bar. You use the title bar and frame for
selecting the window for repositioning and resizing. The window control menu is also available,
allowing windows to be closed and iconized. The title bar contains the name of the overlay.
A moveable overlay is initially displayed in a size relative to its FoxView window. In other words, a
1/4 screen overlay will occupy one quarter of the FoxView window, regardless of the actual size of
the window.
Moveable overlays are resizable. When resized, they retain their original aspect ratio. You cannot
resize an overlay to smaller than it would appear if it were inside the minimized FoxView window.
The minimum size for a FoxView window is generally specified as 1/4 the screen.
When FoxView is iconized, all overlays are also iconized. When the FoxView window is closed,
all the overlays close.
FoxView supports a maximum of 16 stationary and moveable overlays.
You can build moveable overlays via FoxDraw or include an argument specifying that the overlay
to be invoked be moveable using either the ov and ov_conn commands.
FoxView supports an embedded display script that is run when the overlay is closed. This feature
configures overlays that have no Close button to be moveable and allows them to be closed from
the window control menu.
FoxView provides a way for overlays that were built with previous versions of FoxView to be made
moveable. By default, however, FoxView opens all overlays in the manner in which they were
built. Thus, FoxView opens all previously built overlays as stationary and all newly built overlays
according to the way they were built in FoxDraw.
Using the View menu commands, you can open stationary overlays and make them moveable, or
you can open the overlays as built in FoxDraw. Clicking Moveable Overlays in the View menu
forces all overlays built prior to FoxDraw release 9.0 to open as moveable. It also forces all overlays
configured as FoxView mode in FoxDraw 9.0 or later to open as moveable. However, overlays
built as stationary with FoxDraw 9.0 or later do not open as moveable.
FoxView provides shortcut menu commands to switch stationary overlays to moveable and moveable overlays to stationary. Right-clicking a stationary overlay opens a shortcut menu from which
you can click Moveable to change the overlay to a window that you can move by clicking and
dragging the title. Right-clicking a moveable overlay opens a shortcut menu from which you can
click Stationary to change the overlay to a stationary one.
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Profile Plots
Profile plots comprise sets of Y-axis variable values plotted against an X-axis variable such as
length, distance, or frequency. Figure 2-18 shows an example of a multi-line profile plot using
different colors for each set of data points.
Up to four color-coded sets of data points can be displayed in the plot area in either a line style or
a bar style. Only linear scaling is supported on the X and Y axes.
Both the line and bar style profile plot use color to indicate:
Each line or bar line (1 to 4) with data values within normal limits
Each line or bar line of data values exceeding alarm limits
Each reference line (1 to 4)
The fill colors for bars if filled bars are configured.
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FoxView Window
The FoxView window includes the main menu bar, System Bar, Display Bar, status bar, and the
display area.
Menu Bar
The menu bars menu items vary, depending on the current operating environment, as listed in
Table 3-1.
Table 3-1. Menu Items
Environment
Initial
Operator
Process Engineer
Software Engineer
View_Only
Menus
File, Help
File, Disp, Disp_1, Disp_2, ScratchPads, Help
File, View, Config, Disp, Disp_1, Disp_2, SftMnt, Help, ScratchPads
File, Config, Disp, Disp_1, Disp_2, SftMnt, Help
File, Disp, Disp_1, Disp_2, Help
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System Bar
The System Bar (located beneath the menu bar) is divided into three sections, as listed in
Table 3-2.
Table 3-2. System Bar Sections
Section
Alarm Bar
Message Bar
Time/Date Bar
Description
Contains two buttons (Figure 3-1):
The System button indicates system equipment health. Select this
button to access System Management, where you can acknowledge system horns, monitor system health, and perform equipment-related tasks.
The Process button indicates process health. Select this button to open
the Alarm Manager, where you can acknowledge alarms, respond to
alarm conditions, and review current and previous alarms.
Displays the last 25 operator error messages and application-related messages.
Indicates the current date and time.
Display Bar
The Display Bar is the vertical bar at the left side of the FoxView window. It contains
18 label-only buttons or eight buttons with thumbnail images. Clicking a display bar button
executes a command or opens a display.
Refer to Assigning Displays to the Display Bar on page 82.
Status Bar
The status bar (located across the bottom of the FoxView window) indicates the current display,
the current operating environment, and the associated Historian.
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Display Area
You can open a display in the display area from:
The menu bar
The Display Bar
The File menu (select one of the four most recently used displays)
An annunciator keyboard or FoxPanels
FoxSelect
Alarm Manager
Another display.
Control Menu
The control menu (Figure 3-2), located in FoxView upper-left corner, provides the means to resize the FoxView window.
Command
Restore
Move
Size
Minimize
Maximize
Close
Description
Restores a maximized window to its previous size.
Lets you move the window by placing the cursor in the title bar and dragging.
Lets you reduce or enlarge the window manually by dragging an edge or corner.
Reduces the window to a button on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
Enlarges the window to full screen.
Exits FoxView.
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Command
Description
Change Environment
(CTRL+E)
FoxSelect
Print (CTRL+P)
Additional FoxView
FoxView Usage
Select Point
List of most recently
used displays
(CTRL+1, CTRL+2,
CTRL+3, CTRL+4)
SelectTrend
Exit
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View Menu
Table 3-5 lists commands that are available from the Disp menu.
Table 3-5. View Menu Commands
Command
Description
Window Preferences
Moveable Overlays
As Built Overlays
Selecting this item opens the FoxView Preferences dialog box from which
you can specify the FoxView windows appearance.
Selecting this opens overlays as moveable.
Selecting this opens overlays as they were originally built.
Command
Disp
Disp_1
Disp_2
Description
Opens a list of the displays and subdirectories in:
\opt\menus (Windows).
The list cascades to show the contents of the directory and subdirectories.
Opens a list of the displays in the /opt/menus/d1 directory.
Opens a list of the displays in the /opt/menus/d2 directory.
Config Menu
This menu lists the standard and optional configurators used to define your process control
system. Examples of configurators are FoxDraw, Historian, and the Integrated Control Configurator.
ScratchPads Menu
FoxView installation includes a set of ScratchPad Trends (named trend_list) and Group displays
(named group_list). When added to an environment, a new menu entry appears in the menu bar
titled ScratchPads. The ScratchPads menu commands are listed in Table 3-7.
Table 3-7. ScratchPads Menu Commands
Command
group_list
trend_list
Description
Used to access a set of 20 group displays for each environment.
Used to access a set of 20 trend overlays for each environment.
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Help Menu
The commands in the Help menu are described in Table 3-8.
NOTE
Contents and Utilities Help commands are available only in the Process Engineer
and Software Engineer environments.
Command
Description
Contents
Utilities Help
About FoxView
About I/A
Dialog Boxes
History Start/Stop Time Dialog Box
Table 3-9 lists the fields and buttons on the History Start/Stop Time dialog box.
Table 3-9. Fields and Buttons - History Start/Stop Time Dialog Box
Field or Button
Start
Stop
Duration
Scan Rate
Month
Year
Duration Selection
Calendar
Year arrows
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Description
A read-only field showing the start of the historical trend period.
A read-only field showing the end of the historical trend period.
Displays the Duration value, specified through the Data Rate Selection
dialog box.
Displays the Scan Rate value, specified through the Data Rate Selection
dialog box.
