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LIB 500System Self Supervision

Operator’s Manual

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Contents

Page

1 System Self Supervision ...............................................................7

1.1 Overview and Description .................................................................... 7

1.2 Features/Options ................................................................................. 8

1.2.1 Supervision Base (SSS Backbone)............................................... 8

1.2.2 Supervision Monitoring (SSS HMI)................................................ 9

2 Supervision Monitoring...............................................................11

2.1 Supervision Picture............................................................................ 11

2.1.1 Picture Specific Functions........................................................... 11

2.2 Graphical Representations and Functionality..................................... 12

2.2.1 Status Indication ......................................................................... 12

2.2.2 Color Coding............................................................................... 12

2.2.3 Color Definitions.......................................................................... 12

2.2.4 Event and Alarm Indications ....................................................... 13

2.2.5 Log Events.................................................................................. 14

2.3 System Self Supervision Dialogs ....................................................... 14

2.3.1 Main Dialog, General .................................................................. 14

2.3.2 Main Dialog, Base System.......................................................... 16

3 Monitor..........................................................................................19

3.1 Description......................................................................................... 19

3.2 Object Presentation ........................................................................... 19

3.3 Supervision Function Dialog .............................................................. 19

4 Base System ................................................................................21

4.1 Description......................................................................................... 21

4.2 Object Presentation ........................................................................... 21

4.3 Supervision Function Dialog .............................................................. 23

5 Application ...................................................................................25

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5.1 Description .........................................................................................25

5.2 Object Presentation............................................................................25

5.3 Supervision Function Dialog...............................................................26

6 Communication Unit (NET)..........................................................27

6.1 Description .........................................................................................27



7 Communication Unit Line (NET line) ..........................................29

7.1 Description .........................................................................................29



8 Station...........................................................................................31

8.1 Description .........................................................................................31



9 LON Clock Master (SLCM)...........................................................33

9.1 Description .........................................................................................33



9.4 LON Clock Master Diagnostics Dialog................................................35

10 Printer ...........................................................................................37

10.1 Description .........................................................................................37



11 Supervision Log Viewer ..............................................................39

11.1 Overview ............................................................................................39

11.1.1 Users...........................................................................................39

11.2 Types of Log events...........................................................................39

11.2.1 Common Events..........................................................................40

11.2.2 Undefined Process Object Events ...............................................41


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11.2.3 Operating System Events ........................................................... 42

11.3 Starting Supervision Log Viewer ........................................................ 45

11.4 Tool bar and Menus........................................................................... 46

11.4.1 Log Menu.................................................................................... 47

11.4.2 View menu.................................................................................. 48

11.4.3 Filter Menu.................................................................................. 51

11.4.4 Options Menu ............................................................................. 55

11.4.5 Help Menu .................................................................................. 58


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1 System Self Supervision

1.1 Overview and Description

The LIB 500 System Self Supervision (SSS) is used with MicroSCADA systems forsupervising and monitoring of the system. It provides with the status information ofhardware and software as well as picture functions for the supervision of systemobjects.

LIB 500 System Self Supervision consists of

• Supervision Base (SSS Backbone)

• Supervision Monitoring (SSS HMI)

Supervision Base and Supervision Monitoring are to be seen as independentcomponents. The SSS Backbone functionality includes the basic functionality of theSystem Self Supervision and it can be used in several system environments. The SSSHMI provides the monitoring part of the System Self Supervision and it can be usedonly in the LIB 500 environment.

The Supervision Base is an independent component that operates also withoutpresence of the Supervision Monitoring part and thus, it can be used in various systemenvironments (SYS 500, SMS 510 and COM 500).

The Supervision Monitoring includes the HMI, which provides a set of supervisedpicture functions that can be inserted to the system supervision picture. TheSupervision Monitoring part is attached to the Supervision Base through the processdatabase i.e. indications for the object’s state is used as an interface between theSupervision Base and the Supervision Monitoring part. The Supervision Monitoringpart can be used only in the LIB 500 environment.


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Figure 1. System Concept Design for System Self Supervision

1.2 Features/Options

1.2.1 Supervision Base (SSS Backbone)

The main function of SSS Backbone is to provide the mechanism for routing ofsupervision information into the MicroSCADA process database from the processdevices and other supervised objects. More information can be found in the SystemSelf Supervision Configuration Manual 1MRS751381-MEN.

The Supervision Base consists of (Figure 2):

• Process objects that receives system messages from MicroSCADAcommunication units, indicates the object’s state and generates events and alarms

• Command procedures, event channels and time channels that perform the actualsupervision routing and information interpreting (Supervision Routing Interpreter)

• Text file for language dependent signal texts in the database and for log eventsshown in the Supervision Log

• Initialization files for storing the configuration data and event filteringinformation

• Text file that contain the configuration data for the general parameters of theSystem Self Supervision

• Text files that contain the source code for the command procedures

• Text files related to System Configuration Manager

• Viewer for log events (Supervision Log)

It includes

• All the common system message points,

• Event channels for predefined events

• Command procedures and indication points for handling of system messages andevents.



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• Indication points for handling of system messages and events.

It provides the status information of the

• Hardware,

• System components,

• Communication equipment,

• Process control

• Protection units.

Figure 2. System Concept Design of the SSS Backbone part

1.2.2 Supervision Monitoring (SSS HMI)

The main function of SSS HMI is to provide the visual monitoring part forsupervision of the running system, through the system supervision picture.



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Supervision Monitoring provides following components (Figure 3):

• Monitor

• Base System

• Application

• Communication unit (NET)

• Communication unit line (NET line)

• Station

• LON Clock Master (SLCM)

• Printer

Each component i.e. picture function can be installed on the system supervisionpicture and configured according to the supervised system. The state of the supervisedsystem objects (i.e. normal state, alarm etc.) is represented by color indications.

