Destination / Channels Grouping

The Destination/Channels Grouping dialog box is accessed from various dialogs. From the Configuration menu, select Channels, Devices (Log File or Printer), or Destinations. Hit the button labeled "Groups" in the resulting dialog box:

 

 

Destination-Channel Grouping allows you to establish a link between specific channels and specific destinations or devices. Once configured, a channel that goes into Alarm State will only notify destinations or devices linked to that particular channel. By default, all channels are linked to all destination types and devices. Channels are linked to:

 

 

 

Example of Linking selected destinations to a given channel:

 

  1. In the "Link to" field, select "Channels".
  2. Enter the desired Channel number (1--256) to be linked to one or more destinations.
  3. To select the destinations that will receive notification from the selected channel, click the checkboxes that represent the Destination Number (1 -- 96).

 

Example of Linking selected channels to a given Destination:

 

  1. In the "Link to" field, select "destinations".
  2. Enter the desired Destination Number (1--96) to be linked to one or more channels.
  3. To select the Channels that will notify the selected Destination, click the checkboxes that represent the intended channel number(s). The Range field determines which groups of channels are displayed (1--100, 101--200, or 201--256) in the selection grid.

 

NOTE: By default, until a given channel is linked to selected destinations, it is automatically linked to report to all destinations (as are indicated on the selection grid).  Likewise, until a given Destination is linked to selected channels, it is automatically linked to all channels. 

 

NOTE: Power Failure Alarms will bypass Channel Destination Grouping and report to all available destinations.

 

For each channel which is capable of having any kind of alarm, even if only a communications alarm, it is imperative that you leave at least one destination linked which can receive and acknowledge a possible alarm from that channel.

 

Other available features:

 

 

NOTE: Don't overlook the convenient COPY TO and COPY FROM buttons in either the Channels or the Destinations dialog boxes, to facilitate rapid copying of channel and Destination configurations (excluding Messages), including Grouping. 

 

See Also

 

When are Groups Cleared?