Log Configuration; Pointer Configuration - Emerson Site Manager User Manual

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Pointer Configuration

If a point is capable of becoming a pointer, the

Pointer Configuration icon

that point value; click this icon to open the Pointer

Configuration pop-up window:

Figure 4-27 - Pointer Configuration

The Pointer Configuration window allows you to

define a point within the same control system to

which the current point being configured will get or

send its property.

To set up a pointer, select a value from each of the

drop-downs:

• Area Controller - the area controller to which the

point will associate (should be the same control sys-

tem of the current point)

• Application Type - the name of the application type

• Application - the specific application to which the

point will connect

• Point - name of the input or output you want the cur-

rent point to send or get its value from. Connect an

input point to an output point of the same data type,

and vice versa (e.g., digital outputs to digital inputs,

analog inputs to analog outputs). An input point can-

not be associated to another input point, likewise, an

output point cannot be hooked to another output

point.

Example 1: A time schedule that has a digital output

that is turned on and off based on time is hooked to a digital

input of another application to perform a bypass action

based on the time of day.

Example 2: An analog combiner with four temperature

inputs can average the inputs and have the average as the

output value. The output is connected to the input of anoth-

er application to control off of the average temperature.

Click OK to save the settings; pointer information

will display in the Value field of the Edit Application

page. Click Cancel to exit.

Unit

appears to the right of

Each output point that has the ability to be a point-

er can point to multiple other input points within a

controller. To connect an output point to multiple in-

put points, click the Pointer Configuration icon of an

output. A pop-up window will open and display all

the input points connected to that output. (The page

will be blank if no point is connected currently.) Click

to highlight an input point and click Edit to modify,

or click Delete to disassociate the point and remove

from the list. To connect more points, click the Add

button; the Pointer Configuration pop-up window

opens.

Figure 4-28 - Pointer Configuration Window

Click OK to apply the setup and enable the point-

er. Click Cancel to exit without saving.