Figure 3. System Concept Design of the SSS HMI part


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2 Supervision Monitoring

This chapter describes the monitoring part (SSS HMI) seen from the libraryimplementations in the LIB 500 System Self Supervision. For terminlogy refer to thedocument Introduction to MicroSCADA Technology, 1MRS751710-MUM.

2.1 Supervision Picture

2.1.1 Picture Specific Functions

A system supervision picture is located in the picture specific area and consists of thepicture functions installed. The supervision monitoring objects are typical example ofpicture specific functions. Picture specific functions are activated during run mode byclicking on the representation symbol by the mouse.

Figure 4. Example of a system supervision picture



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A main dialog of the object is opened when clicking the installed picture function.The main dialog may also contain subdialogs. Both dialogs, the main dialog andsubdialogs, contains a help function, giving further assistance, if needed.

2.2 Graphical Representations and Functionality

Some principles are general and used for all supervision monitoring objects of theSystem Self Supervision (symbols and colors etc.). A description of these generalprinciples is given in this section.

2.2.1 Status Indication

The status presentation for an object consists of two parts: a representation symboland a color. These two define the exact object status. Also in certain cases, anadditional information may be given as text beside the picture function.

2.2.2 Color Coding

The current state is indicated by different symbols. The color of the symbol providesadditional information on the object.

Color Status

DARK GREY Not in use

GREY Static (i.e. no supervision diagnostic available)

WHITE Selected on monitor

MAGENTA Undefined (i.e. not sampled, not updated, updateblocked or invalid value)

RED, FLASHING Alarm, unacknowledged

RED Alarm, acknowledged

GREEN Normal state, in use

2.2.3 Color Definitions

The colors used in LIB 500 System Self Supervision refers to the following SystemColors (M scope). The colors can be changed by using the Color Settings Tool that isopened from the System Configuration folder in the Tool Manager.

Color Color definition System Color

DARK GREY Bottom shadow (“M”,9)

GREY Normal background (”M”,1)

WHITE Selected object (“M”,27)

MAGENTA Not updated (“M”,30)

RED Alarm (“M”,16)

GREEN Normal, dynamics (“M”,32)



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2.2.4 Event and Alarm Indications

Each object may include several events and/or alarms generated to the Event and theAlarm List. Events and alarms of each supervised object are generated according tothe event filtering specified during the configuration phase of the Supervision Basefunctionality (see LIB 500 System Self Supervision Configuration Manual1MRS751381-MEN for further details).

Please note that in a case of alarm, both group and informative alarm is beinggenerated to the Alarm List. Group alarm indicates the current state of the supervisedobject and it is set to the normal value as the alarm is lowered (i.e. the supervisedobject receives the normalised event). Informative alarm indicates the cause of thealarm (e.g. Device suspended [13371]) and is is set to the normal value as the alarm isbeing acknowledged.

The following figure displays both an Event and an Alarm list with systemsupervision events and alarms.

Figure 5. Event and Alarm Lists with events and alarms



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2.2.5 Log Events

Addition to the event and alarm indications, each object may have the event historystored in the log file. Events of each supervised object are stored to the log fileaccording to the event filtering specified during the configuration phase of theSupervision Base functionality (see LIB 500 System Self Supervision ConfigurationManual 1MRS751381-MEN for further details).

2.3 System Self Supervision Dialogs

2.3.1 Main Dialog, General

The main dialog is aimed for monitoring the supervision monitoring objects.

Functionality

The main dialog shows the label text of the object on the upper part of the dialog. Thedevice information of the selected object can be seen in the device information dialogby selecting it under the More… button. More detailed explanation of thefunctionality of the selected object can be found in Help.

Figure 6. Supervision Function Dialog

If the state of the selected symbol is changed while the Supervision Function Dialog isopen, an informative message is shown on the info bar of the dialog and the HelpDialog is closed, if open.



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Table 1 The dialog buttons have the following functionality:

Button Functionality

More Opens a selection list of the circuit breaker sub-functionality.

Close Closes the dialog and its sub-dialogs.

Help Opens the help dialog.

Device Information Dialog

Figure 7 presents the device information dialog, which is opened from the main dialogof the selected object. The function of the dialog is to display the three lines of deviceinformation given at configuration phase.

Figure 7. Device Information Dialog

Help Dialog

Figure 8 represents the help dialog, which is opened from the main dialog of theselected object. The function of the dialog is to display the help functions providedwith the object.



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Figure 8. Help Dialog

2.3.2 Main Dialog, Base System

The main dialog is aimed for supervision of the base system monitoring objects.

Functionality

The main dialog shows the label text of the object on the upper part of the dialog.Also more detailed information of the supervised applications is shown in the list withthe following information:

• The application number

• The application name

• The application translation type (NONE/LOCAL/EXTERNAL)

• The state of the application (HOT/WARM/COLD/NONE)

• The state of the shadowing phase (in case of a hot-stand-by system)



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Note! The current application (if supervised) is marked with a leading star (*). If thestate of a supervised application is undefined, (-?-) will be displayed or if thereis no value given, a minus sign (-) will be displayed instead.

The device information of the selected object can be seen in the device informationdialog by selecting it under the More… button. More detailed explanation of thefunctionality of the selected object can be found in Help.

Figure 9. Supervision Function Dialog for the Base System

If the state of the selected symbol is changed while the Supervision Function Dialog isopen, an informative message is shown on the info bar of the dialog and the HelpDialog is closed, if open.


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3 Monitor

3.1 Description

The monitor object is used for indicating the number of open MicroSCADA monitorsin a predefined network address. This way it is easy to detect from which computerconnections are made to the MicroSCADA system and also to supervise the amountof open monitors in the system.

