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Chapter 4 AlarmTracker Client Menus
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auto-refresh mode, the Main View's content is updated each time an Event
comes in that might affect the display. Since the Customers node includes all
other nodes under it, almost any incoming Event would result in the display
being refreshed. When monitoring large customer sets, this could result in
severe performance degradations depending on the Main View selected and
other view options. Checking this box is a performance optimization that
forces the refresh mode to always be manual when the Customers node is
selected.
• Alarm Objects Time History for Displays - allows you to limit the amount
of history shown in the Alarms Details View, Event Details View and Alarm
Bars View. These views will always show open Alarms, but this setting
controls the time history for showing closed Alarms. For example, a value of
24 for the Time in Hours option means that any Alarms in the database whose
closed times are less than 24 hours ago will be displayed. Checking Make
Same As LGMapper results in the maximum number of Alarms displayed.
You may want to experiment with different settings to get what is best for you.
Selecting too much time history may result in a display that is too cluttered
or make the query times to the remote database slower. Selecting too little
time may not give you the results or granularity that you desire.
Sound
The Sound property page allows you to customize the audible Alarms feature of
the product. This feature is discussed in more detail in Chapter 12, “Audible
Alarms”.
User Rights
The User Rights property page indicates what kind of user rights you have been
assigned.
A sample of this page is shown in Figure 4-8.