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Lookout Operator’s Manual Lookout Op erator’ s Manual August 1999 Edit ion Part Numb er 32239 1A-01[...]

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Conventions The follo wing con ventions appear in this manual: » The » symbol leads you throu gh nested menu items and dial og box optio ns to a f inal action. The sequence File»P ag e Se tup» Opti ons directs you to pull down the File menu, se lect the Page Setup item , and select Options from the last dia l og bo x . This icon denotes a n ote[...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion v Looko ut Operator’s Manual Contents Chapter 1 Installing Lo okout Hardware and Software Re quirements ...................... ............ ................. ................. ...... 1-1 TCP/IP Networking .................. ................ ................. ................. ............ ................. .[...]

Contents Looko ut Operator ’s Manu al vi www.na tinst.com Lookout App lication Files ............ ........... ................. ................. ................. ........... ........ 2- 8 Process File ........ ................. ................. ................. ........... ................. .............. 2- 8 Source Code File ...... ........[...]

Conten ts © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion vii Looko ut Operator’s Manual Window Commands ................. ..... ...... ........... ...... ..... ...... ........... ...... ...... ..... ............ ..... . 3-18 Window»Arrange Ico ns.............. ............ ................. ................. ................. ...... 3-18 Window»Minimiz[...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 1-1 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual 1 Installing Lookout This chapter explains how to install and configure the run time Lookout software. This manual e xplains how to install, configu re, and use the Look out runtime software. It assumes that you are already familiar with your operating system. Hardware and Sof[...]

Chapter 1 Installing Looko ut Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 1-2 www.natinst.com TCP/IP Networking You mu st be p roper ly set up on a netw ork with TCP/IP protoc ols ins talled if you want to us e the netwo rking capabilities of Look out 4. If TCP/IP is not work ing properl y on you r computer , consult you r system admi nistrator . Installing Lo[...]

Chapte r 1 Installing Look out © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 1-3 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual Registering Lookout Be sure to register your Lookout package to receiv e your permanen t unlock code. As an unregi s tered p ackage, Lookout is l imi ted to 50 I/O points and one client connection and only runs for 30 days. If you are i n st al l[...]

Chapter 1 Installing Looko ut Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 1-4 www.natinst.com 2. En ter your n ame in the Name fiel d . 3. Enter the Organi zation name e xactly as it appears on the key code fax sent in response t o your re gis tration, in cluding pu nctuation marks. This text is used in comb inat ion with the key code , and s o it must be exac[...]

Chapte r 1 Installing Look out © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 1-5 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual If you ar e certain that you typ ed the information cor rectly and Lookout does not accept it, call the National Instrum ents technical support line for help. Changin g Registra tion Info rmatio n If you want to change the number of Lo okout I/O [...]

Chapter 1 Installing Looko ut Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 1-6 www.natinst.com T o add or ch ange client connection information in Lookou t, Select Option s»System fro m the me nu, and cl ick on the Change Client License bu tton. The follo wing dialog box app ears. Click on the Add b utton. The follo wing dialog box ap pears. Enter yo ur Organ [...]

Chapte r 1 Installing Look out © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 1-7 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual Setting System Options The first time yo u open Lookou t is a goo d ti me to set som e of t he Looko ut system opti ons. In Looko ut, sel ect Options» Syste m fr om the menu bar . The Syst em Options dialog box appears as s hown in the follo win[...]

Chapter 1 Installing Looko ut Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 1-8 www.natinst.com Citadel Dat abase Settin gs The Citadel Database fields set the default destination for Citadel data logged by Lookout. All proces ses runn ing unde r a single in stance of Lookout will use th is data path to lo g d ata to Citadel, un less you overrid e this setting w[...]

Chapte r 1 Installing Look out © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 1-9 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual Startup Process File Setting If your co mputer runs Lookout 24 hours a day , you may want t o ensure t hat, if the computer temporarily loses power, it will automaticall y reboo t and begin ex ecuting you r processes when power returns . T o get [...]

Chapter 1 Installing Looko ut Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 1-10 www.natinst.com T o make sure Lo okout load s and runs when your co mputer boots or reboots, con su lt y our operating sy stem documen tatio n instructions on how to set a default startu p application.[...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 2-1 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual 2 Lookout Basics This chapte r explains ho w to start and get around within Looko ut. Basically , you use the mous e, ke yboard, touch screens, and s imilar tools t o manipulate controls on Look out control panels. Mo st of what you do is as simple as throwing a switch or adju[...]