A main dialog of the monitor object is opened when clicking the installed picturefunction. Through the dialog the user is able to see

• The device information

3.2 Object Presentation

The current state of the monitor object, i.e. the number of open MicroSCADAmonitors is presented by showing the monitor count on the monitor object. Number 0is not shown.

Single monitor (small)

Single monitor (big)

Double monitor

Figure 10. Object presentations for a monitor object

3.3 Supervision Function Dialog

The Supervision Function Dialog is the main dialog for the monitor object and itshows the label text (if defined during the configuration phase) of the selected objectas a general information.

The device information (if defined during the configuration phase) of the selectedobject can be found by selecting the More... button. Help for the monitor object isfound by clicking the Help button.

Note! If the state of the monitor object changes (i.e. monitors are opened or closed)while it is selected, the Help dialog is erased and a warning text "The state of

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the selected object has changed!" is shown on the info bar of the SupervisionFunction Dialog.


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4 Base System

4.1 Description

The base system object is used for supervising the state of the supervised applicationsin a single or in a hot-stand-by (warm-stand-by) system. In the case of a hot-stand-by(warm-stand-by) system, the shadowing phase of the applications is also indicated.The main functionality is as listed below:



• The state of the MicroSCADA base system (global memory pool)

The current state of the base system object is represented by the colored symbol. Thecolor of the symbol provides additional information about the status. Please refer tothe chapter Object Presentation regarding the color and the corresponding status.

A main dialog of the base system object is opened when clicking the installed picturefunction. Through the dialog the user is able to see

• The application states more detailed



The different states of the supervised base system object are represented by the colorsas follows:

Note! The colors are mentioned in the order of their priority in appearance (Normalstate refers to the lowest priority).

The state, which is shown within the base system object, is a combination of thestates of the supervised applications and the MicroSCADA base system (if thesupervised applications are located in the current MicroSCADA base system node).The detailed information of the supervised applications is shown in the SupervisionFunction Dialog.



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Table 2 The color coding has the corresponding status

Color Status

DARK GREY Not in use (i.e. application/-s does not exist)







If the base system object is set to the alarming state due to the overflow of globalmemory pool or local memory pools or some application queue is exceeded over itslimit, the base system object is not set to the normal state until the MicroSCADAhas been restarted. Otherwise the base system object is set to the normal state as thealarm is lowered (i.e. the base system object receives the normalised event).



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Tower model medium size (3-D)

Desktop medium size (3-D)

Desktop medium size

Tower model medium size

Desktop large size (3-D)

Desktop large size

Figure 11. Object presentations for a base system object


The Supervision Function Dialog is the main dialog for the base system object and itshows the label text (if defined during the configuration phase) of the selected objectas a general information. In addition to the object label text, the detailed informationof the supervised applications is shown in the list with the following information:



• The application translation type (NONE/LOCAL/EXTERNAL)



Note! The current application (if supervised) is marked with a leading star (*). Ifthe state of a supervised application is undefined, (-?-) will be displayed orif there is no value given, a minus sign (-) will be displayed instead.



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The device information (if defined during the configuration phase) of the selectedobject can be found by selecting the More... button. Help for the base system object isfound by clicking the Help button.

Note! If the state of the base system object changes while it is selected, the Helpdialog is erased and a warning text "The state of the selected object haschanged!" is shown on the info bar of the Supervision Function Dialog.


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5 Application

5.1 Description

The application object is used for supervising the state of the application in a single orin a hot-stand-by (warm-stand-by) system. In the case of a hot-stand-by (warm-stand-by) system, the shadowing phase of the application is also indicated. The mainfunctionality is as listed below:



• The state of the MicroSCADA base system (global memory pool)


• The node number of the MicroSCADA base system


The current state of the application object is represented by the colored symbol. Thecolor of the symbol provides additional information about the status. Please refer tothe chapter Object Presentation regarding the color and the corresponding status.

A main dialog of the application object is opened when clicking the installed picturefunction. Through the dialog the user is able to see



The different states of the supervised application object are represented by the colorsas follows:


The state, which is shown within the application object, is a combination of thestate of the supervised application and the MicroSCADA base system, (if thesupervised application is located in the MicroSCADA base system node).

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Color Status

DARK GREY Not in use (i.e. application does not exist)




RED, FLASHING Unacknowledged alarm

RED Acknowledged alarm


In addition to this, if the application information is enabled during the configurationphase, the application state and shadowing phase (in case of a hot-stand-by system) isshown as text beside the application object.

Figure 12. Object presentation for an application object


The Supervision Function Dialog is the main dialog for the application object and itshows the label text (if defined during the configuration phase) of the selected objectas a general information.

The device information (if defined during the configuration phase) of the selectedobject can be found by selecting the More... button. Help for the application object isfound by clicking the Help button.

Note! If the state of the application object changes while it is selected, the Help dialogis erased and a warning text "The state of the selected object has changed!" isshown on the info bar of the Supervision Function Dialog.

If the application object is set to the alarming state due to the overflow of globalmemory pool or local memory pools or some application queue is exceeded over itslimit, the application object is not set to the normal state until the MicroSCADA hasbeen restarted. Otherwise the application object is set to the normal state as thealarm is lowered (i.e. the application object receives the normalised event).


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6 Communication Unit (NET)

6.1 Description

The communication unit (NET) object is used for supervising the state of theMicroSCADA communication unit. In the case of a redundant communicationfrontend pair, the redundancy mode and the shadowing phase of the communicationunit is also indicated. The main functionality is as listed below:

• The state of the communication unit

• The state of the redundancy (in case of a redundant frontend pair)

The current state of the communication unit object is represented by the coloredsymbol. The color of the symbol provides additional information about the status.Please refer to the chapter Object Presentation regarding the color and thecorresponding status.

