User guide

Chapter 2: Channels

with viewLinc. To see all options, see “Hiding and Showing

Channel Columns” on page 15:

Opening Large Channel Views

This window contains the most current data reading for the

channel, any related threshold settings, a graphical

representation of recent historical data readings, and an area

to indicate an active alarm.

Note: You can view a particular channel reading in a

single window, or you can open multiple channel

Column Displays

Zone Zone the channel is in.

Logger Description Logger description (editable from the Sys-

tem tab).

Channel Number Number representing the channel for that

logger (each logger has 1 or more chan-

nels, and labels them 1, 2, and so on).

Channel Description Description of channel (editable from the

System tab).

Value Value of that channel, for example, tem-

perature in Celsius.

Timestamp Time that the last channel reading was

taken.

Status “OK” appears if there are no currently

active alarms. Changes to indicate if a

threshold alarm condition or any other

alarm has been detected.

Threshold Summary Summary of threshold status, if active.

Alarming Indicates whether the channel or logger is

currently alarming (having reached an

alarm threshold).

Table 2: Columns of information in My Channels