Chapter 2 Lookout Ba sics Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 2-2 www.natinst.com Y our system ad ministr ator sho uld ha ve as signed you a user accoun t name and passw ord. Enter your user n ame and pass word. The Idle time field determ ines how long a p eriod of in acti vity Loo kout will wait before logging off the current user . When set to 0, Loo[...]

Chapter 2 Lookou t Basics © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 2-3 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual Open ing a P roces s Fi le 1. If you ha ve a Lookout process f ile av ailabl e, select the File »Open menu ite m fro m the L o okout me nu ba r . 2. In the File na me data f iel d, ent er the na me o f a L ookout p roces s file (the y ha v e a .l4p f[...]

Chapter 2 Lookout Ba sics Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 2-4 www.natinst.com Figur e 2-1. The L ookou t Scree n Title Bar The title bar at th e top of the Lo okout w indow display s the program na me and the name of the cu rrently active process. If a control panel is maximized, the cont rol panel name appears in th e title bar. 1 Menu Bar 2 Title[...]

Chapter 2 Lookou t Basics © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 2-5 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual Menu Ba r The menu bar displays t he currently avai lable menu co mmands. Some of these command s may o r may not be avai lable to you, de pending on y our security level. Status Bar The status bar i s at the bottom of the Lo okout window. When in run[...]

Chapter 2 Lookout Ba sics Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 2-6 www.natinst.com a pop-up state or minimized. Wh en a pop- up control panel is display ed, it remains on top o f all other pan els unt il you mi nimize it. Control panels do no t ha ve a s tandard appearan ce. Some contro l panels may onl y display informati on, while ot hers combine cont[...]

Chapter 2 Lookou t Basics © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 2-7 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual Y ou can ha v e the same sor t of syn chronous operatio n between contr ols in dif ferent pro cesses running o n your computer , or between contro ls running in pro cesses on di f ferent com puters in your net work. Lo okout netwo rking makes this po [...]

Chapter 2 Lookout Ba sics Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 2-8 www.natinst.com Virtual Keyboard Lookout also has a virtu al keyboard you can us e with a touch-sensitive screen or a mouse. T o enable the virtual ke yboard, select Option s»Syst em and then check Left Mo us e Click or Right Mouse Click in the Virtual Keyboa r d Pops Up section of the [...]

Chapter 2 Lookou t Basics © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 2-9 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual T o compile a source f ile inside Lookout, select File»Open . The following dial og box op ens. Set the Files of type to Lookout Source Files (*.lks) and select the source file you want to compile. State File The state fi le contains the actual value[...]

Chapter 2 Lookout Ba sics Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 2-10 www.natinst.com Lookout Windows Ser vices Lookout requires th ree background services that ru n in Windows outside of the Look out appli cation its elf to be running on your compu ter while i t is runnin g: Looko ut Citad el Server, Lookout C lassified Ad s, and Look out Time Synchr oni[...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 3-1 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual 3 Lookout Runtime Menu Commands This chapt er descr ibes Lookout menu bar p ull-do wn commands av ailable in run mode. Some m enu items may be disab led, depend ing on your security level. Every menu command has a predetermined security lev el associated with it. Only operator[...]

Chapter 3 Lookout Runt ime Menu Com mands Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 3-2 www.natinst.com If for s ome reason Looko ut refuses to lo ad a .l4p process f ile, you can attempt to recompile by opening a Lookout .lks fil e. S el ect Lookout Source Files (*.lks) in the Files of Type c o mbo box. F ile»R eopen Security Level: 8 Shortc ut Keys: none [...]

Chapte r 3 Lookout Runtim e Menu Comm ands © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 3-3 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual Caution Th e File»C lose command shuts do wn proces s ex ecution— be sure that this is what you wa nt to do b efore selecti ng this comman d. Y our Lookout applicati on may be controlling critical p r ocesses, and s huttin g it dow[...]

Chapter 3 Lookout Runt ime Menu Com mands Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 3-4 www.natinst.com F ile»L og on Security Level: 1 Shortcut Keys: <CTRL+L> Use the F ile»L og on command to log on to Loo kout as the cur rent operator/ integr ator with y our predef ined accoun t name and password. Only one person can log o n at a time. Y ou can als[...]

Chapte r 3 Lookout Runtim e Menu Comm ands © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 3-5 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual F ile»Log off Security Level: 1 Shortcut Keys: <CTRL+L> The F ile»Log off command instantly logs of f the current account name and leav es (nobody) logged onto the system. Y ou can also initiate this command by c licking on th[...]

