For every message sent to a Marquee device as a result of an alarm, the header, footer and message wrap strings that you define in the Marquee Type Information dialog box will be sent to devices of the given type.
Enter details in the Marquee Type Information dialog box as follows.
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Type |
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Message Information |
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Message Attributes box |
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Type |
Unique identifier for each marquee type.
The identifier can contain up to 8 characters.
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Message Information |
Fields in the Message Information box define the optional header, footer, message wrap and empty message for the selected Marquee type.
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Header |
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Footer |
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Message wrap |
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Empty message |
A header sent to the Marquees of this type.
The string can contain up to 70 characters.
You may use marquee control characters in the string.
A footer sent to the Marquees of this type.
The string can contain up to 70 characters.
You may use marquee control characters in the string.
Message wrap
The message format used by Marquees of this type, including:
How a message will appear on the
marquee
The number of lines in the message
and the contents of each line.
This string can contain up to 70 characters.
You may use marquee control characters in the string. By default, this field will be set to %MG.
The Message Wrap field may also contain the following special control characters:
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%PT |
Point ID (if the alarm is for a point in alarm) |
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%PV |
Point value (if the alarm is for a point in alarm) |
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%FR |
Resource ID |
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%TM |
Time |
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%ST |
Alarm State |
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%MG |
Marquee message configured for the device and alarm. |
Note: If Message field is blank:
When the alarm is in the state you select, the Message field for the Marquee message (or alarm message) displays only if the Message wrap field for the Marquee Type contains the %MG control character.
The information in the Header and Footer fields for the Marquee Type is always displayed.
Example
The following is entered in this field.
%TM %ST %FR%\n%PT=%PV%\n%MG%\n
As a result, a three line message displays for each alarm on the Marquee.
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Line |
Contains the: |
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1 |
time, Alarm State and Resource ID |
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2 |
Point ID and Point value |
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3 |
Alarm message. |
Empty Message
Sent to Marquees of this type when the Marquee message queue is empty, i.e. when there are no current alarms to be displayed on the device.
The string can contain up to 70 characters.
You may use marquee control characters in the string.
If you enter a string that contains %TM in the Empty message field, then the time of day is repeatedly sent to the Marquee device at the configured display rate for the device whenever the marquee message queue is empty.
If you do not enter a string containing %TM in the Empty message field, then the contents of this field will be sent only once to the device when the marquee message queue is empty.
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Message Attributes box |
(Optional) Configure the corresponding control characters for each attribute listed.
Example
To configure the control characters for the Bold attribute, double-click the word Bold to display the Attribute dialog box.
In the Control field, enter the appropriate control characters that will generate bold text on this Marquee type, and then click .
Note: Attributes are user-configurable in the
MarqAtts.cfg file.
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Marquee control characters. |
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Marquee Type configuration. |
