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 [hours of the day (defaults to 24 hours)]	Specify when during the day (start and stop times) this recipient receives alarms.
Days of the Week or Days of Week	check box	Specifies the days of the week to include.
Transitions	drop-down list	Selects which alarm transitions to display in the console. Only those transitions selected display although the station saves all transitions in alarm history. Options are: `toOffnormal`, `toFault`, `toNormal`, `toAlert`
Route Acks	`true` or `false`	Enables (`true`) and disables (`false`) the routing of alarm acknowledgements to the recipient. The framework does not route trap (event notification) acknowledgements if you select `false`.
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. tem.
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	Defines the print format. These field definitions determine what prints for each alarm beginning with the Source. Source: %alarmData.sourceName% 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 this property. 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 (`true`) and disables (`false`) 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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