Marquee Manager Gateway Routing Rules

Routing rules configuration includes the following tabs.

• Routing Rule Details tab.
• Routing Rule Generated Tab
• Routing Rules Acknowledged Tab
• Routing Rules Reset Tab
• Routing Rules Deleted Tab

Routing Rule Details Tab

Select the Rule Details tab; options are as follows.

Field	Description
Description	Description for the rule. This should be a logical name to describe the data that will be met with this rule.
Alarm Load button			Click the Alarm Load button to load the alarms from the CIMPLICITY server and populate the drop downs with the available Resources, Alarms, and Classes.
Resource/Alarm/Class	Drop down lists contain resources, alarms and classes that have been configured in the CIMPLICITY project.
Message	Part of the message text configured in the CIMPLICITY Point Properties dialog box>Alarm tab to filter the alarms returned that match the rule.
Suppression Point	(Check to enable the field) Points are used for suppression in the Marquee Manager Gateway for CIMPLICITY.
			Click the Suppression Point button to open a Browse Server browser that lists available points.
	When suppression is configured and a point evaluates to match one of the following values, the associated effect will be applied:
	1	Marquee (displayed items, e.g. Andon cells)
	2	Tune (sounds)
	3	Sum of the values for multiple items to be suppressed (Marquee and Tune suppression)
	4	Controller (template switch)
	Example A tune is playing because a fault has occurred. Plant floor persons are aware of the fault. A plant floor person can push a button on an HMI that sets the Suppression point to the value 2 and temporarily turn off the tunes. Important: Point ID lengths can have a maximum of 255 characters.

• The Gateway for CIMPLICITY supports CIMPLICITY wildcards for these fields where * matches multiple characters and ? matches single characters. 

Examples

TANK* matches all tanks.

TANK?0 matches only tanks ending with 0 (e.g. TANK10, TANK20).

• The Message: field enables a user to specify a portion of the message text configured in the alarm details of point’s properties to narrow the alarms returned that will match the rule.

By default the Message field value is the wildcard *, effectively matching all messages.

Example

To display only alarms with text including the word HIGH, you could customize the Message field to show *HIGH*.

• Alarm states can send to a marquee, including Andon type boards, a speaker or both. This may be edited in each alarm state as one of the following.
• Generated
• Acknowledge
• Reset
• Deleted

Routing Rules Generated Tab

The Generated tab provides the options to specify where the message will be displayed and details for that marquee/speaker. 

Select the Generated tab; options are as follows.

Field		Description
Status
		Check one of the following.
			Marquee
			Tune
			Controller
	Default	Marquee/No Operation
Configuration
	Priority	Order in which messages sent to the marquee will be displayed. Highest priority messages are 1. Lowest priority messages are 9. Default is 9.
	Marquee	Marquee to which the message will be sent. Note: The message can be displayed to either a Group or Distribution List that has been configured for the Marquee Manager Administrator. Check Distribution List to display a list of available groups.
	Text	Text to display on the marquee. Valid entries are: Point values Point values can be inserted in the alarm text with the following syntax:  {POINT.pointname}. Alarm values Regular text Text can either be: Entered manually, using the values shown in the table below or Chosen from the drop down menu that displays when you type {. Important: Point lengths can have a maximum of 255 characters.
	Foreground	Use either method to select the foreground color. Choose a color from the dropdown list of predetermined colors, Click the color swatch to the right of the dropdown list; create a custom color.
	Background	Use either method to select the background color. Choose a color from the dropdown list of predetermined colors, Click the color swatch to the right of the dropdown list; create a custom color.
	Scrolling	Options are: Default No Scrolling Slow Speed Medium Speed Fast Speed.
	Font	Font options are: Default Small
	Mode	The dropdown list contains the following choices to establish how the information will display on the marquee. Static Flashing Fast Flashing Strobe Reverse Reverse Flash Reverse Fast Flash
	Justification	Message layout on the marquee. The message can be: Right-aligned Left-aligned Centered

• Marquee Manager Gateway for CIMPLICITY allows the configuration of additional insertion tags to the default message. 

