Specifications

18 – Configuring Downtime Analysis
380 R400
Configuring Downtime Summation
Downtime can be totalled by area, category, and delay point status at specified
intervals. The totalled delay information is stored in the PV of dummy analog
points.
To define a dummy analog point for downtime summation, you define the point
in Quick Builder:
• Leaving the source and destination addresses for PV, SP, OP, and MD blank
• Using a particular naming convention.
The naming convention for downtime summation points is:
aaCccDdd
where:
To configure downtime summation periods, you need to be using Station at a security
level of SUPV (or higher).
1 Select Configure
⇒
Applications
⇒
Downtime, the Downtime
Configuration display opens.
2 click the General tab.
3 Select a frequency from the Summation Point update frequency
drop-down list. (The default is to have the summation of downtime
disabled.)
aa Area code of the delay points. This code must be for a configured
area (see “Using Areas to Control Access to the System” on
page 222).
cc Category code of the delays
dd Delay state of the delay point (00 to 07)
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