Click the down arrow for a list and select the start month. Or use the
Month left and right arrow buttons (located to the right of the calendar)
to move the selected month backward or forward.
Click the down arrow for a list and select the start year. Or use the Year left
and right arrow buttons (located to the right of the calendar) to move the
selected year backward or forward.
Click this button to open the Data Rate Selection dialog box where the
Scan Rate and the Duration values can be specified.
Click the desired start day. The calendar updates when you select a new
start month or year.
Use the left and right arrow buttons to move the selected year backward
or forward.
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Field or Button
Month arrows
Week arrows
Format
Hours
Min
Description
Use the left and right arrow buttons to move the selected month backward
or forward.
Use the left and right arrow buttons to move the selected day backward or
forward by a week.
Click the down arrow for a list and select the clock format, 24 Hours or
AM/PM.
Select the start hour, 00 to 23.
Select the start minute, 00 to 59.
Options selected from this dialog box override settings configured from the Alarm
and Display Manager Configurator (ADMC).
The dialog box has two tabbed pages: Window/Application Options and Window Position.
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Permit the FoxView window to be moved.
Permit the FoxView window to be maximized.
Permit the FoxView window to be minimized.
Permit the FoxView window to be resized.
Permit the display of the FoxView Display Bar.
Permit the display of the FoxView Status Bar.
Permit the closing of this FoxView window.
Retain all the selections made in this dialog box upon exiting this
FoxView instance.
With regard to the above settings, select one of the choices listed next.
Choose
Dont save
Save now
Save on app exit
To
Temporarily set up options, but maintain the original settings upon
closing FoxView.
Immediately save the above settings.
Temporarily set up the above options, and save these settings upon
closing FoxView.
The Option buttons allow you one of three choices listed next.
Choose
Dont save
Save now
Save on app exit
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To
Temporarily use the current window size and placement settings,
but maintain original settings upon closing FoxView.
Immediately saves the current window size and placement settings, which
are maintained until they are manually reset.
Automatically save the existing window size and placement settings when
FoxView closes.
4. Using FoxView
This chapter describes FoxView procedures, such as system checks, time/date settings, working
with trends, displays and alarms, and customizing environments.
Also check the indicators on other equipment that supports the process.
2. Check the operator log for power outages or conditions requiring restart.
3. Check the scrollable message bar in the menu bar and the printer for significant error
messages.
4. Open the Alarm Manager and check the most recent alarm conditions.
5. Make sure there is adequate paper in all printers.
6. If necessary, adjust the brightness and contrast on the monitors.
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Operating on Environments
Accessing the Operator Environment
To access the Operator environment:
1. Click File > Change Environment.
The Change Environment dialog box appears.
2. Click the down arrow.
A list of available environments appears.
3. Choose Operator.
4. If required, enter a password.
5. Click OK.
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Message
Bad pick
Bad set
Bad name
Bad type
Range error
Range type
******
Val type
Name error
Meaning
No parameter is selected.
The selected parameter is not settable.
Non-Boolean parameter cannot be toggled.
The selected value cannot be ramped.
Invalid range for ramp.
Invalid range type for ramp.
FoxView cannot access the parameter to be ramped.
String value cannot be ramped.
Ramp parameter is not defined.
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Field or Button
Start
Stop
Duration
Scan Rate
Month
Year
Duration Selection
Calendar
Year arrows
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Description
A read-only field showing the start of the historical trend period.
A read-only field showing the end of the historical trend period.
Displays the Duration value, specified in the Data Rate Selection
dialog box when the Duration Selection button is selected.
Displays the Scan Rate value, specified through the Data Rate Selection
dialog box, by clicking the Duration Selection button.
Click the down arrow for a list and select the start month. Or use the
Month left and right arrow buttons (located to the right of the calendar) to
move the selected month backward or forward.
Click the down arrow for a list and select the start year. Or use the Year left
and right arrow buttons (located to the right of the calendar) to move the
selected year backward or forward.
Click this button to open the Data Rate Selection dialog box where the
Scan Rate and the Duration values can be specified.
Click the desired start day. The calendar updates when you select a new
start month or year.
Use the left and right arrow buttons to move the selected year backward or
forward.
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Field or Button
Month arrows
Week arrows
Format
Hours
Min
Description
Use the left and right arrow buttons to move the selected month backward
or forward.
Use the left and right arrow buttons to move the selected day backward or
forward by a week.
Click the down arrow for a list and select the clock format, 24 Hours or
AM/PM.
Select the start hour, 00 to 23.
Select the start minute, 00 to 59.
This invokes the Data Rate Selection dialog box, as shown in Figure 4-2, where trend duration
and scan rates may be entered for the trend. This Data Rate Selection dialog box is the same
dialog box that is displayed within the Online Trend Configurator.
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Pausing a Trend
You pause a trend to:
More easily view the graph
Page forward or backward
Activate the trend readout feature.
To pause a trend:
Click the Pause button.
Trend updating stops, but trend data collection continues. Data that is not plotted is
saved until you unpause the trend.
Click in the graph area to display the vertical readout cursor. As you move the cursor, the
numerical readout fields display the values of the trend variables at the cursor position, and the
date and time at cursor position display in the Duration and Scan Rate area.
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Current Alarms
Alarm History
Operations.
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Paging a Trend
To page through trend data to view historical data:
1. Click the Pause button.
2. Click the left arrow button to page backward, click the right arrow button to page forward.
Some process variables are not appropriate for trending. For example, although
.BLKSTA and .ALMSTA are parameters that are often used in process graphics,
these parameters are bit strings and cannot be trended without specifying the bits to
be trended.
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On a touchscreen workstation, first choose Select Point from the File menu, and
then touch the updating field.
1. Position the cursor over an updating point and press and hold the right mouse button.
2. Click File > Select Point.
NOTE
Be sure to touch or click Select Point at the far right side of the menu.
If you are using a mouse, when you point at an updating field the cursor changes from a
left-pointing arrow to a magnifying glass. When you release the right mouse button on an
updating field, the Dynamic Attribute type and the variable name appear in the FoxView
message line.
Select and Assign is the same as Select_Pnt in Display Manager. Refer to display
engineering concepts documentation for information on protecting this feature
using the SAA_PROT variable.
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ScratchPad Trends
Accessing Trend_list
20 trend buttons
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Overlay Types
Trend sizes
5. Select one of the four screen size overlays (Figure 4-5) for each trend:
To position the overlay in the display, you can either enter coordinates into the ROW
and COLUMN text boxes, or move the horizontal and vertical slider.
Half Screen
trend_setup_1_2.fdf
Quarter Screen
trend_setup_1_4.fdf
Eighth Screen
trend_setup_1_8.fdf
Full Screen
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There are several ways to configure the pens of the trend overlay through FoxView.
Select point can be used by right-clicking the mouse over a configured object:
1. Open a display that has the I/O point to be trended.
2. Right-click an object to which the I/O point is connected.
This opens a list of configurations that are connected to the object.
3. Click the configuration for Compound:Block.Parameter to be trended.
The Compound:Block.Parameter is copied to the system clipboard.
4. Open the trend_list overlay from the ScratchPads menu and select the appropriate
trend button.
5. In the pen information area of the trend, click an A (Assign button) to assign the
Compound:Block.Parameter on the clipboard to the pen.
