alarm-LinePrinterRecipient

This component prints alarms to a lineprinter that is attached to a station running on a Windows platform, or to a remote (networked) printer known to its Windows OS. To access this property sheet right-click the LinePrinterRecipient component in the Nav tree and click Views > Property Sheet.

Alerts may be generated if the printing of an alarm fails, but the line printer recipient does not print alarms that it generates itself. The station must have permission to print on any printer chosen (which is typical).

A PrinterRecipient component is also available. It provides more formatting options, applicable to most modern printers.

Property	Value	Description
Time Range	Start Time and End Time	Start Time sets the time of day to begin the function (for example, trigger schedule, alarm event)
Days of the Week or Days of Week	check box	Specifies the days of the week for a function to be active.
Transitions	Option boxes	Allow selection of specific alarm transitions to display in the console. Only those transitions that are selected will be displayed in the console - even though the alarms are still saved into the alarm history.
Route Acks	`true` or `false`	Enables and disables the routing of alarm acknowledgements to the recipient.
Printer	drop-down list	Shows the printers that are available (both locally attached and remotely networked) through the host platform’s Windows operating sys on the first line. NOTE: For more information about how to format this information, click on the help icon to the right of the field.
Language	two lower-case letters	Defines the ISO 639 language code. For a list of codes, see the following: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langcodes.html.
Print Format	text	Source: %alarmData.sourceName% These field definitions determine what prints for each alarm beginning with the Source, which prints the name of the entity that is responsible for generating the alarm on the first line. For more information about how to format this information, click on the help icon to the right of the field. Timestamp: %timestamp% Prints the time the alarm occurred on the second line. State: %sourceState% / %ackState% Prints the current alarm state on the third line. Priority: %priority% Prints the alarm priority on the fourth line. Alarm Class: %alarmClass% Prints the alarm class on the fifth line. Text: %alarmData.msgText% Prints any text associated with the alarm on the sixth line.
Alert on Failure	`true` or `false`	Enables and disables the generation of an alert if the printer fails to print an alarm.
Alarm Source Info	true or false	Defines the set of properties for configuring and routing alarm source. (For example, Alerts for failed print attempt provided “Alert on Failure” is true).

alarm-LinePrinterRecipient

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