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Displaying alarm history


The 

MainView Logger

 records alarm history. The following views are available to display alarm history:

  • ALHIST is a tabular view that displays a log of alarm reports.
  • ALHISTR is a hybrid view that contains a fixed section and a scrollable list of recent alarm reports. The fields in the fixed section determine which records are displayed.

To display the ALHIST view

Perform one of the following actions:

  • On the EZALARMS menu, select Alarm Report Log.
  • Type ALHIST on the COMMAND line, and press Enter.

The ALHIST view is displayed.

Alarm Report Log (ALHIST) view

 ddmmmyyyy  hh:mm:ss ------ MainView WINDOW INTERFACE (Vv.r.mm) ----------------
COMMAND  ===>                                                 SCROLL ===> PAGE
CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>                                            
+W1 =ALHIST============CXTSTW===*========ddmmmyyyy==hh:mm:ss====PLEXMGR==D===36
C Log          ? > Initial  Sev History  Mes Message ID       Message Text    
- Time-------- - - Alarm    --- -------- Typ ---------------- ------------    
  13:17:44.305   > 13:17:42 CRI CCCCCCCC CON PLEXS00          CXTSTW Product:
  13:17:44.321   > 13:17:42 CRI CCCCCCCC CON PLEXS00          CXTSTW Product:
  13:17:44.341   > 13:17:42 MIN MMMMMMMM CON PLEXS00          CXTSTW Product:
  13:17:44.356   > 13:17:42 CRI CCCCCCCC CON PLEXS00          CXTSTW Product:
  13:17:44.382   > 13:17:42 MIN MMMMMMCC CON PLEXS00          CXTSTW Product:
  13:17:44.409   > 13:17:42 MIN MMMMMMMM CON PLEXS00          CXTSTW Product:
  13:17:44.454   > 13:17:42 CRI CCCCCCCC CON PLEXS00          CXTSTW Product:
  13:17:44.479   > 13:17:42 CRI CCCCCCCC CON PLEXS00          CXTSTW Product:

To display the ALHISTR view

Perform one of the following actions:

  • On the EZALARMS menu, select Recent Alarm Report.
  • Type ALHISTR on the COMMAND line, and press Enter.

By default, the fixed section of ALHISTR is hidden. The hyperlink on the first field of the fixed section (-|+) is used as a toggle to show (include) or hide (exclude) the fixed section. The primary commands INC FIX and EXC FIX serve the same purpose as the - and + hyperlinks. The following figure is an example of ALHISTR with the fixed section displayed.

 ddmmmyyyy  hh:mm:ss ------ MainView WINDOW INTERFACE (Vv.r.mm) ----------------
COMMAND  ===>                                                 SCROLL ===> PAGE
CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>                                            
+W1 =ALHISTR===========CXTSTW===*========ddmmmyyyy==hh:mm:ss====PLEXMGR==D=1000
- Alarm History                                        - Hide Fixed Section    
  Max Files.... 2          Max Search... 50000                                 
  Start Date... CURRENT    Start Time... CURRENT                               
  End Date.....            End Time.....                                       
  Direction.... REV        # of Records. 1000                                  
  First Date... 2012/08/08 First Time... 12:31:07.646                          
  Last  Date... 2012/08/08 Last  Time... 12:29:38.863                          
C  Log          ? > Last     Sev History  Mes Message ID       Message Text    
-  Time-------- - - AlarmTm  --- -------- Typ ---------------- ------------    
   12:29:38.863   > 12:29:38 INF IIIIIIII CON PLEXS00          SJSCC610 Product
   12:29:38.864   > 12:29:38 INF IIIIIIII CON PLEXS00          SJSCC610 Product
   12:29:38.864   > 12:29:38 INF IIIIIIII CON PLEXS00          SJSCC610 Product
   12:29:38.864   > 12:29:38 INF IIIIIIII CON PLEXS00          SJSCC610 Product
   12:29:38.865   > 12:29:38 INF IIIIIIII CON PLEXS00          SJSCC610 Product

By default, the number of records displayed for an individual target is 1000 and the time is set to the current time. To display a different set of records, you can overtype the fields in the fixed section or use the LOGTIME primary command.

For more information about the fields on ALHISTR, see the online Help.

 

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