Alarm Manager - TCP/IP Server Settings dialog

This dialog appears if you do the following, setting up the properties for an Alarm job:

The Alarm Manager module organizes its tasks in "jobs". Each job defines

• the alarm condition: selectable from all conditions or module-dependent,
• the alarm action: you can select group-dependent actions,
• the condition status (did the condition occur or disappear?),
• an action delay (optional).

Additionally, the following applies:

• If the Alarm module is loaded, its jobs are enabled; if the module is unloaded, the jobs stop executing their tasks.
• You can pause any job by selecting the None action.
• You can define several action settings depending on Alarm groups.
  

  To define a module group, you select specific modules from all modules currently added to the system.

  Tip - If you add new modules to the system later, they are by default members of the All group. For all other groups, make sure to add new modules to the matching group(s).

  Many Trimble products allow one to make use of module groups, when setting up alarm jobs. For all alarm jobs, the same module groups are available. When defining an alarm job, you define for each module group the specific action settings.

The Alarm Manager module can run multiple jobs. For example, to invoke two different actions for the same alarm condition, set up two jobs.

1. Select the Alarm Manager module in the Tree view. The categories and settings of the General Settings tab appear in the Properties view.
2. Set the focus onto the List of alarm jobs setting and click the browse button. The Alarm Jobs dialog appears. Set the focus onto the Alarm action setting and click the browse button. Select the Connect to a TCP/IP server action type.
3. One of the following will happen:
   • If only one module group exists, the TCP/IP Server Settings dialog appears.
   • If you have defined more than one module group, the Action Settings dialog appears. Set the focus into the value field of any of the groups and click the browse button. The TCP/IP Server Settings dialog appears.

Use the TCP/IP Server Settings dialog to view and edit (probably group-dependent) settings for the Connect to a TCP/IP server action type. Select this action type, if you need an individual type of action when an alarm is triggered for a module of this module group. The TCP/IP Server Settings dialog lets you define a server and outgoing port and a command. This command outputs the data specified by placeholders to the outgoing port. Then you can connect to this port and proceed with the data as needed.

Server category

Lets you view and specify the TCP/IP server computer by either IP number or computer name and the IP port at that computer.

Command category

Defines the contents of the output stream. Use the placeholders offered in the dialog. They will be filled with the appropriate text at execution time, such as the alarm text, the alarm time, and so on. To insert a placeholder, either click the respective icon in the dialog or key it in. Use empty spaces to separate placeholders from each other.

Test Connection button

Click the button to test the output to the outgoing port at the TCP/IP server.