When using a touch screen, use Select Point from FoxViews File menu:
1. Open a display that has the I/O point to be trended.
2. In FoxView, click File > Select Point.
3. Click an object to which the I/O Point is connected.
This opens a list of configurations that are connected to the object.
4. Click the configuration that is to be trended to copy the Compound:Block.Parameter
to the system clipboard.
5. Open the trend_list overlay from the ScratchPad menu and select the appropriate
trend button.
6. In the pen information area of the trend, click an A (Assign button) to assign the
Compound:Block.Parameter on the clipboard to the pen.
Use the Online Trend Configurator:
1. Open the trend_list overlay from the ScratchPads menu and select the appropriate
trend button.
2. Right-click in the Trend Grid Area to open the Online Trend Configurator.
For information on using the Online Trend Configurator, refer to Online Trend
Configuration on page 121.
Saving Pens of a Trend
Pen assignments that were not saved are lost when the trend is closed.
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Button label
2. In the group setup overlay, give the group button a label by selecting and typing in the
Label area, and then pressing Return.
The label can be up to 10 characters long. You can use any alphanumeric characters.
Spaces are converted to underscores, and lowercase letters are converted to uppercase.
3. After entering the Group Display label, click Create to create the new Group
display.
Adding Faceplates and Trends to the Group Display
There is a button at the bottom of the group display called Group Editor (Figure 4-12). Select this
button to open the Group_config.fdf overlay shown in Figure 4-13. This overlay lets you
define the overlays to be opened in each location of the group display. A location can be EMPTY,
connected to a COMPOUND:BLOCK faceplate, or connected to a TREND.
Faceplate
Positions
Group
Configuration
Figure 4-12. Group Base
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NOTE
If individual overlays are converted to widescreen monitor format, their tile position
may differ from their originally intended positions. It is not recommended to convert the individual overlays. Refer to Conversion of Overlays in FoxDraw Software (B0700FD).
Tile
Positions
Group Display
Name
Save
Changes
Cancel Changes
Figure 4-13. Group_config Overlay
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There are several ways to assign a Compound Block Faceplate to a tile position.
Select Point can be used by right-clicking the mouse on a configured object:
1. Open a display that has an I/O point to be trended.
2. Right-click on an object to which the I/O point is connected.
This opens a list of configurations that are connected to the object.
3. Click the configuration that is connected to the Compound:Block.Parameter to be
trended to copy the Compound:Block.Parameter to the system clipboard.
4. Open the group display from the group list, or choose the group display from
FoxView recent file list, if it is there.
5. Open the Group Editor overlay and select an ASGN (Assign) button next to the tile
position where the faceplate is to appear.
6. To save the changes click Update.
The new group display opens.
Manually enter the Compound:Block
1. Select the text field for one of the position variables P1 through P8.
2. Enter the Compound:Block name.
3. Press Enter when done.
Upper and lowercase may be used. The Update button converts everything to
uppercase.
4. To save the changes, click Update.
The new group display opens.
When using a touch screen, use Select Point from the FoxView File menu.
1. Open a display that has an I/O point to be trended.
2. From FoxView, click File > Select Point.
3. Click an object to which the I/O point is connected.
This opens a list of configurations that are connected to the object.
4. Click the configuration for the Compound:Block.Parameter to be trended.
The Compound:Block.Parameter is copied to the system clipboard.
5. Open the group display from the group list or select the group display from the
FoxView recent file list.
6. Open the Group Editor overlay and select an ASGN (Assign) button next to the tile
position where the faceplate is to be assigned.
7. To save the changes click Update.
The new group display opens.
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Hardware
Touchscreen
Mouse
Keyboard
You can
Place the workstation into trend mode.
Use the FoxView Select and Assign capability.
Enter the name of the process variable (Compound:Block.Parameter)
and optionally enter a label/description.
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You cannot call up the Online Trend Configurator when the trend is in the paused
state. In the paused state, a mouse click within the trend area initiates a cursor
readout, displaying the value of the trend lines at the cursor in the data fields.
3. Touch the trends graph area.
The Online Trend Configuration dialog box appears.
4. Touch one of the pens A (Assign) buttons.
The objects process variable (Compound:Block.Parameter) appears in the Variable
box.
To use the Select and Assign capability (this procedure requires a mouse):
1. Bring up the trend to which you want to assign the point.
2. Place the mouse pointer on the graph area and right-click the mouse.
The Online Trend Configuration dialog box appears.
3. Place the mouse on one of the four pens A (Assign) buttons and click the left-mouse
button.
The objects process variable (Compound:Block.Parameter) appears in the Variable
box.
To assign a the point using a keyboard:
1. Bring up the trend to which you want to assign the point.
2. Place the mouse pointer on the graph area and right-click the mouse.
The Online Trend Configuration dialog box appears.
3. For one of the four pens, enter the Compound:Block.Parameter in the Variable box.
Refer to the Online Trend Configurators On-Line Help system for more information.
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You can also access a Block Detail Display from a group display, or by pressing
either an annunciator key or a FoxPanels button.
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To permanently assign a bitmap to the Display Bar, refer to Display Engineering for
FoxView Software and Display Manager Software (B0193MQ).
To assign a display to the Display Bar:
1. Open the desired display.
2. Place the cursor on the button to which the display is to be assigned.
3. Right-click to display a pop-up menu.
4. Choose Assign.
The display name appears on the button.
Your system may be configured to call up one of the other displays provided by the
Alarm Manager.
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Changing Parameters
A blue box appears around a selectable field when you pass the cursor over it.
To change a parameter:
1. Select the parameter.
The highlighted box changes color.
2. You can:
Perform the desired action by clicking an operator button.
Enter a value in the data entry field.
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Ramping a Value
To ramp a value:
1. Select the parameter to be ramped.
2. To ramp one increment, select and release the ramp button.
To ramp continuously, select and hold the button.
For every half second the button is held, the system makes one incremental ramp.
The ramp increment is added to the last updated value and sent to the control
station database. This ensures that the updated value is never different from the value
in the control station by more than one ramp increment.
If the parameter value is at its clamped limit, the ramp entry is ignored.
TIP
You can also ramp a value by typing a value in the data entry field and pressing
Enter.
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2. Choose one of the commands listed in Table 4-4 to operate on the FoxView window.
Table 4-4. Control Menu Commands
Command
Move
Size
Quarter Screen
Minimize
Maximize
Default Screen
Restore
Close
Description
Allows you to move the window by placing the cursor in the title
bar and dragging.
Allows you to reduce or enlarge the window by dragging an edge
or corner. The window always maintains its height to width ratio.
Reduces the window to 1/4 screen.
Reduces the window to a button on the task bar at the bottom
of the screen.
Enlarges the window to full screen.
Restores the window to the FoxView default (5/6 screen).
Restores the window to its previous size.
Exits FoxView.
Printing a Display
To print the contents of the FoxView window:
Perform one of these actions:
Click File > Print.
From the Display bar, click Print Screen.
Press CTRL+P.
Everything in the FoxView window is printed, including open dialog boxes.
If a printer was not set up during software installation, this message appears:
There is no default printer. Use the Print Manager to install and
select a default printer.
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Customizing an Environment
You can customize each environment by specifying:
Menu bar options
Commands available in each pull-down menu
Displays assigned to the display bar
Buttons or mini-displays.
For information on customizing environments, refer to the display engineering documentation.
To permanently assign a bitmap to the display bar, refer to Display Engineering for
FoxView Software and Display Manager Software (B0193MQ).
