To enhance plant overview capability, IGSS comes with an event registration function, making it possible to show events in a manner similar to the alarm list. In addition to a series of predefined events from which the user can choose, it's also possible to set up a variety of user defined events in accordance with specific needs.
Standard events that can be selected are, among others:
- System start/stop
- User login/logout
- Writing stopped/started (to data files)
User defined events could include, among others:
- Pump start/stop
- Batch start/stop
- Flow setpoints not synchronized
Events can be set up in design mode and in Supervise (runtime).
An event set up to occur when the batch is started.
The event is easily set up using the event template. As can be seen below the event list has the same look-and-feel as the alarm list.
The operator has a complete overview of events and alarms.