Object runtime attributes
- Last UpdatedJul 19, 2024
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The following table describes the runtime only attributes for the object.
Note: Configurable runtime attributes are described in the configuration sections. For more information, see Object configuration.
For a list of common attributes, click Object Help in the Help file header.
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Attribute |
Description |
Runtime Access (Supervisory, User, Read-Only, None) |
|---|---|---|
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AlarmDSCnt |
The total number of disabled and silenced alarms in the object. Sub-areas or sub-notification-distributors are not included. |
Read-Only |
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AlarmOnCnt |
The number of active alarms in the distributor. Does not include sub-areas or sub-notification-distributors. |
Read-Only |
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AlarmUnAckCnt |
The number of unacknowledged alarms in the distributor (including unacknowledged return-to-normals). Does not include sub-areas or sub-notification-distributors. |
Read-Only |
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CPULoad |
The current percentage of CPU utilization. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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CPULoadAvg |
The average CPU utilization in percentage of the total. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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CPULoadHiAlarm.Condition |
Set to TRUE if the average CPU load exceeds the Hi limit. This value can be alarmed. |
Read-Only |
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CPULoadMax |
The maximum percentage of CPU utilization since the last statistics reset. A statistics reset causes the maximum CPU load to be reset to the current CPU load. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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CPULoadMin |
The minimum percentage of CPU utilization since the last statistics reset. A statistics reset causes the minimum CPU load to be reset to the current CPU load. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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DiskBytesReadAvg |
The average number of bytes transferred from the disk per read operation. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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DiskBytesWriteAvg |
The average number of bytes transferred to the disk per write operation. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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DiskReadsAvg |
The average number of disk reads per second, for all disks. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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DisksLogicalNames |
A listing of disk drive names on the computer. |
Read-Only |
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DiskSpaceFree |
The amount, in MB, of free disk space. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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DiskSpaceFreeLoAlarm.Condition |
The alarm condition flag for the disk space low alarm. This value is set to FALSE when the object is offscan. If the amount of free disk space (for any single logical disk) is less than the disk space Lo alarm limit, the DiskSpaceFreeLoAlarm.Condition is set to TRUE. |
Read-Only |
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DiskWritesAvg |
The average number of bytes written to disk per second. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.AlarmsThrottled |
The number of alarms that have been throttled in the prior scan. The limit for the number of alarms per second that can be raised by this object before throttling occurs is set using the alarm throttle limit. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.AsyncScriptsRunningCnt |
The total number of asynchronous scripts that are currently executing on the object. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.AsyncScriptsWaitingCnt |
The total number of asynchronous scripts that are currently queued to execute on the object, but are not yet executing because they are waiting for a free thread. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.CheckPointFailed.Condition |
Used to indicate whether the checkpointer failed to checkpoint the last attempt. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.DataNotifyFailureConsecMax |
The number of consecutive data change notification failures that will be allowed before the subscription is stopped by the publisher engine. |
Supervisory, User |
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Engine.EngineAlarmRate |
The number of alarms raised on this object during the prior scan by all objects running on this object, calculated as alarms per second. When alarm throttling occurs, the maximum value is the alarm throttle limit. This value is updated by the Notification Distributor. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.ExternalReferenceCnt |
The number of registered external references. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.ExternalReferenceCntUnbound |
The number of registered external references that are unbound. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.Folding.Condition |
Set to TRUE when Message Exchange folding is currently active, which means that this object is overloaded with regards to publishing throughput. Folding occurs when the object detects that a target object is receiving more data than it can process in a timely manner. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.GlobalAdviseOnlyActiveEnabled |
If set to TRUE, Galaxy-wide advising of only active items is enabled. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.Historian.BufferCount |
Obsolete. Do not use. Use the BufferSize attribute instead. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.Historian.ConnectionPartner |
The name of the partner Historian Server, if one is configured for the Historian. If no partner Historian is detected, the value of this attribute is an empty string. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.Historian.ConnectState |
The physical state of the connection between HCAL and the historian. This value should remain TRUE as long as HCAL is able to communicate with the historian, regardless of whether it is historizing data or not. A network failure, for example, will cause the ConnectState attribute to be set to FALSE. Even if the ConnectState attribute is FALSE, the AppEngine may still be connected to the historian and appear listed as a client in the historian System Management Console. In a redundant historian setup, the connect state is TRUE if the connection is good for at least one of the historians. To determine state of an individual historian in a redundant setup, use the ConnectStateMask attribute. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.Historian.ConnectStateCmd |