To assign a display to the display bar:
1. Open the desired display.
2. Place the cursor on the button to which the display is to be assigned.
3. Press the right mouse or trackball button.
A pop-up menu appears.
4. Choose Assign.
The display is assigned, with the display name on the button.
Objects with dynamic updates can be excluded from shortcut menus through
configuration within FoxDraw. Fields normally selectable by the operator are
disabled (for example, buttons that activate other displays).
If the selected graphic object has more than one connected variable, a submenu displays to allow
selection of the desired parameter.
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If any display menu commands have been specified, right-clicking anywhere within the display
window displays the menu commands for that display file. Menu behavior is the same for display
menus as for object menus.
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This chapter gives an overview of FoxSelect and describes the different views available in the
FoxSelect window.
Overview
FoxSelect (the Compound and Block Overview Display) provides a representation of control
databases. FoxSelect replaces the Select Screen in Display Manager.
Use FoxSelect to:
Bring detail displays (Block Detail Displays, Compound Detail Displays, or
Station Block Detail Displays) into FoxView.
Turn ON and OFF compounds and their associated blocks.
Expand a list of the networks stations and compounds, revealing the hierarchical
structure of the control database.
View a list of blocks within all connected stations, and sort the list by different
criteria.
The FoxSelect window provides two views, as shown in Figure 5-1.
Station View: A scrollable hierarchical view of stations and compounds on the left
panel and a list of blocks for the selected compound on the right panel.
For more information, refer to Viewing the Control Database on page 113.
Block View: A scrollable and sortable list of blocks within all connected stations.
For more information, refer to Viewing the Block List on page 113.
NOTE
The data in Station View and Block View are not updated until you perform a
Refresh operation on the stations.
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Station View
The I/A Series database is organized by stations, compounds, and blocks. The database can be
viewed by placing FoxSelect in Station View. The stations and compounds appear on the left
panel of the screen, while the blocks for the selected compound appear on the right panel.
Station Icon
Connection Status
Unconnected
Connected
Failed connection
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Indicates
No attempt was made to connect the station, or the
station has been marked to be excluded from Refresh
All. An out-of-network station (a station that is not on
/etc/wpcplns file), when unconnected, displays the
same icon as that of the connected station, but deletes
all compounds and blocks from the station view and
block view.
Note: A Refresh All does not change the
connection status of unconnected stations.
FoxSelect has successfully retrieved data for the station. Out-of-network stations are displayed with a
green icon rather than blue.
Attempts to connect the station have failed,
rendering the data unavailable.
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Icon
Compound status
Compound is ON.
Compound is OFF.
When a compound is selected, it displays the blocks in the right panel, as shown in Figure 5-2.
For each block you can view its:
Block status, indicated on the block icon
Block name
Highest alarm priority number (if an alarm exists)
Block type.
Block View
Block View displays a list of blocks within all connected stations. This list does not include ECB
blocks. For viewing the ECB blocks, select the compound containing ECB blocks from the
Station View. The icons in Table 5-3 indicate a blocks status.
Table 5-3. Block Status
Icon
Block status
Automatic
Manual
No Manual/Auto parameter
Undefined
Error
The Block View appears as shown in Figure 5-3, and a description of the columns is provided in
Table 5-4.
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Column
Block
Status
Alarm
Type
Compound
ON
Station
Description
The name of the block. Block state icons.
The blocks status.
The highest alarm priority for the block, if in alarm.
The blocks type.
The name of the compound containing the block.
Y indicates the compound is ON.
N indicates the compound is OFF.
The name of the station containing the block.
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Report Views
You can configure custom report views to display certain information on selected compounds or
blocks in the connected stations that you select. Using search filters you can also limit the report
to compounds or blocks containing specific characters.
Predefined templates are available to provide information for the following conditions:
Compounds off-scan
Compounds in-alarm
Compounds with alarms inhibited
Blocks off-scan
Blocks in-alarm
Blocks with alarms inhibited
Blocks not in control
Blocks in manual
Blocks with bad I/O.
Figure 5-4 shows a sample view of the blocks-in-alarm report for a selected station. This report
lists all the blocks in alarm along with the associated compound, description, and alarm priority.
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Figure 5-5 shows a sample view of the blocks-in-manual report for a selected station. This report
lists all the blocks in manual along with the associated compound and description.
If you enable access in FoxView, you must restart FoxSelect to read the new access
information.
Turning compounds ON and OFF is performed by the associated FoxView. FoxSelect sends a
message to the associated FoxView. The FoxSelect window is not updated with new ON/OFF
status information until all the compounds have been processed by FoxView.
Since turning compounds ON and OFF is through FoxView, these actions are logged to the
Operator Action Journal if this feature is enabled in FoxView.
When running multiple FoxView sessions, be aware that FoxSelect communicates with the
FoxView from which it was invoked.
Refer to Display Engineering for Display Manager Software and FoxView Software (B0193MQ) for
more information on setting up the ON/OFF access.
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Options Menu
The Options menu appears as in Figure 6-2. A description of each command is available in
Table 6-1.
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Command
Refresh
Refresh All
Multi-Select On
Find...
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Description
Retrieves the current station and compound information from the
selected control stations, which can be in any state.
Retrieves the current station and compound information from the
control station for all connected stations in the view. Therefore, Refresh
All does not retrieve data for stations that are in unconnected state.
The icons for excluded stations indicates that they are Unconnected
(Table 5-1).
Note: Use this option when you do not need information from certain
stations or when you want to speed up the Refresh All operation.
Allows selection of more than one station, compound, or block. Select
this command if you want to deselect the selected objects. Enables you
to turn multiple compounds ON or OFF simultaneously, perform a
Refresh operation on more than one station at once, or cycle through
several detail displays by repeating a single action (touch or click).
Note: When selected, you cannot mix stations and compounds.
Opens the Find dialog box, which allows you to search for stations,
compounds, or blocks in the view or on the network.
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Command
Description
The action of this command depends on the type of block selected. For
most block types, the behavior of this command is similar to the Show
Parameter Detail Display command. The two block exceptions are:
PLB blocks
Sequence blocks with SFC configuration.
Displays a block, compound or station detail display in FoxView.
Note: This option always shows the Block Detail display for PLB and
sequence blocks, in FoxView.
When the option is checked, FoxSelect saves all the data about Compounds and Blocks into a dat file. When the application is restarted, it
fetches all the Compound, Block information and populates the tree
control of the station view and the list control of the Block View. The
created dat file will be saved in \opt\fox\wp\FoxSelect for Window
named as FS<Station Name>. By default FoxSelect opens with Save and
Refresh from file unchecked.
Command Line Command:
Show Parameter
Detail Display
Save and Refresh
from File
For Windows:
\opt\fox\wp\FoxSelect\FoxSelect -refresh option opens FoxSelect with
station refreshes from file.
Note:
1) FoxSelect station has to be refreshed after the Save and Refresh
option from the file menu is checked for the first time, to create the dat
file. When the option is checked every time, C:B.Ps populates from dat
file. If the user wants to see the current CP data, the option has to be
unchecked, FoxSelect has to be restarted and then the stations have to
be refreshed.
2) If you want to see the current CP data, Save and Refresh from file
option has to be unchecked, restart the FoxSelect and refresh the station.
3) This feature is only for Station view and Block view but not for
Report View.
Save As...
