Enable and configure Control Interlock

Follow this procedure to configure the triggering of a Control Interlock on an analog, a status, or a multistate point.

Note: In the following procedure, an analog point is used as an example. The procedure is the same for status and multistate points. The Interlock tab in the analog Row Edit dialog box is opened through the analog table listing in Advanced Database Editor (ADE). For general information on ADE, and further information on the analog table, refer to the Advanced Database Editor (ADE) Administrator documentation and RealTime tables, respectively.

To enable and configure control interlock

1. Navigate to the Interlock tab in the analog Row Edit dialog box.

   

2. Refer to the table below for information on configuring the fields and checkboxes on the Interlock tab in the analog Row Edit dialog box.

   Item	Description
   Warn Mode	If selected, Controllers receive a command confirmation dialog box when they attempt to issue a command. When not selected (default), Control Interlock is in Prevent Mode. In Prevent Mode, Controllers are prevented from issuing commands to analog, status, and multistate points. Note: Open Platform Communications (OPC) setpoints are not affected when Control Interlock is in Warn Mode.
   Analog Interlock Enable	If selected, and the Interlock Analog State String matches the flag.msgtxt field of the Interlock Analog point, a Control Interlock is triggered.
   Interlock Analog	The name of the analog point whose flag.msgtxt field is used to determine whether or not a Control Interlock is triggered.
   Interlock Analog State String	The interlock analog state string.
   Status Interlock Enable	If selected, and the Interlock Status State String matches the flag.msgtxt field of the Interlock Status point, a Control Interlock is triggered.
   Interlock Status	The name of the status point whose flag.msgtxt field is used to determine whether or not a Control Interlock is triggered.
   Interlock Status State String	The interlock status state string.
   Multistate Interlock Enable	If selected, and the Interlock Multistate State String matches the flag.msgtxt field of the Interlock Multistate point, a Control Interlock is triggered.
   Interlock Multistate	The name of the multistate point whose flag.msgtxt field is used to determine whether or not a Control Interlock is triggered.
   Interlock Multistate State String	The interlock multistate state string.