Re: [foxboro] Need

Jack,

We used to create a blinking menu button in Display Manager to get an
operators attention using the button and blink DM commands (see script
below).  This worked well in DM, but not so well in FV.  The blink
command does not apply to FV, and just throwing another pick on the menu
line is not very attention getting.

# If argument is 0 stop blink and clear the button
# from menu bar
#
if test $1 -eq 0
  then
    pref -AW5111 dmcmd 'blink /usr/scale 0'
    sleep 1
    pref -AW5111 dmcmd 'button 2'
fi
#
# If argument is 1 create button on menu bar and start blink
#
if test $1 -eq 1
  then
    pref -AW5111 dmcmd 'button 2 SCALE /usr/scale'
    sleep 1
    pref -AW5111 dmcmd 'blink /usr/scale 1'
fi

For FV I have used the ov command to just open a small rectangular
display in the upper right corner of the display that looks like a
button.  This little overlay can then be tied to points for graphic
attributes (color, blink, text contents) just like any other display.
We usually have it configured for a pick action to take the operator to
the graphic of interest. 

dmcmd ov Alert_Overlay -l UR"  

This may be run from a display pick, script, or sequence block.

Hope this was of some help.

Tom Badura
Plastics Engineering Company
920-458-2121 x3366
tbadura@xxxxxxxxxx


 

-----Original Message-----
Any ideas from anyone on creating a button like the System or Alarm
button in Foxview that is user configurable for color-blink-text tied to
a Foxboro point.
 

Jack Easley
Sr. I&C Technician
Luminant Power, Martin Lake Plant
Phone 903.836.6241
jack.easley@xxxxxxxxxxxx 

 
 
 
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