Chapter 3 Lookout Runt ime Menu Com mands Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 3-6 www.natinst.com Option Commands Options »S yste m Security Level: 9 Shortc ut Keys: none The O ptions»S ystem comman d is used to conf igure v arious system-le vel operating parameters. See the Set ting System O pt ions sectio n of Chapte r 1 , Inst alling Looko ut , fo[...]

Chapte r 3 Lookout Runtim e Menu Comm ands © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 3-7 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual Options »Serial Ports Security Level: 9 Shortc ut Keys: none Use the O pti ons»Serial P orts command to conf igure your comp uter serial port commu nicat ion topolo gy . Each serial port can have a unique setting: Hardwired , Dial-u[...]

Chapter 3 Lookout Runt ime Menu Com mands Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 3-8 www.natinst.com Selectin g the Serial Po rt The Serial port d ata field i s a drop-down listbox. Us e it to select the communicati on port yo u are defin ing. While s oftware may allow m any serial po rts, mos t computers support o nly two ser ial ports without additional[...]

Chapte r 3 Lookout Runtim e Menu Comm ands © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 3-9 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual When you se lect R TS/CTS har dwar e hands hakin g, Lo oko ut con trols t he R TS, or reques t-to-send pin, and mon itors the CT S, or clear -to-se nd pin, during data transm ission ( pins 4 a nd 5 on a 25 -pin RS-23 2 connector). The[...]

Chapter 3 Lookout Runt ime Menu Com mands Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 3-10 www.natinst.com If you s et the RTS delay of f s etting too high, th e rem o te device begins transmitting it s response before the local radio is unkeyed, causing a communication alarm in Lookou t. Dial-Up Modem Set tings Use the Dial-up serial conn ection when y ou use[...]

Chapte r 3 Lookout Runtim e Menu Comm ands © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 3-11 Look out Opera tor’ s Manual The Hayes Co rporation standard command for co nfi guring th e modem to hang up an d enter command mod e upon lo ss of DTR is &D2 . Y ou can use a terminal program to make this s e ttin g permanent on most modems by entering t h[...]

Chapter 3 Lookout Runt ime Menu Com mands Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 3-12 www.natinst.com Alarm Commands A larms»S how Security Level: 1 Shortcut Keys: <CTRL+A> The A larms»Show command instantly d isplays the alarm window as a floating sty le windo w if it is not already being d isplayed. Y ou can select this command when you want to [...]

Chapte r 3 Lookout Runtim e Menu Comm ands © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 3-13 Look out Opera tor’ s Manual than can be displayed in the alarms windo w at once, a scroll bar ap pears along the right side of th e windo w . The following illustration shows an alarms wind o w with Window s tyle set to Bottom , and Window height set to 4. A l[...]

Chapter 3 Lookout Runt ime Menu Com mands Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 3-14 www.natinst.com Setting Ack User Name restricts your alarm monitoring to alarms ackno wledged b y that particular user . Y ou can only enter one user name at a time, b ut you can use wild card char acters to widen the scope of th e alarms repor ted. The Ack Comment filte[...]

Chapte r 3 Lookout Runtim e Menu Comm ands © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 3-15 Look out Opera tor’ s Manual The follo wing dialog box appears. Select the time range you wa nt to print alarms and e v ents from with the items in the Print Range section of the dialog box. Notice that wh en def ining your o wn range y ou use mon th and day fo[...]

Chapter 3 Lookout Runt ime Menu Com mands Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 3-16 www.natinst.com Set the format for printing times in the Time Fo rma t list. Y ou can adju st y our alarm filters for printing by clicking on the Filter Options button to access the alarm f ilter options Note Y ou can print alarms as t hey happen by specifying a printer [...]

Chapte r 3 Lookout Runtim e Menu Comm ands © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 3-17 Look out Opera tor’ s Manual print ou t the da y’ s alarms based on comments, s o usin g certain standard comments (in ad dition to circumstan tial comments) can make the filtering process easier . A larms»Ack nowled ge All Security Level: 2 Shortc ut Keys: [...]

Chapter 3 Lookout Runt ime Menu Com mands Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 3-18 www.natinst.com Right-click on an alarm and select Properties . The fo llo wing d ialog box listing specifi c information about the alarm or ev ent appears. Y ou can scroll through alarms and ev ents using the Previous and Next bu ttons of this dial og. Window Commands W[...]

Chapte r 3 Lookout Runtim e Menu Comm ands © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 3-19 Look out Opera tor’ s Manual Window»M ore Windows If you have too many con trol panels to fit in the Window menu, the M ore Windows command app ears at the bottom of the Window menu. The W indow»M ore Windows command pops up a d ialog box you can use to scrol[...]