Value	Result
{ALARM.NAME}	Alarm name
{POINT.XXX}	Point name where XXX is the point name that must be entered by the user.
{ALARM.RESOURCE}	Associated resource name for alarms
{ALARM.CLASS}	Associated alarm class
{ALARM.MESSAGE}	Alarm message text from the Alarm tab in the alarm’s configuration
{ALARM.STATE}	One of GEN, RST, ACK or DEL
{ALARM.SYSTEM}	Project name

• (Optional) A maximum length parameter in the format of {CLASS.XXX[:max-length]} allows you to specify the number of characters that will be displayed for that Point value. 
• The format is:

CLASS.XXX[:max-length]}

• The valid range is 0 to 1024.

Example

ALARM.RESOURCE:6} will display only 6 characters of the alarm resource point value.

• Additional configuration includes the following.

1. When sending a message to a group, only the common colors, fonts, scrolling attributes and modes will be displayed in the drop down menus.  If only one color, font, scrolling attribute or mode exists among all signs in a group, the dropdown list will default to that.  

{Default} will also be available to default these attributes to that of the manufacturer.

Depending on the marquee selected, the Preview section will display the available Lines that may be configured.

1. If a Group is added with marquees that contain one and two-line signs, the Preview will only have one line available for configuration.

Example

A Group contains a two-line Numedia and a Static Controls 952 one-line.

The preview will only display one line available for configuration.

1. Click the Change Tune button and/or the Template button if a tune or a template should play when an alarm is generated. This can be selected in addition to displaying the message on the selected marquee.

Marquee, speaker and template buttons will then be available to toggle between configurations.

Marquee Manager Gateway Generated: Template

Click the Template icon to configure the template that will play.

Template options are as follows.

Field	Description
Controller	Select from the dropdown list. Note: The controllers were configured for the Marquee Manager Administrator.
Template	Select from the dropdown list. Note: The templates were configured for the Marquee Manager Administrator.

Routing Rules Generated: Speaker

Click the Speaker icon to configure a tune that will play.  

Speaker options are as follows.

Field	Description
Priority	Order in which messages sent to the marquee will be displayed. Highest priority messages are 1. Lowest priority messages are 9. Default is 9.
Speaker	Select the from the dropdown list.   Note: The list includes all sounder models that have been configured in Marquee Manager Administrator.
Play Duration	Select one of the following to specify the amount of time the tune will play. Continuously. For a specific duration of time; enter in the seconds the amount of time the tune will play.

Routing Rules Acknowledged Tab

The Acknowledged tab enables users to configure details for alarms that have been acknowledged.

Select the Acknowledged tab; options are as follows.

• Follow the steps for configuring the Marquee Manager Gateway Routing: Generated Tab to set the display attributes for alarms that have been acknowledged.

Example

The Change Display feature for acknowledged alarms could be used to change the message from Red to Yellow to indicate it was acknowledged.

• Default is No Operation for both Marquees and Tunes.

Routing Rules Reset Tab

The Reset tab enables users to configure details for alarms that have been reset.

Select the Reset tab.

• Follow the steps for configuring the Marquee Manager Gateway Routing: Generated Tab to set the display attributes for alarms that have been reset.

• Default is No Operation for both Marquees and Tunes.

Routing Rules Deleted Tab

The Deleted tab enables users to configure details for alarms that have been deleted.

Select the Deleted tab.

• The status for alarms that have been deleted cannot be changed.

Note: This is the last opportunity the gateway will have to take the message down or stop the speaker from playing a tune.

• Default is Clear Display and Clear Tune for both Marquees and Tunes.

Click the Save icon on the Marquee Manager Gateway for CIMPLICITY window toolbar to save the routing rule.