Online printing

An open protocol is available for printing the Alarm Information List. The printout of the Alarm Information List can be selected alternatively to the printout of the operation journal. Use the function Create online-protocol to start a new page (e.g. change of day). To start or stop online-printing use the function Switch online printing on/off. Online-printing needs an Epson-compatible printer for line-orientated output. Be aware of this when installing a printer.

The setting of the protocolling is done in the project properties under Alarm/CEL list.

The file ALARM.FRM is used for formatting the output. A default is saved in the installation directory.

for Windows Vista: C:\ProgramData\COPA-DATA\zenOn622
for Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\COPA-DATA\zenOn622

The FRM file has three parts:

Header: at the beginning of the page
List: cyclic per line
Footer: at the end of the page

The individual parts are separated by %%. The separation marking must be used only once for the list and the base part.

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It is important, that after the last line at least two ENTERs have to be added.
Otherwise the footer is not printed!

The setting of the page length is done in the project properties under Alarm/CEL list.

The number of the alarm entries arises from the predetermined number of lines (e.g. 72), less the lines used for header and base texts.

Free texts and keywords can be used in the formatting file. Keywords for the list part are:

Key word	Description
@DATZEITKOMMT	Date/Time comes
@DATZEITGEHT	Date/Time goes
@DATZEITOK	Date/Time quitted
@DATZEITREAK	Date/Time reactivated
@DATZEIT	Date/Time received/cleared/acknowledged (only for online printing)

@ZTKOMMT	Coming time
@ZTGEHT	Going time
@ZEITOK	Accknowledging time
@ZTREAK	Reactivation time (like ZTKOMMT)
@ZEIT	Date/Time received/cleared/acknowledged (only for online printing)
	received
	cleared
	ok
@REAKTANZ	Number of reactivations

@KANALNAME	Channel name, variable name
@TAGNR	Long text
@AK	Alarm class number
@AG	Alarm group number
@AKNAME	Alarm class name
@AGNAME	Alarm group name
@REAKTIONSTEXT	user-defined comment from the Alarm Information List
- @WERT	Value
@STATUS	Evaluation of Status bits, as in the alarm list
@AMELDUNG	Status text
@ANWENDUNG	Project name

The option "with time reactivated" must be activated, in order to be able to use the keywords relating to the reactivations (time, number).

The following keywords are defined for the header and footer:

Key word	Description
@anwendung	Project name
@seite	Current page
@headdatzeit	Current date with time
@headdatum	Current date
@headzeit	Current time
@user	current user name
@username	current user name
@Rechner	Own computer name
Text	Random text

In formatting with keywords it is necessary to observe, that there must be sufficient place between the keyword and the next one to avoid overwriting entries. The file ALARM.FRM must be imported to the Project manager File/Lists. There is an example file in the program directory and can be copied from there.

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No tabs are allowed for the positioning of the single entries. Use blanks instead!

Formatting example:

Engineering in ALARM.FRM

Date: @headdatum	`Alarm inf. list/demo proj.`	Time @headdatum o'clock	Text
`Date / Time received`	`Time cleared`	`Information text`	`Status text`
%%
@DATZEITKOMMT	@ZTGEHT	@TAGNR	@AMELDUNG
%%
	Page	@seite

Printout on the printer

Date: 20.03.1995	Alarm inf. list/demo proj.	Time: 12:00 o'clock	Text
`Date / Time received`	`Time cleared`	`Information text`	`Status text`
20.03.1995 13:00:00	20.03.1995 13:03:59	Information xyz	received
20.03.1995 13:00:00	13:05:35	Demo information	on
20.03.1995 13:03:59		Information xyz	cleared
20.03.1995 13:11:23		Information xyz	received
20.03.1995 13:03:59	13:12:45	Demo information	off
	Page	1

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When editing the format file in a text editor, the automatic word wrap should not be active, because undesired effects in the formatting might occur.