A main dialog of the communication unit object is opened when clicking the installedpicture function. Through the dialog the user is able to see



The different states of the supervised communication unit object are represented bythe colors as follows:

Note! The colors are mentioned in the order of their priority in appearance (Normalstate refers to the lowest priority)


Color Status








Note! In case of a redundant frontend pair, if redundancy information is enabledduring the configuration phase, the redundancy mode and shadowing state isshown as text beside the communication unit object.

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PC-NET

DCP-NET

MFL

Figure 13. Object presentations for a communication unit object


The Supervision Function Dialog is the main dialog for the communication unit objectand it shows the label text (if defined during the configuration phase) of the selectedobject as a general information.

The device information (if defined during the configuration phase) of the selectedobject can be found by selecting the More... button. Help for the communication unitobject is found by clicking the Help button.

Note! If the state of the communication unit object changes while it is selected, theHelp dialog is erased and a warning text "The state of the selected object haschanged!" is shown on the info bar of the Supervision Function Dialog.


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7 Communication Unit Line (NET line)

7.1 Description

The communication unit line (NET line) object is used for supervising the state of theMicroSCADA communication unit line. The main functionality is as listed below:

• The state of the communication unit line

The current state of the communication unit line object is represented by the coloredsymbol. The color of the symbol provides additional information about the status.Please refer to the chapter Object Presentation regarding the color and thecorresponding status.

A main dialog of the communication unit line object is opened when clicking theinstalled picture function. Through the dialog the user is able to see



The different states of the supervised communication unit line object are representedby the colors as follows:


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Color Status








Figure 14. Object presentation for a communication unit line object as a part of asystem supervision picture and zoomed to the right


The Supervision Function Dialog is the main dialog for the communication unit lineobject and it shows the label text (if defined during the configuration phase) of theselected object as a general information.

The device information (if defined during the configuration phase) of the selectedobject can be found by selecting the More... button. Help for the communication unitline object is found by clicking the Help button.

Note! If the state of the communication unit line object changes while it is selected,the Help dialog is erased and a warning text "The state of the selected objecthas changed!" is shown on the info bar of the Supervision Function Dialog.


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8 Station

8.1 Description

The station object is used for supervising the state of the station connected to aMicroSCADA communication unit (NET). The main functionality is as listed below:

• The state of the station communication

The current state of the station object is represented by the colored symbol. The colorof the symbol provides additional information about the status. Please refer to thechapter Object Presentation regarding the color and the corresponding status.

A main dialog of the station object is opened when clicking the installed picturefunction. Through the dialog the user is able to see



The different states of the supervised station object are represented by the colors asfollows:



Color Status








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Station, general

REx type of station, e.g. REF 543

SRIO type of station

RTU type of station

SACO type of station

Figure 15. Object presentations for a station object


The Supervision Function Dialog is the main dialog for the station object and it showsthe label text (if defined during the configuration phase) of the selected object as ageneral information.

The device information (if defined during the configuration phase) of the selectedobject can be found by selecting the More... button. Help for the station object isfound by clicking the Help button.

Note! If the state of the station object changes while it is selected, the Help dialog iserased and a warning text "The state of the selected object has changed!" isshown on the info bar of the Supervision Function Dialog.


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9 LON Clock Master (SLCM)

9.1 Description

The LON Clock Master (SLCM) object is used for supervising the state of the LONClock Master connected to a MicroSCADA communication unit (NET). The mainfunctionality is as listed below:

• The state of the station communication

• The state of the clock status

The current state of the LON Clock Master object is represented by the coloredsymbol. The color of the symbol provides additional information about the status.Please refer to the chapter Object Presentation regarding the color and thecorresponding status.

A main dialog of the the LON Clock Master object is opened when clicking theinstalled picture function. Through the dialog the user is able to get the following:

• Device information

• Detailed information of the clock status


The different states of the supervised LON Clock Master object are represented by thecolors as follows:


The state, which is shown within the LON Clock Master object, is a combination ofthe state of the station communication and the state of the clock status of the LONClock Master. The detailed information of the clock status of the LON ClockMaster is shown in the subdialog of Supervision Function Dialog.



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Color Status








LON Clock Master card

Connection to GPS

Clock Status

Figure 16. Object presentation for a LON Clock Master object


The Supervision Function Dialog is the main dialog for the LON Clock Master objectand it shows the label text (if defined during the configuration phase) of the selectedobject as a general information.

The detailed information of the clock status of the LON Clock Master can be foundby selecting the More... button.

The device information (if defined during the configuration phase) of the selectedobject can be found by selecting the More... button. Help for the LON Clock Masterobject is found by clicking the Help button.

Note! If the state of the LON Clock Master object changes while it is selected, theHelp dialog is erased and a warning text "The state of the selected object haschanged!" is shown on the info bar of the Supervision Function Dialog.



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9.4 LON Clock Master Diagnostics Dialog

Figure 17 presents the LON Clock Master diagnostics dialog, which is opened fromthe main dialog of the LON Clock Master object. The dialog presents the detailedinformation of the clock status of the LON Clock Master

Figure 17. LON Clock Master Diagnostics dialog

General information about the LON Clock Master is shown on the top of the list. Thefollowing information is displayed:

• The station number of LON Clock Master

• The node number of the communication unit i.e. to which communication unit thecurrent LON Clock Master is connected to.

• The line number of the LON Clock Master i.e. to which communication unit linethe current LON Clock Master is connected to.

