Parameters related to callouts. These are used for reports and health checks.
The callouts are listed in the upper box. The number of callouts permitted depends on the hardware variant. The sat100 can have 8 and the other variants 32.
To operate on callouts right click the callout list. This drop down menu will be diplayed.
| Add | Add a new callout. |
| Delete | Delete the selected callout. |
| Duplicate | Duplicate the selected callout. |
| Scan | Scan the selected callout. It will be transferred from the terminal to the satscada server. |
| Sort | If there are many callouts then sort them in alphabetical order. |
| Undo | Undo the last operation (except Scan). |
A callout can be scheduled by selecting it then selecting the Time and Interval. If neither of these is selected then the callout can be output on demand or when one of the tags in the callout is alarming.
| Time | Time of day the callout starts. Hour, minute, second. |
| Interval | Time increment between repeating callouts. Hour, minute, second. |
The time of day the callout starts is relative to the start of day for the terminal. That is 0:00 UTC since the terminal time zone is UTC.
When you choose a callout the tags that you can select for it are in this list. Initially all tags on the Tags form are listed. You can move these to the Tags Selected list using the > and » buttons. You can move selected tags by choosing them with the windows paradigm then clicking the > button. You can move all of the tags by clicking the » button.
When you choose a callout the tags that you have previously selected are in this list. You can move these to the Tags Available list using the < and « buttons. You can move selected tags by choosing them with the windows paradigm the clicking the < button. You can move all of the tags by clicking the « button.
There are three types of callouts: alarms, reports, and test. Alarms are triggered by selected tags based on their register value. Reports are scheduled. Test callouts are triggered the Scan menu item. If any tag in a callout has no value then the callout is not output. Use the Get button to determine if callouts are being output.
| Enable Callouts | Used to enable and disable all callouts at once. |
| Interval | Callout sampling interval in seconds. |
| Set | Set the daily limit to the value in the spinner. |
| Daily Limit | Maximum number of callouts per day. |
| Get | Get the callout count. |
| Callout Count | Increments when a callout is output. Stops incrementing upon reaching the daily limit. |
| Reset | Sets the Callout Count back to zero so callouts can resume. |
| Pause | Used to temporarily suspend the generation of callout messages. |
| Resume | Used to resume generation of callout messages. |
Clicking the Pause button causes a decrementing counter to be displayed in the status bar. This has a yellow background. When the count goes to zero, callouts are resumed. If the Pause button is clicked before the count goes to zero the count is restarted. If the Resume button is clicked the count is set to zero and callouts are resumed.