Opens the View Save As dialog box for saving the Block View or any
custom report view as a text file (.txt) or comma separated value (.csv)
file in the /usr/fox/psr/files/ directory.
Opens the FoxSelect Print dialog box for specifying whether to print all
items or only selected items in the Block View or a custom report view.
Exits from FoxSelect.
Compound Menu
The Compound menu appears as shown in Figure 6-3. A description of each command is
available in Table 6-2.
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Command
Description
Compound ON
Compound OFF
View Menu
The View menu appears as shown in Figure 6-4, and a description of each command is available
in Table 6-3. A check mark appears next to selected items in the View menu.
Command
Toolbar
Compound Toolbar
TouchScreen Toolbar
Status Bar
TouchScreen Font
Configure Report
Description
Displays or hides the buttons that invoke
the most frequently used commands.
Displays or hides the buttons for turning
the selected compounds on or off.
Displays or hides the Touchscreen toolbar.
Displays or hides the Status Bar at the
bottom of the FoxSelect window.
Toggles the screen to Touchscreen mode
with larger fonts and toolbar buttons.
Opens the Configure Report dialog box for
creating and activating custom reports views.
Help Menu
The Help menu appears as shown in Figure 6-5. A description of each command is available in
Table 6-4.
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Command
Help Topics
About FoxSelect
Description
Displays the FoxSelect On-Line Help screen.
Displays the FoxSelect version and copyright information.
Choose
Station View
Block View
To display
A hierarchical view of the control database.
A table view of all the blocks (excluding ECB blocks) in all
connected stations.
Status Bar
The following information is displayed in the FoxSelect Status bar, depending on the number of
items selected:
Current selection (if one item is selected)
Number of items (if more than one item is selected)
Date and time for the last Refresh command.
When the mouse is placed over a toolbar icon, a description of the task is displayed in the status
bar.
Toolbar
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Toolbar Button
Function
With compounds or blocks selected, opens the
corresponding detail display.
Note: Same as the Show Detail Display command in the
Options menu.
Select this button to select multiple stations, compounds
or blocks. Click the button again to deselect the selected
objects.
Note: Same as the Multi-Select On command in the
Options menu.
Refreshes the selected stations.
Note: Same as the Refresh command in the
Options menu.
Opens the Find dialog box, which allows you to search for
stations, compounds, or blocks in the view or on the
network.
Note: Same as the Find command in the Options menu.
Displays FoxSelect version number and copyright
information.
Note: Same as the About FoxSelect command in the
Help menu.
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Compound Toolbar
Figure 6-7 displays the Compound toolbar, and Table 6-7 lists the functions of the individual
buttons.
Toolbar Button
Function
With one or multiple compounds selected, turns OFF the
selected compounds.
Note: Same as the Compound OFF command in the
Compound menu.
With one or multiple compounds selected, turns ON the
selected compounds.
Note: Same as the Compound ON command in the
Compound menu.
Touchscreen Toolbar
Figure 6-8 displays the touchscreen toolbar, and Table 6-8 lists the functions of the individual
icons.
Icon
Function
Scrolls the selected pane up one page.
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Icon
Function
Scrolls the selected pane up one line.
Dialog Boxes
Find Dialog Box
The Find dialog box is invoked by clicking the Find button in the toolbar, or by selecting the Find
option from the Options menu.
Use this dialog box to locate:
Stations, compounds, and blocks that are in the current view
Any station, compound, or compound:block that are on the network.
NOTE
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Table 6-9 describes the elements of the Find in View tab in the Find dialog box.
Table 6-9. Elements of the Find in View Tab in the Find Dialog Box
Field or Button
Station
Compound
Description
Enter the name of the required station (maximum of six characters).
Check the Match Whole Word check box to search for an exact match
of the specified station name.
Enter the name of the required compound (maximum of 12 characters).
Check the Match Whole Word check box to search for an exact match
of the specified compound.
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Field or Button
Block
Find Compound
Find Block
Done
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Description
Enter the name of the required block (maximum of 12 characters).
Check the Match Whole Word check box to search for an exact match
of the specified block.
Only available from the Find in View tab. Select this check box to force
an exact match.
Searches for a station that matches the find criteria in the view. Click
this button to locate the next occurrence. If the multiselect option is set,
every station that meets the criteria remains selected as you continue to
search for the required station.
Note: If the Match Whole Word option is not checked, this option
searches for station names that contain the specified search string.
Searches for a compound that matches the find criteria in the view.
Click this button to locate the next occurrence. If the multiselect option
is set, every compound that meets the criteria remains selected as you
continue to search for the required compound.
You can also enter the station name in the Station field to find the
station:compound.
Note: If the Match Whole Word option is not checked, this option
searches for compound names that contain the specified search string.
Searches for a block that matches the find criteria in the view. Click this
button to locate the next occurrence. If the multiselect option is set,
every block that meets the criteria remains selected as you continue to
search for the required block.
To search for a compound:block, select the required compound to
and enter the block name in the Block field.
To perform a station:compound:block search, select the required
station and compound and enter the block name in the Block
field.
Note: If the Match Whole Word option is not checked, this option
searches for block names that contain the specified search string.
Closes the Find dialog box.
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Table 6-10 describes the elements of the Find on Network tab in the Find dialog box.
Table 6-10. Elements of the Find on Network Tab in the Find Dialog Box
Field or Button
Station
Compound
Block
Find Station
Find Compound
Find Block
Done
Description
Enter the name of the station (maximum of six characters). You must
enter a complete name.
Enter the name of the compound (maximum of 12 characters). You must
enter a complete name.
Enter the name of the block (maximum of 12 characters). You must enter
a complete name.
Note: To search for a given block, the station and compound names have
to be provided. Find then searches for the station:compound:block or
compound:block.
Searches for a station that matches the find criteria.
Searches for a compound that matches the find criteria. You can also enter
the complete station name in the Station field to find a station:compound.
This field is disabled until the compound name or the station and
compound names are provided. Find then searches for the
compound:block or the station:compound:block.
Closes the Find dialog box.
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Table 6-11 describes the elements of the Configure Report dialog box.
Table 6-11. Elements of the Configure Report Dialog Box
Field or Button
Description
Custom Reports
New
Edit
Activate
Deactivate
Delete
OK
Cancel
Lists the existing reports that you can edit, activate, deactivate or delete.
Opens the NEW/EDIT/COPY Report dialog box for creating a new report.
Opens the NEW/EDIT/COPY Report dialog box for editing an existing report.
Checks the selected report for activation by a Refresh command.
Unchecks the selected report. It is not activated by a Refresh command.
Deletes the selected report from the configuration.
Saves the report configuration changes and closes the dialog box.
Discards the report configuration changes and closes the dialog box.
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Table 6-12. Elements of the NEW/EDIT/COPY Report Dialog Box
Field or Button
Report Title
Report Type
Compound
Blocks
Select All Stations
Select All Alarms
Available
Selected
Save
Save As
Cancel
Description
Enter the title of the report.
Click a report type from this list of available report types.
Enter a text string (for example, R110*), to limit the search
to compounds containing specific characters.
Enter a text string (for example, P110*), to limit the search
to blocks containing specific characters.
Select this check box to search all stations.
Select this check box to search all alarms for blocks.
List of stations or alarms available for searching.
List of stations or alarms selected for searching.
Moves selected stations or alarms from the Available list to
the Selected list.
