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AVEVA Enterprise SCADA

Message table details

  • Last UpdatedApr 24, 2025
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The message table contains the text, color, and severity information that is associated with the statuses of RealTime points. The message table contains the following internal fields:

Internal Field Name

Data Type

Description

accessFlag

displayname

This flag is used by easy eXtended Operator Station (ezXOS) to determine whether a table is being modified through the Advanced Database Editor (ADE). If the flag is set, access to the table is denied.

fg

pntcolor

This field defines the foreground color of the RealTime text message and the symbol color in ezXOS displays.

image

displayname

This image corresponds to the current state of a RealTime point. This information is stored in the flag.image field of the RealTime point and can be shown in ezXOS summaries or devices. For the image to be properly shown in the ezXOS station, the image file should exist in the %DNADataRoot%\Shared\elements\bitmaps directory. This directory is in the following (typical) location: \AVEVA\DNA\Shared\elements\bitmaps.

name

pntname

Name of a state in the message set.

ptnum

unsiged char

This field represents the record’s slot number in the database.

setName

pntname

This field defines the unique name of this message set. The name can be up to 32 characters in length.

severity

sev_enum

Alarm state severity that is associated with this message.

stateValue

unsigned int

The raw value of the multistate record as it would be received from the remote.

txt

msgstring

The name of the state in the message set.

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