User's Manual

Customizing the DecisioNet System D-39
Starting the Status Tag Manager
The Start Status Tag Manager batch file (S52stat.bat) is in Windows
NT \epl\bin\scripts directory.
@echo off
echo Starting Status Tag Manager
if "%1" == "startservice" goto startservice
start /min ..\esstat
goto finish
:startservice
..\startsrv svstat
:finish
The Start Status Tag Manager script file (S52stat) is in the UNIX
/appl/epl/bin directory.
echo Starting Status Tag Manager
esstat > $ESCONFIGDIR/esstat.out 2>&1 &
Creating a Status File
To display information on an EPL, an application creates status files
that contain the desired alphanumeric information. The filename for
each status file is configured in the status.cfg file. Refer to “EPL Status
Tag Manager Configuration File” in Appendix C for additional
information.
The status files must be in plain ASCII text and have no more than
eight alphanumeric characters. If more than eight characters are
specified, only the first eight characters are displayed on the EPL.
Escape sequences are used to display the symbols in the following
table. Use a caret, left bracket, and equal “^[=”to specify the ESC
character, followed by the value, and terminated with a capital D.
Multiple values may be included in the same escape sequence,
separated by a semi-colon.
For example: ^[=1;4;5D specifies bar, triangle, and square symbols.