HMI CimView Counters

HMI CimView counters provide you with the capability to review the performance of CimView during any single session. A CimView session begins when the first CimView screen is opened and ends when the last open CimView screen is closed. A session can include CimView, Terminal Services and WebView access.

Accumulated totals since a CimView session started

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Counter

Counts the Number of:

E

BitBlts

Cumulative number of BitBlockTransfers for a CimView session.

N

Object Redraws

Cumulative number of times objects are redrawn from the start of a CimView session. For example, each object on a screen is included in the total when the screen opens; animated objects are counted each time they are redrawn.

A

Events

Cumulative number of events that have been fired from the start of a CimView session.

Indicators of current CimView performance

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Counter

Displays the

E

BitBlts/sec

Current rate (per second) at which the BitBlockTransfers occur during a CimView session.

N

Object Redraws/sec

Current rate (per second) that objects are being redrawn in a CimView session.

N

Open Screens

The number of open CimView screens.

A

Event Queue Length

Current number of events waiting to be fired.

A

Events per sec

Current rate (per second) that events are fired in a CimView session.

Other CimView session indicators

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Counter

Displays the

N

Maximum Cache Size

The maximum cache size available during a CimView session.

CimView, Terminal Services and WebView have individual sizes. A system administrator can change any of the cache sizes for future CimView sessions using CIMPLICITY global parameters.

The global parameters are:

GSM_CACHE_SIZE (CimView)

GSM_TERMSERV_CAHE_SIZE (Terminal Services

PROWLER_CACHE_SIZE (WebView)

N

Process ID

The process number that Windows assigns CimView when a session starts. This number remains constant during a single CimView session. When the session ends and a new session begins, a new number is assigned.

Expertise Code

N

Novice

A

Advanced

E

Expert

More information

CIMPLICITY counters.