Chapter 3 Lookout Runt ime Menu Com mands Looko ut Operator ’ s M anual 3-20 www.natinst.com Run»R evise Security Level: 9 Shortc ut Keys: none Use the R un»R evise command t o modify p re viousl y conf igured r un commands. Run»Delet e Security Level: 9 Shortc ut Keys: none Use the R un»D elete to remov e pre viously conf igured run commands[...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion A-1 Looko ut Operator’s Manual A T echnical Support Resources This appendix describ es the comprehensi v e resources a v ailable to you in the T echnical Support s ection of the National In struments W eb site and pro vides technical support telephone nu mbers for you to use if you ha ve trouble conne cting [...]

Appendix A T echnical Support Resources Looko ut Operator ’s Manu al A-2 www .natinst.c om Software-Relate d Resources • Instrument Driver Network —A library with hundreds o f instrument dri v ers for contr ol of stand al one in st ru ment s vi a GP IB, VXI, or s eri al interfaces. Y ou also can submit a requ est for a particular instrumen t [...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion G-1 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual Glossar y Pref ix Meaning V a lue m- milli- 10 –3 k- kilo- 10 3 M- meg a- 10 6 A alarm S oftware notif ication of a condition in a pro cess. This alarm may call attention of a v al ue that has e xceeded or fallen b elow cer tain lev els, set in the object database or in an A[...]

Gloss ar y Look out Oper ator’ s Manual G-2 www .natinst. com D d at a mem be r Data sour ce or sink associated with a Lookout objec t. A readab le data member , or source, may be used in express ions or as inputs to other objects. A wr itable d ata mem ber, o r sin k, may have at m ost one connection into it, created using the Object»Edit Conne[...]

Glos sary © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion G-3 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual F fr am e Seque nce of by tes sent fr om a c ompute r to a d evic e o r v ice v ers a. T he syntax of the f rame d epen ds on th e pro tocol be ing used. A read f rame contains eno ugh informa t io n to spe cify a set of variable s wh ose values the device s hould re[...]

Gloss ar y Look out Oper ator’ s Manual G-4 www .natinst. com L .l4p f iles File extension for Lookout p rocess files. These are the compiled f iles Looko ut runs when it runs a process. .l4t files File extension for a Lo okout state file, which stores th e values for Lookout controls and other objects with state information. .lka f iles File ext[...]

Glos sary © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion G-5 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual R recei ve gap A serial communications setting that determ ines the number of em pty bytes (or amount of time) a dri ver recei ves bef ore recognizing the end of a message frame and req uesting another message. R TS Request to S end, part of a handshaki ng protocol f[...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion I-1 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual Index A About Lo okout command , 3-20 Acknowledg e command, Alar m menu, 3-16 to 3-17 Acknowledg e All command, Alarm menu, 3-17 Add command, Run men u, 3-19 adding client con nections, 1-5 to 1-6 Alarm comman ds, 3-12 to 3-18 Acknowledg e, 3-16 to 3-17 Acknowledg e All, 3-17 [...]

Inde x Look out Oper ator’ s Manual I-2 www .natinst. com Help commands About Lo okout, 3-20 Conten ts, 3-20 I Import A P T Data base c ommand , 3-11 installing Loo kout, 1-2 I/O points changing nu mber of, 1-5 for unregistered Loo kout package, 1 -3 K keycode adding client con nections, 1-5 regist ering Looki ng, 1-4 L log alarms settings, 1 -8 [...]

Index © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion I-3 Lookout Operato r’ s Manual Optio n c omma nds, 3-6 to 3 -11. See also system opti ons, sett ing . Import APT Databa se, 3-11 Modbus, 3-1 1 Serial Ports, 3-7 to 3-11 System, 3-6 User Manager, 3-6 P panel nav igation arrows , 1-8 Print comma nd Alarm menu , 3-14 to 3-16 File menu , 3-3 to 3-4 probl [...]

Inde x Look out Oper ator’ s Manual I-4 www .natinst. com T TCP / IP netw orki ng, 1- 2 technical support resou rces, A-1 to A-2 title bar, 2-4 n Title comman d, Windo w menu, 3-18 U User Manager co mmand, 3-6 V virtual key board opera ting, 2 -8 settings, 1 -8 virtual key pad, 2-7 W Web suppo rt from Nati onal Inst ruments, A-1 to A-2 online pro[...]