The ConnectStateCmd attribute is used to control the state of historization between the engine and the historian. If this value is set to FALSE, the engine will stop sending updates to HCAL, and HCAL will disconnect from the historian to ensure that a gap is displayed on a history trend. HCAL will disconnect from the historian even though it is able to communicate with it, as reflected by the ConnectState attribute. |
Supervisory, User |
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Engine.Historian.ConnectStateMask |
A bitmask where the lowest order bit represents the connection state of the primary Historian and the second bit represents the connection state of the partner. If no partner is configured, the second bit will always be 0. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.Historian.ForwardingChunkSize |
Obsolete. Do not use. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.Historian.ForwardingDelay |
Obsolete. Do not use. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.Historian.InStoreForward |
If set to TRUE, HCAL is in store-and-forward mode. In a redundant historian setup, the InStoreForward attribute is TRUE if either one of the historians is in store-and-forward mode. To determine state of an individual historian in a redundant setup, use the InStoreForwardMask attribute. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.Historian.InStoreForwardMask |
A bitmask where the lowest order bit represents the store-and-forward state of the primary Historian and the second bit represents the store-and-forward of the partner. If no partner is configured, the second bit will always be 0. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.Historian.ProcessInterval |
Obsolete. Do not use. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.Historian.StoreForwardProblem |
If set to TRUE, the HCAL on the active engine is unable to store data while in store-and-forward mode. In a redundant historian setup, the StoreForwardProblem attribute is TRUE if either one of the historians has a store-and-forward issue. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.Historian.StoreForwardSpaceAvailable |
The available storage space, in MB, for the HCAL of the active engine. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.Historian.StoreFwdDataLost |
Set to TRUE when HCAL is in store-and-forward mode, the store-and-forward deletion threshold has been exceeded, and history data has been lost. This value remains TRUE until the connection to the historian has been re-established and store-and-forward is no longer in effect. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.IssuedExternalGetsCnt |
The number of off-engine gets (initiated from AutomationObjects on this object). For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.IssuedExternalSetsCnt |
The number of off-engine sets (initiated from AutomationObjects on this object). For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.IssuedInternalGetsCnt |
The number of on-engine gets (initiated from AutomationObjects on this object). For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.IssuedInternalSetsCnt |
The number of on-engine sets (initiated from AutomationObjects on this object). For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.ObjectQuarantined.Condition |
Set to TRUE when at least one hosted object is in a quarantined state, indicating a software exception has occurred on the object. If all quarantined objects are later undeployed, the alarm will be disabled. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.Objects |
An array containing the names of all objects hosted by this object. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.ProcessCPULoad |
The current processor load that the engine is consuming. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.ProcessIODataBytes |
The current rate, in bytes per second, that the engine is reading and writing I/O bytes. I/O bytes include network bytes, file bytes, and all device I/O bytes. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.ProcessPageFaults |
The current page fault rate, per second, for the engine. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.ProcessPrivateBytes |
The current private bytes of memory that the engine has allocated. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.ProcessWorkingSet |
The current number of bytes in the working set of the engine. The working set is the amount of memory that the operating system has dedicated for the engine process. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.PublisherDataNotifyFailureCnt |
The total number of times that the engine, acting as a publisher, failed to send data change notifications to a subscriber. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.PublishPacketsRcvdCnt |
The number of publish packets received on this engine from other engines. For extra quality information, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.PublishPacketsSentCnt |
The number of publish packets sent from this engine to other engines. For extra quality information, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.RcvdExternalGetsCnt |
The number of incoming external gets (received from other engine objects that do not exist on this object). For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.RcvdExternalSetsCnt |
The number of incoming external sets (received from other engine objects that do not exist on this object). For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.StartingFromCheckpoint |
If set to TRUE, an engine is starting and restoring a checkpoint file. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.StartupReason |
Indicates whether an engine is starting after deployment, from a checkpoint, or from standby (failover). Valid values are: Starting_AfterDeploy, Starting_FromCheckpoint, Starting_FromStandby. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.StatsReset |
Used to reset all statistics during run time. |
Supervisory, User |
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Engine.SubscribedAttrCnt |
The number of attributes on this engine, including the attributes of all objects hosted on this engine, that are being subscribed to (read) by other engines and their hosted objects and anonymous engines, such as the Object Viewer and InTouch. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.SubscribedObjectCnt |
The number of objects on this engine that have one or more attributes that are subscribed to by other engines. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.SubscriberEngineCnt |
The number of other engines that are subscribing to attributes on this engine. For example, if InTouch View is displaying 10 attributes from this engine, and objects hosted on another AppEngine are reading data from five objects on this engine, then the value is 2. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.SubscriptionAttemptCnt |
The total number of subscriptions initiated by this engine. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.SubscriptionCancelledCnt |