• The current state of the LON Clock Master (active/redundant/unknown)

Detailed information of the clock status is shown in the information list after thegeneral information part. The information list has the following structure:

<Name>: <State>

<Descriptive Text>

The meaning of the information messages is explained in Table 8 below.



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Table 8 The meaning of the information messages:

Name State

CLOCK ALIVE Shows the state of the connection between the LON Clock Master(SLCM) and the external clock (GPS).

Possible values are the following:

"No connection to external clock."

"Connection to external clock OK."

SYNCHRONIZED*) Shows the state of the syncronization of the the external clock i.e. isthe GPS syncronized with its source after start-up or not.

Possible values are the following:

"External clock not synchronized after last start-up."

"External clock at least once synchronized."

FREE RUNNING*) Shows the state of the connection between the external clock andits source i.e. is the external clock synchronized with the radio-signal from the satellites or has it lost the connection to its source

Possible values:

"External clock synchronized with its source – GPS locked."

"External clock running free without its synchronization – GPSnot locked."

ACCURACYDEGRADED**)

Shows the state of the time accuracy (time and position) i.e. is thetime accuracy of the external clock within the specification or not.

Possible values:

"Accuracy within specification."

“Full accuracy can not be guaranteed."

*) Significant when Meinberg Standard Time String protocol is being used betweenthe GPS receiver and the SLCM card, not applicable when the Trimble ASCIIInterchange Protocol (TAIP) protocol is being used. The communication protocol isselected during the configuration of the SLCM card. More details about the SLCMcard configuration is found from the documents LIB 500 System Self SupervisionConfiguration Manual 1MRS751381-MEN and Connecting LONWORKS devices toMicroSCADA, 1MRS751249-MEN.

**) "Accuracy within specification" is the constant value at the current revision ofSystem Self Supervision v. 2.0, while “Full accuracy can not be guaranteed" isreserved for future use.


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10 Printer

10.1 Description

The printer object is used for supervising the state of the printer connected to aMicroSCADA communication unit (NET). Otherwise the state of the supervisedprinter object is shown as static (i.e. no supervision diagnostic available). The mainfunctionality is as listed below:

• The state of the printer communication (for the printers that are connected to aMicroSCADA communication unit).

The current state of the printer object is represented by the colored symbol. The colorof the symbol provides additional information about the status. Please refer to thechapter Object Presentation regarding the color and the corresponding status.

A main dialog of the printer object is opened when clicking the installed picturefunction. Through the dialog the user is able to see



The different states of the supervised printer object are represented by the colors asfollows:



Color Status








If the printer object is set to the alarming state due to the overflow of printer queue,the printer object is not set to the normal state until the printer is switched off/on orthe MicroSCADA has been restarted. Otherwise the printer object is set to thenormal state as the alarm is lowered (i.e. the printer object receives the normalisedevent).

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Matrix event printer

Color matrix event printer

Color laser event printer, i.e. hardcopy printer

Matrix event printer

Matrix event printer, old presentation

Figure 18. Object presentation for a printer object


The Supervision Function Dialog is the main dialog for the printer object and it showsthe label text (if defined during the configuration phase) of the selected object as ageneral information.

The device information (if defined during the configuration phase) of the selectedobject can be found by selecting the More... button. Help for the printer object isfound by clicking the Help button.

Note! If the state of the printer object changes while it is selected, the Help dialog iserased and a warning text "The state of the selected object has changed!" is shown onthe info bar of the Supervision Function Dialog.


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11 Supervision Log Viewer

11.1 Overview

The Supervision Log Viewer is used to monitor the information that has beencollected by the System Self Supervision and the Microsoft Windows NT operatingsystem. Supervision Log Viewer displays transparently the information included intoseveral log file types stored into hard disk. These files contain information in form ofevents coming from both hardware and software.

Filters can also be used to focus on information from certain objects of interest. Theuser can view the log entries in Supervision Log Viewer, editing is not possible.Updating of Supervision Log Viewer is based on user’s action, it is not updatedspontaneously, when new log entries are received into system.

The information collected by System Self Supervision can also appear in event andalarm lists, but as a default always in the generated log files.

11.1.1 Users

Who can benefit from the Supervision Log Viewer and why?

User Why?Operators This category of users needs accurate information

about system parts that inhibit or limit operation

Maintenance people Maintenance people needs detailed information aboutfailing system parts that must be replaced

Engineers and after sales supportengineers

Incorrect engineering and behaviour of the systemneeds to be reported. E.g. application load,communication load

Developers of system products Developers need detailed information of faults thatoccurs in SW and HW. This information is regarded astrace information.

11.2 Types of Log events

Each type of log information can be viewed only from the appropriate menu item inthe Log Menu. Simultaneously one log event type can be viewed at a time inSupervision Log Viewer.

Views from MicroSCADA information

• Common System Messages

• Unknown Process Messages

Views of Microsoft Windows NT logs

• System Events from Operating System

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• Application Events from Operating System

11.2.1 Common Events

Common events includes events from the communication unit as well as predefinedevents in stations and in the MicroSCADA base system. Predefined events occur forexample, when a connection to a station is lost or re-established. WhereasMicroSCADA base system event occurs related to certain event from printer,communication unit or external clock connected to the system.

The functionality of the Supervision Base is to store incoming events and their relatedinformation into common system message file, located in the sub-folder of currentapplication. In this file each line allocates one event.

The Supervision Log Viewer adapts the functionality according to the definitionsdone during configuration of Supervision Base functionality. For the common systemmessage file these are: location, length and used delimiter for event information inthis common system message file. The LIB 500 System Self SupervisionConfiguration manual 1MRS751381-MEN should be available during theconfiguration phase.

