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Chapter 2 BridgeVIEW Environment
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Table 2-2 provides a description of each of the fields in the Engine
Manager dialog box. This table provides basic information about the
Engine Manager dialog box options. For a more complete understanding
of how or why you might use the Engine Manager in a BridgeVIEW
application, you must understand how to configure tags. See Chapter 3,
Tag Configuration .
Table 2-2. Engine Manager Field Descriptions
Field Description
Engine Status Displays the current status of the BridgeVIEW Engine— whether launching,
running, or stopped.
Log Historical
Data Turns on or off logging of historical data to file. This button is pressed
automatically if you selected Start logging on system start-up in your
configuration file. If you do not have a valid event log path configured,
or do not have a printer configured, this checkbox is disabled.
Log Events Turns on or off logging of alarms and events to file. This button is pressed
automatically if you selected Start event logging on system start-up in your
configuration file. If you do not have a valid event log path configured, this
checkbox is disabled.
Print Events Turns on or off printing of alarms and events to your line printer. This button
is pressed automatically if you selected Start printing on system start-up in
your configuration file. If you do not have a printer configured, this checkbox
is disabled.
Run/Stop Engine Starts the BridgeVIEW Engine, or stops the BridgeVIEW Engine and shuts
down any loaded servers.
Quit Engine Closes and exits the BridgeVIEW Engine process.
Enable Error
Dialog Enables or disables the showing of the Error dialog box. If this box is checked,
a System Error Display dialog box pops up for you to acknowledge the event
when a system error occurs.
Server Browser Launches the Server Browser Utility. With this utility, you can see the servers
in your system, including OPC servers; view server information; and display
the server front panel if the server is running (VI-based servers only).
Show/Hide
System Event
Display Shows or hides the System Event Display.