Moves selected stations or alarms from the Selected list to
the Available list.
Saves the report configuration and closes the dialog box.
Save is active when an existing report configuration has
been edited, but the Report Title field has not been
changed.
Saves the report as a new report and closes the dialog box.
The Save As button becomes active when the Report Title
field is modified.
Discards the report configuration changes and closes the
dialog box.
Field or Button
Print all items
Print only selected items
OK
Cancel
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Prints the entire block list.
Prints portions of the block list.
Saves the selection and closes the dialog box.
Discards any change and closes the dialog box.
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You can operate on the FoxSelect window by selecting commands from the Control menu.
NOTE
The Control menu on Windows based workstations is slightly different from the
Control menu on Solaris based workstations. For information on Solaris, refer to
FoxView Software (B0700BD).
The Control menu commands are described in Table 6-14.
Table 6-14. Options - Control Menu
Command
Platform
Restore
Windows
Move
Windows
Size
Windows
Minimize
Windows
Maximize
Close
Windows
Windows
Description
Restores a maximized window to its
previous size.
Lets you use arrow keys to move the
window. Pressing Enter maintains the new
location.
Lets you reduce or enlarge the window by
successively pressing keyboard arrow keys.
Pressing Enter maintains the new size.
Reduces the window to a button on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
Enlarges the window to full screen.
Exits FoxSelect.
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This chapter gives a step-by-step description of the tasks you can perform using FoxSelect.
Invoking/Exiting FoxSelect
To invoke FoxSelect, perform one of these actions:
In the FoxView Display Bar, click FoxSelect.
From FoxView, click File > FoxSelect.
To exit FoxSelect, perform one of these actions:
From FoxSelect, click Options > Exit.
In the FoxSelect toolbar, click
.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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Find Station
Find Compound
Find Block
FoxSelect searches for the next object name that exactly matches the specified names.
5. To locate the next occurrence, repeat step 4.
Upon reaching the end of the list, the find operation loops to the beginning of the list.
6. When you are finished, click Done to close the Find dialog box.
Click
in the toolbar a second time.
Click Options > Multi-Select On a second time.
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To
Print the entire block list.
Print the selected items in the block list.
3. Select the printer from the Printer dialog box and click Print.
The block list is printed to the selected printer.
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Performing a Refresh
The Refresh operation updates the following:
Connection status
Compound information
ON/OFF status and alarm priority (if it exists) for each compound
Status (for example, Manual/Automatic) and alarm priority of each block.
To perform a Refresh:
1. Select the required station.
2. Do one of the following:
Click
in the toolbar.
Click Options > Refresh.
NOTE
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In the Available list, click the stations for which you want to generate the report,
then click
to move them to the Selected list.
To move stations from the Selected list to the Available list, select the stations,
then click
.
To select several stations, use the Multi-Select function.
6. In the Select Alarm Filters group box, select the alarms for the report by performing
one of the following:
To generate the report for all available alarms, select the Select All Alarms
check box.
In the Available list, click the alarms for which you want to generate the report,
then click
to move them to the Selected list.
To move alarms from the Selected list to the Available list, select the alarms, then
click
.
TIP
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Moving/Resizing a Window
You can use the windows handles (corners) to resize the window. You can point the mouse at the
windows title bar (caption) and drag the window to a different screen position. Additionally, you
can operate on the FoxSelect window by selecting commands from the Control menu.
To move or resize the window using the Control menu:
1. Click the FoxSelect icon in the top left corner of the window.
The Control menu appears.
NOTE
The Control menu on Windows based workstations is slightly different from the
Control menu on Solaris based workstations. For more information on Solaris, refer
to FoxView Software (B0700BD).
2. Select the appropriate command, from the list of commands in Table 7-1.
Table 7-1. Commands Control Menu
Command
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Restore
Windows
Move
Windows
Size
Windows
Minimize
Windows
Maximize
Close
Windows
Windows
Description
Restores a maximized window to its previous
size.
Lets you use arrow keys to move the window.
Press the keyboards Enter key to drop the
window.
Lets you reduce or enlarge the window by
successively pressing keyboard arrow keys. Press
the keyboards Enter key to drop the window.
Reduces the window to a button on the taskbar
at the bottom of the screen.
Enlarges the window to full screen.
Exits FoxSelect.
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Accessing Displays
Accessing a Station Block Detail Display
A Station Block Detail Display provides information such as the Continuous Control block processing load, total control load, basic processing cycles and overruns, amount of dynamic free
memory, and number of peer-to-peer connections.
To access a Station Block Detail Display:
1. Expand the station.
2. Click the Station compound.
3. Click the Station block from the right panel.
4. Perform one of these actions:
Click
in the toolbar.
Double-click the station block.
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Overview of Trends
A trend is a pre-built display object, configured in FoxDraw, which shows continuously changing
data within a graph area. The data, which appears as a polyline within the graph, moves across the
display from the right side to the left side.
A trend can:
Display up to four independent process variables (points in the control system)
Display a label/description next to the trend line
Show a variable amount of data, based on the trends duration and scan rate
Take one of two presentation formats (merged or banded)
Be configured to display different scales (min/max, max/decades, Boolean labels)
Be temporarily or permanently modified.
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Values for duration and scan rate are entered via the Data Rate Selection dialog box. If the
duration and scan rate values conflict, the Valid Scan Rates dialog box presents one or more valid
scan rates from which to select.
To improve the speed with which changes in the field are reflected in the Trend, use the Fast Scan
option in FoxDraw. Select Display Properties from the FoxDraw File menu and click the
OM_Data tab in the Display Properties dialog box. The dialog box also allows you to set a Scan
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Online trend configuration capabilities allow you to:
Boolean Pens
Pens configured in FoxDraw to be Boolean, and which are not modified within the Online Trend
Configurator, display as Boolean pens within FoxView.
NOTE
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Trend Presentation
A trend can be configured to:
Be merged or banded
Trend pen lines and markers
Include off-normal areas
Display grid lines
Display static lines
Use a local or regional time stamp.
In addition, you can configure a trends data rate and scales.
Some process variables are not appropriate for trending. For example, although
.BLKSTA and .ALMSTA are parameters that are often used in process graphics,
these parameters are bit strings and cannot be trended without specifying the bits to
be trended.
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The FoxView with the source connection need not be the same as the FoxView with
the destination trend area; however, the two FoxView applications must display on the
same screen of a single-head configuration, or on either head of a multi-head
configuration. The Select and Assign capability does not work across multiple
desktops. Both FoxView and Display Manager can be used interchangeably as the
source or the destination.
Once a selected point is assigned (retrieved), the selection is cleared and the selection
process must be repeated if the point is to be assigned to another trend line.
The newly trended point acquires default parameters (such as ranges and engineering
units) from the Control Processors database. You must access the Online Trend
Configurator to modify these default values.
The AIM*Historian instance for the selected point is automatically found.
Linear Trends
A linear trend allows you four ways to configure the maximum and minimum values.
Auto-scale
CP Values
User Entered
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Logarithmic Trends
A logarithmic trend that uses Boolean data allows you to configure a state 0 name and a
state 1 name.
A logarithmic trend that uses numeric data allows you to configure these items:
Max
Low Decade
Numeric Data
Whether the trend is linear or logarithmic, for numeric data, you can specify:
Delta
Engineering Units
Guard Band
Minimum Span
The deadband.
