Super Systems SDStatus - Manual (Page 18)

SDStatus View and Workstation Operations Manual
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Column Title SDIO
Equivalent, if
applicable
Description
UTI UTI The estimated update time interval in seconds (time between
complete updates for the instrument)
Status COMM
STATUS
The status (“Good” or “Bad”) of SDIO’s ability to communicate
with the instrument connected to that channel
Table 1 - Description of columns in SDStatus server/channel list
A Note on Monitoring Multiple Servers
SDStatus can monitor channels and slot data on multiple servers. Doing so is as simple as
adding multiple servers with valid server path data for SDStatus to use. When alarms are
present, all of the alarm data will appear in the SDStatus View main window.
Editing or Deleting a Server Entry
To edit or delete a server entry, simply
highlight the server whose entry you want to
delete or edit. Then click “Edit Server” or
“Delete Server”. (See Figure 24.) If deleting a
server from the list, confirm the deletion when
asked.
IMPORTANT: Use caution when deleting a
server entry. Once an entry is deleted, it
cannot be recovered. In addition, the log
data associated with that server entry is
also deleted and unable to be recovered.
Figure 24 - Editing or Deleting a Server Entry
Alarms
Using the Alarms menu, you can add and configure alarms that SDStatus will generate. You can
also add alarms to specific sets or user-defined categories called alarm groups.
Alarms can be set up manually. View also has pre-configured alarm templates built into it.
SDStatus can also build an alarm list from the Alarms.ini file on the applicable SuperDATA
server.
IMPORTANT: Before many alarm conditions can be accurately evaluated by SDStatus, SDIO
must be running on the SuperDATA server with which SDStatus is communicating. See the
Prerequisites section for more details.
Alarm functionality is described in greater detail below.