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Common Events contains the following information:

• Time stamp with milliseconds, e.g. 1999-12-10 11:39:58.832

• Object type, e.g. Station

• Object number, e.g. 115

• Communication unit (NET) number (if any), e.g. 2

• Communication unit line (NET Line) number (if any), e.g. 1

• Status code, e.g. Device suspended [13371] (system message from thecommunication unit) or text, e.g. Running (if application or base system event)

11.2.2 Undefined Process Object Events

Undefined Process Objects are events, which have not been predefined in theMicroSCADA system. Typical events are e.g. spontaneous messages from relaymodules. Supervision Base stores incoming undefined process object events to theundefined process objects file if it has been activated by the user, see Figure 29Mechanism In Use. The file is located in the sub-folder of current application. In thisfile each line includes one event.

The Supervision Log Viewer adapts the functionality according to the definitionsdone during configuration of Supervision Base functionality. For the undefinedprocess object file these are: location, length and used delimiter for event informationin this undefined process object file. The LIB 500 System Self SupervisionConfiguration Manual 1MRS751381-MEN should be available during theconfiguration phase.



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Figure 20. Undefined Process Objects view

Undefined Process Objects events contain the following information:

• Time stamp with seconds, e.g. 1999-12-14 08:08:34

• Unit number attribute name, e.g. Message to station

• Unit number, i.e. station number, e.g. 113

• Object address attribute name, e.g. object address

• Object address value, e.g. 3710

11.2.3 Operating System Events

Operating System based events are generated by Microsoft Windows NT and theinformation in log file is consistent with events visible through Windows NT EventViewer. Three different event types are generated by Microsoft Windows NT:System, Security and Application. These incoming events are if defined so stored intoown types of files by the Supervision, described in own sections below.

11.2.3.1 System Events

Microsoft Windows NT System Events are saved in file system events log file,located in the sub-folder of current application. In this file multiple lines are allocatedfor information of one event. Supervision Log Viewer recognizes the beginning ofeach event from the event tag header.



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Figure 21. System Events view, details for the selected event is shown

System Events contains the following information:


• Source specific event id, which together with name of the source identifies themessage, e.g. 9

• Type of the event (ERROR, WARNING, INFORMATION, AUDIT_SUCCESS,AUDIT_FAILURE), e.g. INFORMATION

• Source specific subcategory. This information is shown only in the Event Detailsdialog.

• Active user (if possible to define) at the time, when event was logged, e.g.Administrator

• Name of the computer that generated the event, e.g. FIMIT-RVS-S11

• Domain name of the computer that generated the event

• Name of the source, i.e. application, service, driver, subsystem that generated theentry, e.g. Print



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• Log type of the event is always SYSTEM. When SYSTEM events are shown inSupervision Log Viewer, it is not possible to view SECURITY or APPLICATIONevents simultaneously.

• Source specific message string. Each line of the message is in different elementsof the vector. If the line longer than 255 characters, it is cut to 255 characters.This information is shown only in the Event Details dialog.

If text N/A, i.e. Not Applicable is shown for event it means that the specified item isnot included into received event information.

11.2.3.2 Security Events

Microsoft Windows NT Security Events are saved in file security events log file,located in the sub-folder of current application. In this file multiple lines are allocatedfor information of one event. Supervision Log Viewer recognizes the beginning ofeach event from the event tag header.

Security Events contains following information:



• Type of the event (ERROR, WARNING, INFORMATION, AUDIT_SUCCESS,AUDIT_FAILURE), e.g. ERROR






• Log type of the event is always SECURITY. When SECURITY events are shownin Supervision Log Viewer, it is not possible to view SYSTEM orAPPLICATION events simultaneously.



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allocated for information of one event. Supervision Log Viewer recognizes thebeginning of each event from the event tag header.

Application Events contains following information:



• Type of the event (ERROR, WARNING, INFORMATION, AUDIT_SUCCESS,AUDIT_FAILURE), e.g. WARNING






• Log type of the event is always APPLICATION. When APPLICATION eventsare shown in Supervision Log Viewer, it is not possible to view SYSTEM orSECURITY events simultaneously.



11.3 Starting Supervision Log Viewer

There are two ways of starting the Supervision Log Viewer

1 Start from the Options menu in the header of the application by selectingSupervision Log… (Default menu item from LIB 500 Base 4.0.3)

Figure 22. Starting the Supervision Log Viewer from the Options menu



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2 From the Engineering menu select Tool Manager, then select SystemConfiguration from the System Configuration folder. In the System ConfigurationTool select Tools menu and select System Self Supervision Log. (Requiredauthorization level in User Management is Engineering).

Figure 23. Starting the Supervision Log Viewer from the Options menu

11.4 Tool bar and Menus

The following chapter describes the tool bar buttons and the menus in SupervisionLog Viewer.

Figure 24. Unknown Process object view

The buttons are presented both perspicuous as a group, but also when the similarfunction in the menu items is presented. Some of the tool bar buttons and menu itemsare enabled only when a certain function or view is selected in the Log menu.



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Button Function

Exit the Supervision Log Viewer.

Log Settings, select the amount of events to show.

Setting of Mechanism Parameters for the Unknown Process Object.The button is available when the view Unknown Process Objects isselected

Select operating System Events and Events Types, The button isavailable, when the view System Messages from Operating System isactive.

Scroll one page backward in the list.

Scroll one page forward in the list.

Define color settings for the Supervision Log Viewer and view thesystem colors.

Define font settings for the Supervision Log Viewer and view the fontsettings of the MicroSCADA base system.

View the About Supervision Log Viewer dialog.

11.4.1 Log Menu

In the Log menu the different views of events is selected or the Supervision LogViewer is exited.

Figure 25. Log Menu for selecting the types of events to be shown or exit



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Common System Messages

This selection shows events in the scope of Common System Events. Moreinformation is described in section 11.2.1. Common Events.

