The Instructions Manager view displays a standard table-type report that provides a way to view, assign, and edit alarm instructions. The view is comprised of three primary panes:
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Points
This pane is located in the left half of the Master Instructions view and displays all points that are currently available for instruction assignment or editing. These points may have instructions assigned to them or they may have no instructions—they are simply the points that are available. The “Point” column contains the name of the control point source associated with the alarm and the “Conditions” column provides the name of property that is holds the alarm instructions.
You can select more than one point at a time by using the Shift key or Ctrl key. If the alarm instructions for all selected points are identical, then all associated instructions display in the Point
Instructions pane. If there are any differences in alarm instructions for the selected points, no instructions display.
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Point Instructions
This pane is located in the top right portion of the Assign Instructions dialog box and it includes a list of instructions that are associated with the point or points currently selected in the Points pane.
You can add, remove, reorder, or edit instructions in this pane using the following controls:
Always remember to click the Save button immediately after making any changes.
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Add
Clicking the button produces the Add dialog box that allows you to type in the text for an instruction. Once you add the instructions text to an alarm, the instructions appear in the Alarm Record dialog box (accessible from the Open Alarm Sources dialog box) for any new alarms associated with that point.
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Remove
Select an instruction then click the button to delete the instruction.
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Edit
Select an instruction and then click the button to open a dialog box that allows editing of the selected instruction.
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Save
Clicking the button commits any changes made to the point instructions. The Save action applies to all instructions and all points that are selected when the button is clicked. Changes are lost if the screen or if just the pane is refreshed before saving.
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Move Up and Move Down
Select an instruction in the point instruction window, then click either the or button to reorder the instructions in the window.
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Master Instructions List
This pane is located in the lower right portion of the Instructions Manager view and it displays all master instructions that are available for adding to the Point Instructions pane. Master Instructions allow you to choose and assign a pre-listed set of instructions to one or more points.
You can select more than one Master Instruction at a time using the Shift key or Ctrl key. If the alarm instructions for all selected points are identical, then all associated instructions display in the Point
Instructions pane. If there are any differences in alarm instructions for the selected points, no instructions display.
To add or remove one or more Master Instruction to one or more selected points, first select the Master Instruction(s) in the Master Instructions list and then click the button. Be sure to click the button immediately after making any edits.
Figure 227 shows an example of the Instructions Manager view with one point and one master instruction selected. You can Add, Remove and Edit Master Instructions using the following controls:
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Add
Clicking the button produces the Add dialog box which allows entering a text instruction to the Master Instructions list. The master instructions list allows you to enter instructions that are available to be assigned to any alarms. After entering instructions in the Master Instruction list, the instructions are available to be added to individual selected point instructions by first selecting the instruction in the list and then clicking the button.
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Remove
Select an instruction in master instructions list and then click the button to delete the instruction.
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Edit
Select an instruction and then click the button to open a dialog box allowing the instruction to be modified.
