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New Window (Ctrl+Shift+Right)

Activates next visualization window in the history of activated windows.

Help Menu

Index and Content (F1)

Displays this document.

Reliance on Internet
Opens the Reliance web page in the default web browser (www.reliance.cz).

About Reliance Web Client

Shows a window with the Web Client basic information (version, system information etc.)

Note: Some commands from the Main menu can be accessed directly from visualization
windows.

2.1.4 Toolbar

Most commonly used commands are also accessible in the toolbar. The right part of the
toolbar contains system time and a window menu (a combo box with Minimize and Close
commands). If any user is logged on, it is indicated with an icon (click the icon to display
Active User Information).

2.1.5 Visualization windows

The contents of visualization windows is specific for every visualization project. The help
document for visualization windows (screens) is usually provided by a system integrator
(visualization developer). Common parts of the user interface are:
the dialog window Enter Tab Value
the dialog window Enter Tag Limits
standard component's Local menu

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Some components (visual objects located inside a visualization window) have Local menu,
which can be activated by the right mouse button. Usually only components designed to
display the tag values have the Local menu (e.g. Display).

Local Menu

Standard component's local menu contains the following commands:

Tag Trend
Displays Tag Trend in a trend viewer.

Tag Information
Shows the dialog window with Tag Information.

Update Tag Value

Sends tag value update request to the data server. It is used for manual update of a tag
value stored in the PLC, telemetric device etc.

Enter Tag Value

Shows the dialog window Enter Tag Value.

Enter Tag Limits

Shows the dialog window Enter Tag Limits.

2.1.6 Bottom alarms/events panel

Bottom alarms/events panel is a control designed to provide an easy access to Current

alarms/ events. Only one alarm/ event is displayed at a time. It is easy to switch between
current alarms/events with the Previous and Next buttons. Other control buttons are similar to
those used in the Current Alams/Events viewer. Depending on the project options, panel can
be permanently shown, permanently hidden or automatically shown when a new alarm/event
is started (generated).

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2.2 User logon/logoff

Access to the parts of a visualization project and/or to selected operations can be protected
with access rights. Only if you are logged on and if you have the sufficient set of access rights
you can access specific parts of the project. You can log onto the system via the > File > Logon
User command (or via toolbar).

Logon User

Enter the user name and password to log onto to the system. Web Client have to be connected
to the Data server to perform this operation.
To display Logged User Information use the > File > Logged On User Information command
(shows Id, Name and Alias).
Active user can be logged off via the > File > Logoff command.

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2.3 Editing tag values

Editing Tag Value

Editing Tag Limits

2.3.1 Editing tag value

The Enter Tag Value dialog is designed to preview, change or edit value of a tag. Type of the
controls used to enter/preview a tag value corresponds to the type of a tag according to the
following list:

tag type control type

boolean (binary value) radio button

number (integer, float) edit box with arrows (spinner)

string edit box (multiple lines)

Changing Integer Value

To show the dialog window Tag Information click the "i" button.

2.3.2 Editing tag limits

So called limits can be defined for the numerical type tags. The limits are used to evaluate
alarms/events, etc. For each tag four limits can be defined:

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High Critical

High Warning

Low Warning

Low Critical
Limit can be defined as static (it's value is set when a project is designed) or dynamic (limit
can be changed during a runtime).

Changing Tag Limits

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2.4 Alarm/Event viewers

Alarm/Event is started (triggered, generated) when defined condition is met (e.g. tag value
changes or it is out of range). It usually indicates some error state (in which case it is called an
alarm) or it can indicate common state or information, e.g. when tag value is changed by the
user (in which case it is called an event). User with sufficient access rights is permitted to
acknowledge the alarm/event with the acknowledge command, to inform the system (and
other users) that he/she is aware of the problem.
Each alarm/ event is displayed in the Current/ Historical alarms/ events list according to the
following rules:

state current historical background color

not active, not acknowledged yes yes white

not active, acknowledged no yes white

active, not acknowledged yes yes red

active, acknowledged yes yes yellow

Note: Alarm/ Event is active, if condition that generated it is still met.

Current Alarms Evets
Historical Alarms/Events

2.4.1 Current Alarm/Event viewer

Current Alarm/Event viewer is a window containing the list of all alarms/ events that are
active or not yet acknowledged.

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Current Alarm/Event viewer

The toolbar and the local menu contains following commands:

Acknowledge
Acknowledges selected alarms/events.

Acknowledge All
Acknowledges all alarms/events in the list.

Activate Related Window

Activates the window that contains visualization related to the selected alarm/event.

Alarm/ Event Information

Displays a dialog with an Information about the selected alarm/event (information dialog
can be displayed with a double click on the alarm/event too).

Alarm/ Event Note

Displays a dialog with an note of the selected alarm/event. For example, the note may
describe the measures taken to solve the problem. Before acknowledging some of
alarms/events you must write a note. User is invited to enter a note before
acknowledging that alarms/events.

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Poznámka k alarmu/události

Show Data As Text

Shows the list of alarms/events as a text in the Text Data Viewer.

Options
Shows the Web Client Options dialog window– it enables you to configure the list of
displayed columns.

Filter
Activates/deactivates a filtering of alarms/events in the list.

To chose a parameter by which the list will be sorted click on the column header. The Filter
feature can be used to narrow down the number of displayed alarms/events in the list. First
three control elements from the right side of the toolbar are used to define a filter. Alarms/
events can be filtered by a device (show only alarms/events contained in a selected device)
or/and by a part of the text (alarm/event text contains entered string).

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The Alarms/Events list is automatically updated – this means that every time an alarm/event
is generated, acknowledged or expires (condition which generated alarm no longer exists), the
list is updated to contain current information (in contrast to the Historical alarms/events
viewer). After reconnecting to a data server, the whole list is updated.
Bottom panel contains the number of alarms/events, value of this number is not effected by
an applied filter. Alarms/Events viewer is not modal, which means that the user can work with
the Web Client even if the list is opened.

Note: Depending on the visualization project, the Alarm/Event list can be inserted into a
visualization window.

2.4.2 Historical Alarm/Event viewer

Historical Alarm/Event viewer is a tool designed to browse alarms/events stored in the

database. The list contains all alarms/events – even inactive and acknowledged ones (in
contrast to Current Alarms/Events viewer). Commands and filtering options accessible via
toolbar are similar to those in the Current Alarm/ Event viewer.

Histrorical Alarm/Event viewer

After the viewer is opened, limited number of last (depending on column used for sorting)
alarms/events is downloaded from the data server. To download older or newer records, use
Download Previous Historical Alarms/ Events or Download Next Historical Alarms/ Events
commands (downloaded records depend on column selected for sorting).
To download all alarms/events that were started in a defined interval, use the Download
Historical Alarms/ Events command.

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Downloading Alarm/Event in a defined interval

The list of Historical Alarms/ Events is not updated automatically. To update the list, use the
Refresh Historical Alarms/ Events command.

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