CTI Products MCN Server 8000 - Manual (Page 192)

Advanced Configuration Configuring Triggered Output Actions
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Configuring Triggered Output Actions (Licensed Option)
The Triggered Output Actions option in the MCN Server software provides the means for an Input Event
to trigger an Output Action. This option can be used, for example, to provide alarm outputs (from a CIB
or GPIO module) to an external device when a failure on one or more input devices occurs.
Typical uses would include:
Input Events Output Action
Failed receivers on a channel Turn on Channel Failure Alarm Output
Microwave Alarm Turn on Microwave Failure Alarm Output
Any abnormal condition at a site Turn on composite Site Alarm Output
Alarm Acknowledgement input Turn off Alarm Relay
An output can be triggered by one or many input events, but an input event can trigger only one output
action.
Setting up Triggered Output Actions involves configuring the following items:
• Triggered Output Types
• Triggers
• Output Function Blocks (the specific physical outputs on a CIB or GPIO module)
• Linkages between specific inputs and specific output function blocks.
Triggered Output Types
Set up the Triggered Output Types in the Display Table window. Each Triggered Output Type is
defined in its own Display Table tab. Normally, only one or two Triggered Output Types are defined.
You will use the Triggered Output Type as the Display Table for the specific Output Function Blocks.
Things to define for Triggered Output Types are:
• Triggered Output Type Name (Display Table Name)
• Number of Bits
Usually just a single bit is used for alarm outputs, but you could implement multi-bit alarms
such as Major and Minor alarms or Fail and Disable alarms for comparators.
• Bit Names
Typically "Alarm" in a one-bit Output Type
In a multi-bit output type, the bits could be named "Major" and "Minor", etc.
• States to display on the PC (ex: "Normal" & "Alarm") and their colors
• Mouse Functions (typically to reset or acknowledge an alarm)
• Actions for the Input Event to trigger
ex: Set Alarm or Reset Alarm
Set Major, Set Minor, Reset Major, Reset Minor, Reset All
In most systems, one Triggered Output Type can be used for all the alarm Output Function Blocks. You
would need to make multiple Triggered Output Types if:
• You needed different status texts or colors to be displayed for different Output Types or
• You need both single bit and multi bit Triggered Output Types