How To Display Alarm Statistics Reports

Introduction

Hello and Welcome to a new guide on how to get the most out of Movicon.NExT™.

In this technote, we will show you how to display an Alarm Statistics Report in Movicon.NExT™ by using an example™.

Example

In this example we shall show you how to configure a main screen with a button to which the Show Statistics Report command will be associated to display the report when pressed.
We shall then show you how to connect an alarm to an Int16 type tag whose value will be changed automatically thanks to the Demo driver.

How to insert and configure the Demo driver

After having started up the software in development mode and created, or loaded, a project, insert the Demo driver by following these steps below:

• Open the I/O Data Server located in the project tree within the Project Explorer window and select the I/O Driver tab.
• Once opened, right-click within the workspace and select the Add New Driver option from the menu that appears.
• Search and select the Demo driver from the list that appears. Click on the next step button to configure it.
• Leave the properties in Driver’s General Settings with their default settings and click the arrow button to proceed on to the next step.
• Again, leave the properties in the Driver’s Channel settings with their default settings and proceed ahead.
• In the Driver’s Station settings, leave the properties set for default.
• Click Finish to conclude the Driver’s configuration and to insert it on the driver list.

How to create the tag

We shall now define an integer type tag. To do this:

• Open the I/O Data Server located in the project tree in the Project Explorer window.
• Access the Tags List by selecting the corresponding I/O Data Server’s tab.
• Right-click on the workspace and select the Add New Tag option from the menu that appears.
• Configure the tag’s parameters as follows:
• 
  

  Name	IntTag
  Model Type	Variable
  Data Type	Int16

  
  
• Search for the Physical I/O Address list property in the tag’s Execution section and click the three dotted button on the far right of the Demo driver to open its configuration wizard.
• Configure the driver in the following way:
• 
  

  Demo Type	Random
  Simulation Interval (ms)	1000
  Nr Cycles	0
  Link Type	Read Only
  Station	Station0

  
  
• Click the OK button to confirm and then click the Accept Changes button on the tag’s property window's top toolbar.

Now that you have finished configuring the tag, save the project by clicking on the Save All button on the Movicon.NExT Editor’s toolbar at the top.

How to create and assign the alarm

We shall now create an alarm in this way:

• Open the I/O Data Server located in the Project Explorer window’s project tree.
• Access the Alarms tab by selecting the corresponding I/O Data Server tab.
• Expand the items in the Alarm tab until you reach the Source item.
• Select and right-click the Source item to open its contextual menu.
• Select the Add New Alarm Definition menu option and configure the alarm as follows:
• 
  

  Name	Alarm
  Alarm Type	Exclusive Level
  Enable High-High Limit	Enabled
  High-High Limit Value	100
  Enable High Limit	Enabled
  High Limit Value	90
  Enable Low Limit	Enabled
  Low Limit Value	10
  Enable Low-Low Limit	Enabled
  Low-Low Limit Value	0

  
  
• Click the Accept Changes button on the alarm properties window’s toolbar to confirm.

Now that we have created and configured the tag and alarm, we can go ahead and assign the two elements:

• Select the alarm you have just created in the I/O Data Server’s Alarm tab.
• Right-click it and select the Assign Tag option from the menu that appears.
• Select the previously created IntTag from the table and click OK to confirm.

How to create the screen

Now, we will need to create a screen:

• Look for the Screens resource in the project's tree structure in the Project Explorer window and select it.
• Right-click it and select the New option from the menu which opens.
• A New Screen popup will appear through which you can set the screen's main properties. Configure the screen as follows:
• • Width: 1920
  • Height: 1080
  • Name: Main
• Click the OK button to confirm the configuration.

Once the screen has been created, you can then change the project's properties by inserting the screen as the project's Main screen which will show when the project starts up. To do this:

• Select the name of the project from the application's tree structure.
• Open the Properties panel.
• Change the following project properties in this way:
• • Startup Page Type: Main Screen
  • Startup Screen Name: Main

Once you have finished configuring the project startup page, click on the Save All icon located on the toolbar at the top to save the project.

Now, open the Main screen and click on the Toolbox tab, which is located on the far right of the editor window, next to the properties window, to open the Toolbox library provided by Movicon.NExT.
Drag and drop the Display object, found in the Display folder. on screen. Drag the IntTag tag onto the object to assign it.
This time Drag and drop the Alarm Window found in the Toolbox’s Alarm Viewers folder, on screen.
Reopen the Toolbox, go to the Buttons folder and drag and drop a Standard Metro Style button from the Standard folder on the screen.
Select and open the button’s properties window and insert the Open Report string in the Text property field.
With the Open Report button still selected, click on the Commands tab at the bottom of the editor to open it.
Once opened, search for and select the Alarms command from the list of commands available and add it to the command list associated to the button.
Configure the Alarm command properties that appear on the right by selecting the Show Statistics Report option from the combobox as the Command Type. Go to the Alarm Source property and enter the alarm source.

Save the project by clicking on the Save All button on the Movicon.NExT Editor’s toolbar at the top.

Runtime Test

Click the Start Runtime button to test to see if everything works in runtime.
Once the project starts up with the screen open, the tag’s value will be simulated by the Demo driver. The value of the IntTag exceeds one of the thresholds configured in the alarm, the alarm will activate and display in the Alarm Window object.
Once the alarm has been activated, click on the Open Report button to display the Alarm Statistics Report to view the alarm’s occurrence in table format.