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The Workstation Installation/Operation Manual Version 2 Document 51540 Rev. B1 4/8/02
External Profile Control
A special feature of the Event Monitor Profiles Manager is the External Profile Control . This feature
allows predefined monitoring profiles on other workstations to be linked with monitoring profiles on the local
workstation. When configured, a monitoring profile activated at the local workstation will automatically activate or
deactivate the linked monitoring profile at the other workstation. Likewise, when the local profile is deactivated the
linked profile will change state accordingly. This allows nearly automatic transfer of monitoring responsibilities
from one workstation to another.
To configure the external profile control:
1. Select an existing local monitoring profile from the Profiles list box or create a new one.
2. Enter a computer name in the Computer field. Computer names can be found using Windows Explorer
under Network Neighborhood.
3. Enter an external profile name in the
External Profile
field. This must be the name as it is defined on
the other workstation.
4. Under External Profile Sync , select either Parallel or Opposite . Selecting parallel means that if the
local profile is activated then, so will the external profile and vice-versa. Selecting opposite means that if
the local profile is activated, then the external profile is DE-activated and vice-versa.
An existing control profile can also be linked to a monitoring profile and automatically activated when the monitor-
ing profile is activated.
To link an existing control profile to the monitoring profile:
5. Select an existing control profile from the
Control Profile to Activate combo box.
To remove an existing profile, select the profile from the Profiles list box then, click on the Remove Profile
button.
To edit an existing profile:
1. Select the desired profile from the list box.
2. Perform steps 3. through 5. above.
The Copy Profile button creates a new profile with the same status as the currently selected profile. Once
created, this profile can be edited. This feature is useful for creating multiple profiles with similar configurations.
Event types are filtered by the device status. The device status represents every alarm type recognized by the system.
Each profile can be defined to filter alarms system-wide by their status.
Both of these methods can be used in a profile to allow alarms to be filtered for selected types and all alarms to be
filtered for a selected location.
To create a new profile:
1. Click on the Add Profile button.
2. Enter a new profile name. The Sites and Device Statuses for the new profile will be displayed with all
features selected.
To filter by location:
3. In the
Site list box, double click on each Site or Node to be filtered or select individual subnodes if
applicable. Double-clicking on a site filters all nodes beneath it in the hierarchy. Double-clicking on a
node filters all subnodes beneath it in the hierarchy.
To filter by type:
4. In the
Device Status list box, select each alarm type to be filtered by the workstation. Check Full
Process to monitor normally. Check History Only to register those events in the history buffer without
graphic or Event Box annunciation. Uncheck both to completely filter the event from the workstation.
NOTE: Click on the column headers Monitored , History
Only or Full Process to select or deselect all elements in
that column. Click on Device Status to UN-select all
device statuses.