unCoreInternals 9.3.0
unManagerState Users Documentation

Introduction

The purpose of the unManagerState feature is to notify a user through an unSystemIntegrity alarm when a manager in console is running in manual mode, so situations when a manager is temporarily set to manual and not switched back are avoided.

Requirements

Have installed the unSystemIntegrity 8.5.2 and unCore 8.6.2 component versions.

unSystemIntegrity Configuration

To add the unManagerState system integrity alarm, click on the UNICOS Menu button —> Configuration —> System Integrity (local) —> Select sub-system unManagerState —> Click on monitorManualRunning —> Click on downwards arrow.

unManagerState Configuration from the UNICOS Menu

The unManagerState alarm has a default configuration for the filter of managers to monitor and the time when checks are run. The filter is used to track managers that are running in manual mode meaning that if a manager type is not included in the filter, then an alarm will never be raised for this type of managers even if they exist and are running in manual. The alarm checks are running every X seconds to determine if there has been a change in the status of a manager that was in manual mode, i.e., if it has changed to Always, Manual, or Once. The default configuration list of monitored managers in the filter are: "WCCILdata", "WCCILdist", "WCCILevent", "WCCILproxy", "WCCILredu", "WCCILsim", "WCCILsplit", "WCCOACMWClient", "WCCOACMWServer", "WCCOALaser", "WCCOAbacnet", "WCCOActrl", "WCCOAdim", "WCCOAdip", "WCCOAiec", "WCCOAiec61850", "WCCOAmod", "WCCOAmodsrv", "WCCOAmqtt", "WCCOAopcua", "WCCOAopcuasrv", "WCCOArdb", "WCCOAs7", "WCCOAs7plus", "WCCOAsnmp", "WCCOAsnmpa", "WCCOAvalarch" The default configuration time for the check is 60 seconds.

unManagerState System Integrity Configuration panel

The operator can modify these default parameters using the buttons to add/remove managers from the filter list, and the box to insert a new time in seconds to run the alarm check. Apply must be clicked to save the new changes. If the operator wants to reset the values to the ones specified as default, it can be done by clicking on the corresponding button and then on Apply. If changes have not been saved (apply has not been pressed), it is possible to go back to the previously saved configuration by clicking on the reload configured button.

Application Configuration

To add the alarm to the Alarm summary list, click on UNICOS Menu button —> Configuration —> Application (local) —> Alarms —> Click on cascade button next to Add class —> Select unManagerState —> Select monitorManualRunning —> Click on the forward arrow to add the alarm —> Click on OK —> Click on OK once more.

unManagerState UNICOS Application Configuration

Once the alarm has been added in the Application Configuration, double click on the System Status widget to open the Application Operation panel and select the Application that contains the summary of alarms. The unManagerState alarm should be in the summary list. The status of the alarm is either OK or Bad and description text of the alarm is: “Date time: Monitor manager running in manual mode status status” Where Date, time and status are variables that display the information on when the alarm was added and the status (OK or Bad). To have additional information about the alarm, the user can right click on the status or description of the alarm. A popup with the list of options to choose from appears. If the first option is clicked (the option that shows the description text), a new popup panel is opened. This panel has information about the managers and corresponding numbers which are running in manual mode, i.e., the managers triggering the alarm, and the alert date and time. It should be noted that this popup panel opens only if the status of the alarm is Bad. If it is OK, then no manager is running in manual mode and hence there is no need to display any additional information.

unManagerState alarm in Alarm List of Application Diagnostic