T/MonXM 4.7 User Manual

UM-TMN-470

Section Six - Define Windows

6-1

Windows

Screen

Define Windows First

The Master Menu > Files Maintenance Menu > Windows command

organizes alarms into groups called windows. A window is a

defined list of alarms that is displayed as a unit. Windows can be

defined by geographic area, alarm priority, equipment type, security

restrictions, Site 1, or other criteria.

An alarm point can belong to several different windows, defined in

different ways, and be displayed in every window to which it

belongs. For example, a fire in a generator room in Seattle would

be displayed in the All Alarms window, the Critical window, the

Fire window, the Power window, and in a Site Alarm window for

that location.

Windows should be one of the first database items to be defined.

They should be defined before the alarm points. Careful considera-

tion should be given to windows strategy, because a small change to

your window definition could entail extensive point modification

which may take hours, depending on the complexity of your net-

work.

DPS recommends the following approach to window assignment:

Devote the first page of the alarm summary (windows 1 through

30) to severity, type and equipment alarms. Start Site alarms on

page 2 (window 31). This will likely leave unused windows on

page 1 for future assignment to new equipment types. In addition,

all type and equipment alarms will appear on the same page, giving

operators an overall picture of system status. This approach is illus-

trated in the example windows shown in Figure 6.1 and Figure 6.3.

Windows can also be used to conveniently sort alarms for reports.

Fig. 6.1 - Page 1 in Monitor Mode showing Severity and Equipment Alarms

Section 6 - Define Windows

Suggested order of

Database Definition:

Windows

Data Ports*

Addresses*

Alarm Points*

Description*

Control Points

Derived Alarms/Controls

System Users

*Parameters Menu