Command syntax—by command type – Visara Master Console Center Scripting Guide User Manual
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Appendix B Command Syntax
Scripting Guide
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Command Syntax—By Command Type
Command Command
Type
Description Syntax
Alerting Generates
a
repetitive
alarm tone (beep) at the
workstation (Global
WorkStation).
ALARM(%Operation)
Alerting
Create a new alert.
ALERTCREATE(%Status,%State,$Source,$MsgText,$User
Note)==>%AlertID
Alerting
Deletes an existing alert.
ALERTDEL( %AlertID) ==> %ErrCode
Alerting
Retrieves information on all
active alerts into an array.
ALERTGETACTIVE($AssocArray) ==>%ErrCode
Alerting
Modifies the value of a field
in an existing alert.
ALERTMOD(%AlertID,%AlertField,NewValue)
==>%ErrCode
Alerting Changes
icon
characteristics.
ICON(%Status[,$Message[,%Class[,$Name]]])
Alerting
Returns an icon’s current
message.
ICONMSG([%Class[,$Name]])==>$Message
Alerting
Returns an icon’s name.
ICONNAME([%Port]])==>$Name
Alerting
Returns an icon’s current
status.
ICONSTATUS([%Class[,$Name]])==>%Status
Console
Message
Fill an array with the full
text of a console screen.
ASCRN($Array,%Port)
Console
Message
Enables up to 256 SCANB
commands to execute as a
group.
BLOCKSCAN(%Wait,*Timeout[,$Array])…ENDBLOCK