Unknown Process Objects

This selection shows events in the scope of Unknown Process Objects. Moreinformation is described in section 11.2.2. Undefined Process Object Events.

System Events from Operating System

This selection shows events in the scope of System Events from the OperatingSystem. More information is described in section 11.2.3.1. System Events.

Security Events from Operating System

This selection shows events in the scope of Security Events from the OperatingSystem. More information is described in section 11.2.3.2. Security Events.

Application Events from Operating System

This selection shows events in the scope of Application Events from the OperatingSystem. More information is described in section 11.2.3.3. Application Events.

Exit

Exit ends the Supervision Log Viewer session.

Keyboard entry: <Alt>+<F4>

Tool bar entry:

11.4.2 View menu

The view menu contains several functions, which are described in the following. Allthe menu items in View menu have effect on the view selected from the Log menu.



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Figure 26. View Menu items

All Events

Displays all events of selected log type, no filtering is performed for events to beshown. This is the default selection, if not otherwise defined into Supervision Logprofile by the user.

Use Event Filter

Filtering is activated according to the definitions in Supervision Log profile dialog inthe Filters menu.

Newest First

Sorts the events in the view presented in time order with the newest event on top. Thisis the default selection, if not otherwise defined into Supervision Log profile by theuser.

Oldest First

Sorts the events in the view presented in time order with the oldest event on top.

Details

Displays all the event information in the Details dialog for the selected event in theview. Applicable only, when some of Operating system log type is active inSupervision Log Viewer, i.e. System Events, Security Events or Application Events.

Keyboard entry: <Enter>

The third way tp present detalails is to double click on an event line in the view, seeexample in Figure 21.



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Figure 27. Event Details dialog

Button ExplanationClose Finish the event details presentation

Next Show details of the event on the next line

Previous Show details of the event on the previous line

Next Page

Scrolls forward one page in the list by this function. The count of events to be shownin the view page in Supervision Log Viewer is defined in the Log Settings dialogaccessed from the Options menu.

Keyboard entry: <Ctrl>+<N>

Tool bar Entry:

Previous Page

Scrolls backward one page in the list by this function. The count of events to beshown in the view page in Supervision Log Viewer is defined in the Log Settingsdialog accessed from the Options menu.



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Keyboard entry: <Ctrl>+<N>

Tool bar Entry:

Refresh

The Supervision Log Viewer is not automatically updated, if new events are receivedinto log files simultaneously, when the Supervision Log Viewer is open. When userrefreshs the view, these new events become displayed in the view. Note that if OldestFirst selection is active in View menu, the newest events are included into the bottomof the last page.

Keyboard entry: <F5>

11.4.3 Filter Menu

The Filter Menu is used to select filters and Supervision Log profile.

Figure 28. Filter Menu

Unknown Process Objects

This function is used to select stations, (e.g. relay units), from which unknownprocess object events are to be supervised. Unknown Process Objects are events thatare not pre-configured in the system. More information is described in section 11.2.2.Undefined Process Object Events.

Tool bar entry:

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Figure 29. Unknown Process object setting dialog

Selection ExplanationMechanism In Use Enable or disable the collecting of events related to

Unknown Process Objects. Note! If large number of eventsare received into the system, enabling of this functionalityincreases the system load.

Common System MessagesEnabled

Enable or disable Common System Messages

Station Numbers to capture The addresses of the stations to be supervised; value 0means all stations, while any other numbers, separated bycommas, are interpreted as addresses.

Append Numbers Defines, whether new station numbers listed above areappended to list of station numbers to capture or not.

Operating System Events

This function is used to display the configuration of how Microsoft Windows NTOperating System events are to be supervised in the system. More information isdescribed in section 11.2.2. Undefined Process Object Events.

Tool bar entry:

The function Operating System Events can be activated when any of the OperatingSystem events views are active, i.e. selected from Log Menu.



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Figure 30. Selecting Operating System events

Selection ExplanationHandler State The configuration of whether Microsoft Windows NT

Operating System Events are to be supervised into theMicroSCADA system (Enabled) or not (Disabled). If thehandler is enabled state, it is possible to log five types ofevents in Microsoft Windows NT. If the appropriate dialogitem for ERROR, WARNING, INFORMATION, AUDITSUCCESS or AUDIT FAILURE is selected in OperatingSystem Events dialog it means that it has been configured tobe supervised into the MicroSCADA base system.

The LIB 500 System Self Supervision Configuration Manual1MRS751381-MEN should be available during theconfiguration work.

ERROR Error events indicate significant problems that should beinformed to the user. These types of events usually indicatea loss of functionality or data.

WARNING Warning events indicate problems that are not significantimmediately, but they are indicators for conditions, whichmay cause problems in the future.

INFORMATION Information events indicate typically infrequent, butsignificant successful operations in Microsoft Windows NT.E.g. when Microsoft SQL Server is initialized successfully,there may be need to log an information event stating that“SQL Server has started successfully.”

AUDIT SUCCESS Success audit events are security events that occur, whenan audited access attempt has been successful. E.g. asuccessful logon is occurred into Microsoft Windows NT.

AUDIT FAILURE Failure audit events are security events that occur, when anaudited access attempt has not been successful. E.g. anunsuccessful logon is occurred into Microsoft Windows NT.

Note! The settings in Figure 30 are settable on-line via the HMI and in use until theMicroSCADA system is shut down. At start-up the settings in theMicroSCADA base system configuration file, (SYS_BASCON.COM), areread. Permanent changes are made in the MicroSCADA base system,(SYS_BASCON.COM); settings like enabled or disabled and picking of typesof events to supervise. Therefore if the basic configuration is that the wholefunction is set as disabled or some of the selectable events are not supervisedthese events are unavailable in the dialog.



