Table of Contents
Advertisement
CBU-NM
User Manual
To create a Device Alarm Log window, select the relevant device in the
Network Inspector window and then select the Device Alarm Log
command from the Network menu or toolbar. You can have any number
of Device Alarm Log windows, each with its own filter.
3.4.3 Unacknowledged Alarms window
This window shows only the new alarms in the database, and cannot be
filtered.
When you acknowledge an alarm, its entry automatically
disappears from this window.
To create the window, select the Unacknowledged Alarms command
from the Window menu or the toolbar.
3.5 Archiving
The Alarm Database can store up to 5000 alarms, but if it becomes full,
PCNC has to discard the earliest alarms to make room for the new ones.
Archiving empties the database and saves its contents to a disk file,
which can be viewed at any time.
To archive the current alarms, use the Save to Archive file... command
from the Alarms menu or the toolbar. A dialogue box appears, allowing
you to specify a filename - PCNC uses the extension .LOG for archived
files.
A Warning Box will tell you when the database is nearly full, and remind
you that it needs to be archived. However, it is a good idea to archive
the database frequently, before this happens. This ensures you have a
complete log of alarms, and keeps the program running efficiently.
NB: You can only archive the database once all alarms have been
acknowledged.
3.5.1 Archived Alarm Log windows
To view an archived log, select the Inspect Archive File... command
from the Alarms menu, or use the toolbar. This invokes a dialogue box
from which you choose the filename of the log you wish to see. The
contents of the log appear in a newly created Archived Alarm Log
window, with the name of the file in the Title Bar. You can have any
number of these windows open at once, each with its own filter.
3–6
ii
80-60100000-02
Advertisement
Table of Contents
