unShelvedAE 9.1.1
Users Documentation

Introduction

The new unShelvedAE implementation provides a panel with the list of all the blocked alarms, masked alarms, and masked events. In this panel, the user can see a checkboxes and textboxes that can be used to filter information. The list of shelved alarms and events displayed not only includes the system where the project is running, but also all the distributed systems that are connected to it.

Requirements

  • Have installed the unCore component version 8.6.0
  • Have installed the unCPC component version 6.6.10
  • Have installed the unShelved component 1.0.0
  • Ensure that the distribution manager is running, and the unDistributed control is properly configured to have the list of blocked alarms, masked alarms, and masked events that correspond to distributed systems displayed as well.

How to access the unShelvedAE panel

There are a few ways to access the new unShelvedAE panel.

  • From the UNICOS Menu —> Management —> Utilities (local) —> List of unShelved Alarms/Events.
unShelvedAE access to panel from UNICOS Menu
  • From the Event List panel, where there is a “AE” button for unShelved Alarms and Events.
unShelvedAE access to panel from Event List panel
  • From the new next Generation Alarm Screen panel, where there is a “AE” button for unShelved Alarms and Events.

unShelvedAE Filter

Blocked Alarms, Masked Alarms, Masked Events checkboxes

unShelvedAE Blocked/Masked Alarms/Events checkboxes filter

The checkboxes for Blocked Alarms, Masked Alarms, and Masked Events allow the user to display the list of unshelved alarms and events. The check options are not mutually exclusive, i.e., the users can select all of them, none of them, or any combination on between depending on their own preferences or requirements. Effectively, the checkboxes act as a filter for the Type column (2nd column of the table). The Apply button must be clicked to update the table in case changes have been done on the filter.

Filter text boxes

unShelvedAE Filter textboxes

The textboxes allow the user to filter the unShelvedAE information depending on the values introduced on them. The filter can be done for the System, Application, Alias, Description, Nature, and DevComment fields that correspond to the same column types. The character “*” act as wildcard, i.e., if the character is introduced in a text box, then all the values for the corresponding field will be considered. If the wildcard character is introduced after some text as seen in the image below, then all the values that match the starting characters are eligible to be displayed.

unShelvedAE Filter example with wildcard

The table can be blank if the filter text specified on the boxes do not match any value or is too restrictive. The Apply button must be pressed to update the table if changes have been done on the filter as well.

Live/Manual mode

unShelvedAE Live mode

By default, the Live mode is set as default. The live mode will automatically update the table when there are changes in the configurations for blocked alarms, masked alarms, or masked events. Hence, if there are new alarms or events being blocked, unblocked, masked, or unmasked, the table will be refreshed instantly. The same will happen in case that a distributed system is connected or disconnected from the system where the unShelvedAE panel is running. If there is a new distributed system connected or disconnected and it contains unshelved alarms or events, the table will be updated automatically. In case that the table is being refreshed too frequently, the user has the choice to swap to the Manual mode as seen in image 5. In this case, the table will never be automatically updated, and the user will have to click on the new visible button ‘Refresh’ to be able to see any update that has happened from the last time when there was an update. The live mode and manual mode are mutually exclusive, i.e., both cannot be marked at the same time.

unShelvedAE Manual mode

Last update and Blocked/Masked devices

unShelvedAE Last update and number of masked/blocked devices

The Last update provides the date and time when the table information was updated the last time. The Blocked/Masked devices shows the number of devices (or rows) that are displayed on the table and that correspond to blocked/masked alarms and/or events.

unShelvedAE Table

unShelvedAE Table

The unShelvedAE Table shows the values for the System, Type, Timestamp, Application, Alias, Description, Nature, and Device Comment columns for the blocked alarms, masked alarms, and/or masked events depending on the List filter configuration. The table is resizable, and the order of displayed elements can be changed by clicking on the header of the column to display the values in ascending or descending alphabetically order. The table can be exported to a .csv file by clicking on the CSV button in the left corner of the panel as seen in the image above.