The total number of subscriptions initiated by this engine that were cancelled by the publisher. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.SubscriptionFailureCnt |
The total number of subscription failures detected by this engine. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.SubscriptionFailureCommsCnt |
The number of subscription failures detected by this engine that resulted from platform or engine communications errors. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.SubscriptionFailureConfigCnt |
The total number of times that the engine, acting as a publisher, failed to send data change notifications to a subscriber. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.SubscriptionLocalCnt |
The current number of active subscriptions to an engine on the local platform. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.SubscriptionRemoteCnt |
The current number of active subscriptions to an engine on a remote platform. |
Read-Only |
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Engine.SuspendedAttributeCnt |
The number of attributes on this engine that are currently in a suspended (or inactive) state. |
Read-Only |
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EngineFailureAlarm.Condition |
The alarm flag indicating that an AppEngine object has unexpectedly failed. This value is set to TRUE when any AppEngine object fails. This value is set to FALSE when a failed AppEngine object has been successfully started back up and is running onscan or offscan. This value can be alarmed. |
Read-Only |
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EngineFailureAlarm.Desc |
The message associated with the AppEngine object failure alarm condition. The name of the AppEngine object that failed is embedded in the message. |
Read-Only |
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GR.BindCnt |
The number of bind requests since the last statistics reset. |
Read-Only |
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GR.BindFailCnt |
The number of bind failures since the last statistics reset. |
Read-Only |
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GR.BindReference |
The platform used to bind references. |
Read-Only |
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GR.StatsReset |
Used to reset all accumulated statistics. |
Supervisory, User |
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GR.TimeOfLastConfigChange |
For name-binding optimization, this value indicates the time of the most recent check-in. The date format reflects the current locale for the operating system. |
Read-Only |
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GR.TimeOfLastDeploy |
For name-binding optimization, this value indicates the time of the most recent object deployment. The date format reflects the current locale for the operating system. |
Read-Only |
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InterruptsAvg |
The average number of WinPlatform object interrupts. Interrupts are instances when data is stored, rather than sent to the intended recipient. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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LMXProtocolVersion |
The protocol version of Local Message Exchange (LMX).protocol version of Local Message Exchange (LMX). |
Read-Only |
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NetNMXBytesRcvdAvg |
The average network bytes received per second. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NetNMXBytesSentAvg |
The average network bytes sent per second. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NetNMXDisconnectCnt |
The number of times that the primary messaging communications channel has been disconnected. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NetNMXDisconnected |
If set to TRUE, the primary network messaging channel is currently disconnected. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NetNMXHeartbeatsMissedCnt |
The total number of heartbeats missed for the primary messaging channel for all remote platforms. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NetNMXHeartbeatsMissedConsecCnt |
The number of consecutive heartbeats currently missed for the primary messaging channel for all remote platforms. When two heartbeats are missed in a row, the value of the NetNMXHeartbeatsMissedConsecCnt attribute is incremented by 1. The value of the NetNMXHeartbeatsMissedConsecCnt attribute (if greater than 0) will always be at least 1 less than the value of the NetNMXHeartbeatsMissedCnt attribute. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NetRMCDisconnectCnt |
The number of times that the redundancy messaging communications channel has been disconnected. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NetRMCDisconnected |
If set to TRUE, the redundancy network messaging channel (RMC) is currently disconnected. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NMXLocalMsgsCnt |
The number of local messages (between engines located only on this WinPlatform) since the last statistics reset. (This value is set to 0 when the object goes offscan.) For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NMXProtocolVersion |
The protocol version of Network Message Exchange (NMX). |
Read-Only |
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NMXRequestsRcvdOffNodeAccumSize |
The total size, in KB, of requests received from other platforms. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NMXRequestsRcvdOffNodeCnt |
The total number of requests received from other platforms. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NMXRequestsRcvdOffNodeSizeMax |
The largest request message, in bytes, received from any other platform. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NMXRequestsSentOffNodeAccumSize |
The total size, in KB, of requests sent to other platforms. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NMXRequestsSentOffNodeCnt |
The total number of requests sent to other platforms.total number of requests sent to other platforms. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NMXRequestsSentOffNodeSizeMax |
The largest request message, in bytes, sent to any other platform. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NMXResponsesRcvdOffNodeAccumSize |
The total size, in KB, of responses received from other platforms. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NMXResponsesRcvdOffNodeCnt |
The total number of responses received from other platforms. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NMXResponsesRcvdOffNodeSizeMax |
The largest response message, in bytes, received from any other platform. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NMXResponsesSentOffNodeAccumSize |
The total size, in KB, of responses sent to other platforms. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NMXResponsesSentOffNodeCnt |
The total number of responses sent to other platforms. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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NMXResponsesSentOffNodeSizeMax |
The largest response message, in bytes, sent to any other platforms. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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PageFaultsAvg |