The engineering units.
The additional range or buffer added to the calculated range
when FoxView determines the range for an auto-scaled pen.
The absolute range between the minimum and maximum values
set by auto-scale. For example, if Minimum Span is set to 5.0,
this is the minimum range for the pen.
If a display contains more than one trend, each trend is permanently saved independently. Saving one trend does not affect the configuration of other trends.
During an online configuration session, FoxView continues to update without interruption. All
actions can still be taken from within FoxView. If the display being configured is dismissed, the
Online Trend Configurator is also dismissed.
Only one Online Trend Configurator session is allowed at a time for each FoxView.
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Description
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Description
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Depending on the method (linear or logarithmic) used to configure a pen in FoxDraw, a Pen Scale group box or a Log Scale group box appears within this dialog
box. The selection of logarithmic or linear scales is a plot area attribute and,
therefore, applies to all lines plotted in the trend.
The data type selection (Numeric or Boolean) determines the available specification boxes.
Table 8-2. Advanced Pen Tab Options
Item
Description
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Description
Max
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Item
Description
Default
Reset
Clicking this button obtains the values from the Control Processor.
Clicking this button changes the values back to the settings in use before you
modified them.
Clicking this button invokes Online Trend Configurator On-Line Help.
Help
Item
Pen Variable
Filter box
Change Filter
Clear Filter
OK
Cancel
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Description
This text box displays the pens current process variable.
For each of the three columns (Compound, Block, and Parameter), you
can optionally employ a filter. The current filter criteria (if applicable)
display in these boxes.
Clicking this button invokes the Select Filter dialog box in which to
specify filter criteria.
Clicking this button deletes any filter criteria from the Filter box.
Places the name of the process variable in the Variable box on an
Advanced Pen tab page, and closes the browser dialog box.
Discards any edits to the process variable and closes the browser
dialog box.
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Duration
Scan Rate
Description
The length of the period that is displayed on the trend.
The time between plotted points.
Item
Restriction
OK
Cancel
Description
Select one restriction (Begins With, Contains, or Ends With).
Places the filter criteria in the Variable box on a Filter box of the
Advance Trend Configurator Browser dialog box.
Discards any edits to filter criteria and closes the browser dialog box.
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Hardware
Touchscreen
Mouse
Keyboard
You can
Place the workstation into Select and Assign mode. Then use FoxView
Select and Assign capability.
Use FoxView Select and Assign capability.
Enter the name of the process variable (Compound:Block.Parameter)
and optionally enter a label/description.
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Specifying a Trends Data Rate
Every trend presents data as specified by its duration and scan rate settings. Duration indicates the
total time span covered by the trend graph. Scan rate is the time between plotting points. New
data is displayed at the configured scan rate.
This procedure assumes that the Online Trend Configuration dialog box or the Advanced Graph
tab is open.
To specify a trends data rate:
1. Perform one of these actions:
From the Online Trend Configuration dialog box, click Duration Selection.
From the Advanced Graph tab, click Select.
The Data Rate Selection dialog box appears.
2. For Duration, click the appropriate arrow buttons to obtain the desired duration.
You can specify duration composed of days, hours, or minutes.
3. For Scan Rate, click the appropriate arrow buttons to obtain the desired duration.
You can specify a scan rate composed of days, hours, or minutes.
4. Click OK.
If the values of duration and scan rate conflict, the Valid Scan Rates dialog box
appears. In this dialog box, click one of the suggested valid scan rates.
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4. In the Time Stamp group box, choose a time presentation style used on the trends
X-axis.
Local
Relative
5. Click Graph Color to select the background color for the trends graph area.
6. Click OK.
Fill
Edge
Text
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9. FoxView Utilities
This chapter provides a description of the pos_win utility with examples.
pos_win Utility
Use the pos_win utility to size and position windows on a workstation.
Description
The pos_win utility moves a window to a specified location, changes a window size to a specified
size, or both. If the window is iconified, the window opens as specified in the command.
A window is identified by the text in its title bar. If the text matches any part of the title bar text in
a particular window, that window is considered a match. If more than one window on the workstation contains matching title bar text, only the first matching window is used.
Instead of making multiple calls to the pos_win utility to position multiple windows, you can
provide a file containing multiple window titles to the utility.
Utility Location
Windows
\usr\fox\wp\bin\tools\pos_win.exe
Syntax
pos_win [[[-h[elp]] | [-file filename] | [title-match-text]]
[hostname] [-size WxH] | [-position [XxY]]
or
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Argument
<none>
-help
-file filename
title-match-text
-size WxH
-position XxY
-status
Description
Prints a list of all the window titles on the workstation.
Displays a list of arguments.
Specifies the name of the input file that contains title-match-text information.
Identifies the window to be sized and positioned.
The text may be any part of the window title string, not necessarily the
complete title. If the text contains multiple words, surround them with quote
characters (for example, FoxView AW0001:AW0001).
Specifies the width and height of the window in pixels.
Specifies the position of the upper-left corner of the window in pixels.
Specifies the status of the window i.e. show, restore, minimize or maximize.
Note: This -status option is presently supported only for windows platform.
Example #1
The following command moves the FoxView window to the upper-left corner on a
workstation named AW0001:
pos_win FoxView AW0001:AW0001 -size 500x500 -position 0x0
NOTE
NOTE
The title-match-text AW0001 would also match this window title, but this workstation may include many windows with this string in the title. Locating the specific
FoxView window requires that the title-match-text contain the text FoxView.
Example #2
You can specify multiple windows in a single command by creating a text file, containing the
following lines:
FoxView AW0001:AW0001 -size 500x500 -position 0x0
FoxView AW0001:AW0002 -size 500x500 -position 500x250
Then, issue the following command, in which filename is the name of the file containing the
window specifications.
pos_win -file filename
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Example #3
You can specify the window status in a single command by providing different options,
containing the following lines:
Table 9-2. Window Status Commands
Command
pos_win FoxView AW0001:AW0001 -status
show
pos_win FoxView AW0001:AW0001 -status
restore
pos_win FoxView AW0001:AW0001 -status
minimize
pos_win FoxView AW0001:AW0001 -status
maximize
Description
to raise the window
to restore the window
to minimize the window
to maximize the window
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Both the line and bar style profile plot use color to indicate:
Each line or bar line (1 to 4) with data values within normal limits
Each line or bar line of data values exceeding alarm limits
Each reference line (1 to 4)
The fill colors for bars, if filled bars are configured.
The profile plot supports NAN (Not-A-Number) values. Because NAN values are not
displayed, line gaps in the profile plot indicate the NAN values.
The profile plot area is user-defined. Within FoxDraw, you can access different-sized plots from
the profile-templates directory (\opt\fox\displib\ProfilePlots).
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Select the configured plot area to execute a display command such as accessing an
overlay or displaying read-out values.
Toggle between the pause mode and unpaused mode.
When in the paused mode, the plot area is not updated.
Read out a data point by selecting the point along the X-axis.
A vertical hairline appears at the selected X-coordinate, and the point number and
value on each line are recorded in FoxView memory and optionally displayed in the
read-out fields in the profile area.
After performing a read-out, select a button to send the point number and value for
each line to the configured compound:block.parameter or shared variable.
Select an object configured with both read-out and send, in order to read and send
point numbers and values with one selection.
Request FoxView/DM to redraw the profile plot.
