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addVANTAGE Pro 6.2 User Guide CHAPTER 4
The Events Viewer
Selecting Event Options
The Events Options tab (Figure 50) has customization options for the data to be
displayed in the viewer.
Figure 50. Events Options Dialog, Events Options Tab
•In the Columns section, each checkbox represents a column. Select the
columns you want to see in the viewer
•The Duration Options mirror the settings on the toolbar. You can choose to
Always jump to last available data or not. If you do select the checkbox,
you will either view All of the available data or a Custom amount—data
from the last available to a time frame you specify in Duration. As an
example, say the tag was installed on January 1, 2009. If you choose All,
the Events Viewer will display the most recent data—perhaps today’s data
(the “last available”)—back to January 1, 2009. However, if you select
Custom and then 26 Week(s), you’ll see the most recent data and back
only 6 months from the most recent date.
Click OK when you are finished. The Events viewer (Figure 51) shows the events
you selected.
Figure 51. Events Viewer Showing Events
Note: If no events are displayed, check the date and use the arrows and the calendar
to move to a date and time where you have data.
Event Alarms
By default, alarms are shown in red. If you click the Acknowledge checkbox or
button, they turn blue, which means that the alarms have been acknowledged.
If an extension issued an alarm, an alarm icon will be shown in the Explorer
window by that extension (Figure 52), and the alarm icon will also be shown
next to all the parent areas (folders) where the extension resides. Therefore,