The average amount of page faults occurring on this computer. A page fault is the process of accessing data in virtual memory (in the swap file of the hard drive) when RAM does not or cannot contain the data. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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PageFaultsHiAlarm.Condition |
The alarm condition flag for the PageFaultsAvgHi alarm. This value is set to FALSE when the object is offscan. If the average number of page faults is greater than the Hi alarm limit and not within the deadband, then the PageFaultsHiAlarm.Condition is set to TRUE.a |
Read-Only |
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PlatformInfo |
The processor and operating system configuration for the computer. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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PlatformRestartNeeded |
If set to TRUE, a change in the GlobalAdviseOnlyActiveEnabled attribute is detected. All engines on this Platform should be restarted. Set to FALSE when the Platform restarts. |
Read-Only |
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ProcessCnt |
The number of Windows 32-bit processes (ArchestrA components and otherwise) running on this computer. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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RAM |
The actual amount of RAM on the computer, in MB. This value is calculated only once at startup. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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RAMAvailableAvg |
The average amount of free RAM available on the computer. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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RAMAvailableLoAlarm.Condition |
The alarm condition flag for the RAMAvailableAvgLo alarm. This value is set to FALSE when the object is offscan. If the average amount of RAM available is less than the Lo alarm limit and not within the deadband, this value is set to TRUE. This value can be alarmed. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.CheckpointPeriodAvg |
The average number of milliseconds between checkpoints for the averaging period. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.ExecInterruptsTimeAvg |
The average number of milliseconds required to perform execution interrupts per engine scan cycle. For extra quality information, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.ExecutionTimeAvg |
The average number of milliseconds required to execute all objects per cycle. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.HousekeepingTimeAvg |
The average number of milliseconds required for this object to do housekeeping tasks per cycle. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.InputMsgSizeAvg |
The average size of an input message, in bytes, for this averaging period. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.InputMsgsProcessedAvg |
The average number of input messages, in total bytes, in the input queue per scan period (including deferred and processed messages). For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.InputMsgsQueuedAvg |
The average number of messages queued, including processed and deferred messages, per scan period. The value is calculated for the averaging period. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.InputMsgsQueuedMax |
The maximum value of the average number of queued input messages since the last statistics reset. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.InputQueueSizeAvg |
The average size, in bytes, of the input queue during the averaging period. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.InputQueueSizeMax |
The maximum value of the average input queue size since the statistics were last reset. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.ObjectCnt |
For a WinPlatform object, this value is always 1. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.ObjectsOffScanCnt |
For a WinPlatform object, this value is 0. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.ScanCyclesCnt |
The number of execution cycles since the statistics were last reset. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.ScanOverrun.Condition |
A Boolean condition alarm flag indicating a scan overrun condition. This value is set to FALSE when the object goes offscan. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.ScanOverrunsCnt |
The number of scan overruns since the last time statistics were reset. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.ScanOverrunsConsecCnt |
The number of consecutive scan overruns. This value increments by 1 when a scan overrun occurs. This value is set to 0 when the object goes offscan. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.ScanTime |
The current, local, system time for a given scan of the AppEngine that contains this scheduler. The date format reflects the current locale setting for the operating system. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.StatsReset |
Used reset all statistics during run time. |
Supervisory, User |
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Scheduler.TimeIdleAvg |
The average number of milliseconds per scan period that the object is idle (for example, receiving data, or sending data). For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.TimeIdleMax |
The maximum value for the TimeIdleAvg attribute since statistics were reset or since the engine went onscan. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.TimeIdleMin |
The minimum value for the TimeIdleAvg attribute since statistics were reset or since the engine went onscan. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.TimeInputAvg |
The average number of milliseconds required to process input messages per scan period. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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Scheduler.TimeOutputAvg |
The average number of milliseconds required to process output messages per scan period. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |
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StandbyEngines |
The names of engines running as standby engines on this platform. |
Read-Only |
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StoreFwdDirInvalid |
If set to TRUE, the store-and-forward directory could not be created, and thus the store-and-forward data will be stored into the default directory. |
Read-Only |
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StatsReset |
Used to reset accumulated statistics. All accumulated counts, maximums, and minimums will be reset. |
User |
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SystemStartupTime |
Thetime that the WinPlatform object was last started. The date format reflects the current locale for the operating system. |
Read-Only |
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ThreadCnt |
The number of threads running on this WinPlatform object. For extra quality handling, see Quality handling. |
Read-Only |