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Data Updates
All data points on a profile plot are updated simultaneously and the previous values are discarded.
A profile plot (line or bar) with multiple configured lines has the following line priority scheme:
Line 1 has the highest priority, Line 2 has the next highest priority, and so forth. The lines are
drawn on the screen in the following order: from Line 4 (lowest priority) to Line 1 (highest priority). When one line is redrawn, all the other lines are also redrawn.
In bar profiles, when a single point changes every bar is redrawn.
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For example:
PAPER
PAPER01
In case the names do not match the syntax described above, a single global_find() call is issued
per trend line, which causes an IPC broadcast message. All the data arrays for the same profile line
must be located on the same station; thus they must have the same PSAP address.
For optional connections, all the optional OM data variables must reside in the same station. The
PSAP address is retrieved through a global_find() OM call once. If the global_find() call
fails, no more attempts are made to retrieve the PSAP address or any of the optional connection
data.
It is recommended that:
Per profile area, the trigger connection and the data connection variables reside in one
station
Per profile plot line, the optional input connections all reside in the same station.
NOTE
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The first Data Array contains the Data Header information as well as a set of data values. The
Data Header includes the following information, which is only used if not defined in the profile
plot configuration:
The data type being used (always used)
The number of points
High and low scale limits
Type
FLOAT
LONG
INTEGER
BYTE
Type Length
4
4
2
1
Number Of Values
In First Data Array
55
55
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Number Of Values
In Subsequent Arrays
63
63
127
255
If you need to display 480 data points that are stored in the data array type float, the number of
string arrays needed is:
1 + (480-55)/63 = 8 data arrays
These 8 string arrays may be named, for example, FLOATARR01, FLOATARR02 .....
FLOATARR08.
When the 480 values are packed into the data array type integer, the number of arrays needed
is:
1 + (480-114)/127 = 4 data arrays
Packing the same 480 values into a byte array would result in 2 arrays.
A special tool (/opt/fox/bin/tools/omary50) is used to create, get, set, or delete the Object
Manager string arrays. Refer to Object Manager Calls (B0193BC).
To engineer data array access, refer to Display Engineering for FoxView Software and Display
Manager Software (B0193MQ).
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Why did dmsepass not change the environment password?
Probably the environment name argument was not entered correctly. The environment names are
the names that appear in the Change Environment dialog box, not the name of the file. For example, the Process_Eng environment is made up of many files: Process_Eng.env, Process_Eng.mbr,
Process_Eng.dbr.
The correct way to change the password is with the command:
dmsepass Process_Eng -p new_password
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It is possible to create 100,000 polygons in a matter of seconds by copying and
pasting fancy tanks, turbines, and other objects. Observe precautions.
7. If possible, use submodels for fancy graphics.
If you have more than two of the same configured object, such as a valve with fill color
connections, use custom faceplates. Custom faceplates are preconfigured graphical
objects in which all connections are made to the same block. The compound:block
association is made once and applied to each parameter configuration, as would be
done in a conventional PID faceplate.
8. Always test call-up time as you are building displays.
Do not spend weeks creating hundreds of complex displays only to learn that
the displays take six seconds to call up when the process application requires a
two-second call-up time!
9. Keep the following in mind when configuring your system:
If you process many Display Manager (dmcmd) commands when opening
overlays, the commands are processed serially.
If your display button is configured to run several commands and then open the
overlay, there is a delay while the commands are being performed.
10. Use links to commonly used objects, rather than copies.
How should I distribute display files to workstations?
The main issue is the possible corruption of display files. When you close a display, the display is
saved to disk. Corruption can occur if the display is copied while it is being saved.
To avoid corruption, ensure that the displays are not being changed on the workstation as the
updated displays are being distributed.
The safest way to distribute displays over these workstations is to call in a static display on the
workstations and not allow the display to be changed until the distribution is completed. It is not
necessary to optimize the displays before distribution.
FoxSelect
The docking positions for toolbars cannot be changed when in
touchscreen font state. What is the reason?
When in touchscreen font state, the toolbars are always docked at the top left corner of the
application window and cannot be moved. This feature prevents the movement when the toolbar
buttons are selected in the touchscreen font state.
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A
Alarm Displays
accessing 78
navigating 61
Alarm Manager 4
Alarm, acknowledging 79
Applications, I/A Series 4
B
Block Detail Displays 11
accessing 77, 117
viewing 117
Blocks
searching for 110, 111
selecting 111
viewing 113
Buttons, overlay 15
C
Change-driven connection 150
Compound Detail Displays 18
accessing 77
Compound toolbar 99
Compounds 88
about 18
access to turn them on and off 91
searching for 110, 111
selecting 111
turning on and off 112
Configurators 4
Configure Report dialog box 104
Control Database
maneuvering within 109
viewing 113
D
Data entry error messages 57
Data Rate Selection dialog box 53, 59
Date, setting 55
DDE Explorer 5
Dialog box
Configure Report 104
Data Rate Selection 53, 59
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History Start Time 58
History Start/Stop Time 52, 59
NEW/EDIT/COPY Report 105
Display
call-up time, reducing 153
files, distributing 154
Display bar
assigning a display to 82
Displays
assigning to the Display Bar 78
Block Detail 11
Compound Detail 18
printing 81
process 9
user-built 10
E
Environment
changing 57
customizing 82
operating on 56
Environments, I/A Series 3
Error messages, data entry 57
F
FoxCAE 4
FoxDraw 5
FoxPanels 5
FoxSelect
exiting 109
invoking 109
overview 85
using 109
window 93
FoxView
control menu 49
dialog boxes 47
introduction to 1
main window 47
moving 80
operating on the window 80
overview 1
sizing 80
using 55
FoxView Preferences dialog box 53
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Global_find() call 150
H
Hardware, I/A Series 1
Historian 6
Historical data
selecting a time period 58
values 36
History Start Time dialog box 58
History Start/Stop Time dialog box 52, 59
I
I/A Series
applications 4
environments 3
hardware 1
IACC 5
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M
Menu definition file 42
Moveable overlays 44
Multi-headed workstation 2
N
Network View 86
Network, searching for a station, compound, or block 111
NEW/EDIT/COPY Report dialog box 105
O
Object Manager shared variables 150
Online trend configuration 119
saving 122
Operators environment, accessing 56
Out-of-normal polygons 37
Overlay buttons 15
Overlays, moveable 44
P
Parameters, changing 79
Pausing a trend 60
Phasing 19
Plots, X/Y 34
Polygons, out-of-normal 37
Printer, setup 6
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a Block List 112
a display 81
Process displays 9
access to 9
acknowledging 79
Process variable, selecting for trending 132
Profile plot 145
area 145
data 150
data array 151
data header 151
lines 147
string variables 150
PSAP address 150
R
Ramping a value 80
Real-time trend 119
Report views 90
S
Scan rates, configuring 59
ScratchPad group displays
procedures 70
accessing group_list 70
adding faceplates and trends to group display 71
creating a group display on group_list 71
ScratchPad trends
procedures
accessing trend_list 64
adding pens to a trend 66
creating a new trend on trend_list 64
saving pens of a trend 66
ScratchPads, overview 40
Shortcut menu 41
displaying for a variable 83
Station
expanded 87
expanding 109
searching for 110, 111
String variables, profile plot 150
System
checking 55
System Management 4
T
Time, setting 55
158
Index
Index
B0700FC Rev B
159
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