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Supervision Log Profile

By using Supervision Log Profile dialog it is possible to filter the displayed eventinformation in Supervision Log Viewer. Only the events found from the log files thatfulfil the filter conditions are shown in the Supervision Log Viewer. In this way it iseasier to focus on events received from certain supervised object item.

The Supervision Log Profile menu item is available for log types selected from theLog menu. By means of this function you can select for all log types:

• Events from the first event to last event

• Events within certain period time

• Events after last system start-up

By means of this function you can also select for Unknown Process Object log type:

• Select station items of interest to monitor

By means of this function you can also select for Common System Message log type:

• Select communication unit, communication unit line and station items of interestto monitor



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Figure 31. Supervision Log Profile, where events from stations 4,5 and 11 areselected

Button ExplanationLoad New… Opens the File Chooser for loading Supervision Log profile from

specified folder. Supervision Log profile files include extension.evt

Save As… Opens the File Chooser for saving the defined Supervision Logprofile at that moment in Supervision Log Viewer to the specifiedfolder. It is preferred to use the default file extension .evt, whenrenaming the profile file.

OK Activates the profile settings to be used in Supervision LogViewer.

Cancel No change is being made to the profile settings.

The profile settings are used immediately into effect and also at next start-up of theSupervision Log Viewer, with other words until they are changed for the next time oranother profile is loaded. The profiles are also user-specific.

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The Options menu contains the following menu items. The definitions done intoSupervision Log Viewer by using these menu items have immediate effect on thefunctionality of Supervision Log Viewer and are also stored into user-specificparameter file. When Supervision Log Viewer is opened next time, these definitionsare taken into use again.

Figure 32. Options Menu

Toolbar Visible

The tool bar buttons are visible or invisible by selecting this function.

Background Color…

By selecting this menu item the Color Chooser is displayed from which you can selectthe color that you want to use as background in the Supervision Log Viewer. You canalso see the System colors, but not change them.

Foreground Color…

By selecting this menu item the Color Chooser is displayed from which you can selectthe color that you want to use as foreground in the Supervision Log Viewer. You canalso see the System colors, but not change them.

Default Colors

Restore the default colors to be used both for the background and foreground in theSupervision Log Viewer.

Configure Font…

By selecting this menu item the Font Chooser is displayed from which you can selectthe font and size of the text.



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Figure 33. Setting fonts for the Supervision Log Viewer

Default Font

Restore the default font settings in the Supervision Log Viewer.

Enlarge Font

Enlarges the font size used in the Supervision Log Viewer.

Reduce Font

Reduces the font size used in the Supervision Log Viewer.

Log Settings…

The Log Settings function is used to access the Log Settings dialog. In this dialog it ispossible to define how many events that should be shown in each page of SupervisionLog Viewer. For performance reasons it is better to use a lower amount, becauseincreasing the event count increases also the opening time of Supervision LogViewer. The default value is 100. The value range for event count is between 100 and1000.

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Figure 34. Log Settings

11.4.5 Help Menu

The Help menu offers about information about the Supervision Log Viewer.

Figure 35. About dialog


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A

ACCURACY DEGRADED................................................................................................. 36Accuracy within specification ........................................................................................... 36Append Numbers ................................................................................................................. 52Application object presentation ........................................................................................... 26

C

CLOCK ALIVE................................................................................................................... 36Clock Status object presentation.......................................................................................... 34Color laser event printer object presentation ....................................................................... 38Color matrix event printer object presentation..................................................................... 38Common System Messages Enabled.................................................................................... 52Communication Unit Line presentation ............................................................................... 30Connection to external clock OK...................................................................................... 36Connection to GPS object presentation ............................................................................... 34

D

DCP-NET object presentation ............................................................................................. 28Desktop large size (3-D) object presentation....................................................................... 23Desktop large size object presentation................................................................................. 23Desktop medium size (3-D) object presentation .................................................................. 23Desktop medium size object presentation............................................................................ 23Double monitor object presentation..................................................................................... 19

E

External clock at least once synchronized ....................................................................... 36External clock not synchronized after last start-up........................................................ 36External clock running free without its synchronization – GPS not locked................. 36External clock synchronized with its source – GPS locked............................................ 36

F

FREE RUNNING ................................................................................................................ 36Full accuracy can not be guaranteed............................................................................... 36

L

LON Clock Master card object presentation........................................................................ 34

M

Matrix event printer object presentation .............................................................................. 38Matrix event printer, old object presentation ....................................................................... 38Mechanism In Use ............................................................................................................... 52Meinberg Standard Time String protocol ............................................................................ 36MFL object presentation...................................................................................................... 28

N

No connection to external clock........................................................................................ 36

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PC-NET object presentation................................................................................................ 28

R

REx type of station object presentation ............................................................................... 32RTU type of station object presentation .............................................................................. 32

S

SACO type of station object presentation............................................................................ 32Single monitor (big) object presentation ............................................................................. 19Single monitor (small) object presentation.......................................................................... 19SRIO type of station object presentation ............................................................................. 32SSS ........................................................................................................................................ 7SSS Backbone ....................................................................................................................... 7SSS HMI ............................................................................................................................... 7Station Numbers to capture ................................................................................................. 52Station, general object presentation..................................................................................... 32Supervision Base ................................................................................................................... 7Supervision Monitoring......................................................................................................... 7SYNCHRONIZED.............................................................................................................. 36

T

Tower model medium size (3-D) object presentation.......................................................... 23Tower model medium size object presentation ................................................................... 23Trimble ASCII Interchange Protocol (TAIP) protocol........................................................ 36

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