Configure the global settings for all areas

Configure the Mobile Access global settings in order to set default values — such as alarm columns and colors, trend duration, and update rates — for the Alarm and Trend windows in all of the configurable areas in the Mobile Access web interface.

Note: These settings do not apply to Alarm Control and Trend Control objects in project screens that are viewed through Mobile Access. Those objects have their own settings that you configure when you develop your project screens.

To configure the global settings for all areas:

1. If the Mobile Access Configuration worksheet is not already open, do one of the following:

   • On the Project tab of the ribbon, in the Web group, click Mobile Access.

   • On the Graphics tab of the Project Explorer, double-click Thin Clients > Mobile Access.

   The Mobile Access Configuration worksheet is opened for editing, and the Web Settings page of the worksheet is displayed.

2. At the bottom of the Web Settings page, click Area Settings.

   The Area Settings page of the worksheet is displayed. It replaces the Web Settings page.

3. At the top of the Area Settings page, click the Global Settings tab .

   The Global Settings tab is displayed.

   

4. Under Alarm Window, select and arrange the columns that the Alarm windows should display by default.

   Note: These settings can be overridden by the user in the client-side settings.

   The available columns are listed on the left. The displayed columns are listed on the right. For more information about what each column means, see Alarm/Event Control object.

   1. To display a column, select it in the list of available columns and then click the >> button.

   2. To hide a column, select it in the list of displayed columns and then click the << button.

   3. To arrange the displayed columns, select a column and then click Move Up or Move Down.

      The order in which the columns are listed here is the order in which they will be displayed, from left to right, in the alarm control.

5. In the Update Rate box, type the rate (in milliseconds) at which Alarm windows should be updated during run time.

   The default rate is 1000 milliseconds (that is, 1 second), which means each Alarm window is updated once per second. You can increase the rate, but doing so will put more of a load on your network and the project runtime server. In most cases, you should accept the default rate.

6. Select the alarm colors: for each alarm state (Active, Acknowledged, Normalized), click the color picker and then select a new color.

7. Under Trend Window, in the Update Rate box, type the rate (in milliseconds) at which Trend windows should be updated during run time.

   The default rate is 1000 milliseconds (that is, 1 second), which means each Trend window is updated once per second. You can increase the rate, but doing so will put more of a load on your network and the project runtime server. In most cases, you should accept the default rate.

8. In the Default duration box, type the number of seconds of trend history that each Trend window should display by default.

   The default value is 60 seconds (that is, 1 minute). However, this value can be overriden by the user in the client-side settings.

When you are done, you can either return to the Area Settings tab of the worksheet or close the worksheet altogether. The entire Mobile Access configuration is saved when you close the worksheet.