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| Subject: | Re: Any modern solution besides the TVs and EPICS alarm handler ? |
| From: | Kate Feng <[email protected]> |
| To: | "Ned D. Arnold" <[email protected]> |
| Cc: | "Feng, Shuchen" <[email protected]>, techtalk <[email protected]> |
| Date: | Mon, 03 Mar 2003 13:03:56 -0500 |
"Ned D. Arnold" wrote: > > One feature of ALH is that it can write the severity of an alarm group > to a specified PV. We intend to use this capability to feed "soft" PVs > that are are used for the "comfort" display. The comfort display will be > a simple medm screen with red/green boxes on a dedicated monitor. I guess the dedicated monitor is an X-terminal instead of being controlled by an IOC. ??? Is the sound generated by the monitor lound enough to be herad in your control enviorment. > A simple glance at the comfort display will direct the operators to the > appropriate alarm handler where they can find the many details > associated with the alarm. > Someone wants to be sound alerted in the middle of the busy operation in case of emergency. > > This provides a very basic, always visible, comfort display by using > standard EPICS tools. The hierarchical approach for alarms built into > alh is helpful in managing the thousands of signals that are monitored > and grouping them down to about two dozen top-level groups. > I agree so. I am looking for basic and fast solutions. Thanks, Kate