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The Workstation Installation/Operation Manual Version 2 Document 51540 Rev. B1 4/8/02
Section 1.3: Basic Workstation Setup
1.3.1 Configuring Event Managers and Alarm Servers
Event Managers provide the workstation with a buffer of events from each of its configured Alarm Servers .
The Alarm Servers interface with the actual devices and pass the information to the Event Manager. All
communication between the Workstation and any other device goes through the Event Manager . For more
information on the UniNet system architecture, see the related section in the System Utilities manual. To begin
Event Manager configuration, select Workstation Configuration, Event Managers from the menu bar.
1.3
NOTES: All communication between PCs and applications is performed using TCP/IP protocol over
Ethernet. For information on setting up TCP/IP communication, refer to the Local Area Server
manual.
The secondary Event Manager is optional and serves as a backup in case the primary Event
Manager fails. It does not add any additional functionality past this fall-back feature.
Figure 1-14: Alarm Server Connections