Creating and Configuring AND IP Display Device

Scenario: You want to configure AND IP Display Device.

 

Reference: For background information, see the reference section.

 

Workflow diagram:

 

 

Prerequisites:

  • AND Device is installed and configured.
  • System Manager is in Engineering mode.
  • System Browser is in Management View.

 

Steps:

1 – Create and Start the AND Display Driver
  1. Depending on where to add the AND Display Driver, select one of the following:
  • Project > Management System > Servers > Main Server > Drivers
  • Project > Management System > FEPs > [FEP Station] > Drivers
  • Object Configurator tab displays in the Primary pane.
  1. Click New and select New AND Display Driver.
  1. In the New object dialog box that displays, do the following:
    a. (Optional) Provide a unique description text by changing the default.
    b. Click OK
  • The AND Display driver is added to System Browser.
  1. In the Operation tab navigate to the Driver Status property and click Start.
  • The AND Display driver is created and started.

 

2 – Configure a AND Display Driver
  1. In System Browser, select Adaptive Display Driver.
  1. Click the Driver Editor tab.
  1. (Optional) In the Driver Settings expander, modify the description.
  1. In the Configuration Properties expander, proceed as follows:
  • In the Device Request Timeout field, enter 10000.
  • In the Check Status Rate field, enter 60000
  1. In the Notification Integration expander, proceed as follows:
  • In the Batch Size field, set the value as 10 (default is 100). Batch size specifies the size in which the request is processed by the driver. The batch size displays the number of devices to which Notification interacts in one instant. For example, if there are 100 devices on which a message has to be displayed and a batch size of 10 is entered, Notification will send the message to batches of 10 devices each.
  • In the Expected Delivery Time field, enter the time in seconds (default is 5 seconds).
    NOTE: Notification does not guarantee the message delivery will be completed within the time entered in the Expected Delivery Time field. This value is solely used to compute delivery statistics indicating whether message delivery to the AND Display Device was on-time or late.
  1. Click Save .
  • The parameters are configured for the AND Display driver.

 

3 – Create the AND Display Field Network
  1. Select Project > Field Networks.
  • The Object Configurator tab displays in the Primary pane.
  1. Click New , and select New AND Display Field Network.
  1. In the New object dialog box that displays, proceed as follows:
    a. Enter a unique name and description.
    b. Click OK.
  • The AND Display field network is created in the field networks hierarchy and is selected by default.
  • The AND Display driver is automatically associated to the field network. In the Network Editor tab, under the Network Settings expander, you can see that the values are preselected, and the driver is already assigned.

 

4 – Configure Flash Pattern and Text Color
  1. Select Projects > Field Networks > AND Display Field Network.
  1. Open the Configuration Properties expander.
  1. Enter the Flasher Pattern Value.
    NOTE:     The Message Priority is directly linked to the displayed Flasher Pattern. For example, for a High priority message, set the Flasher Pattern to FFF100. Make a combination of this in sequence: [Left Flasher][Middle Flasher][Right Flasher][Brightness]
    Flasher pattern [F/C/S/O][ F/C/S/O][ F/C/S/O][ 0-100/dim/very dim/ultra dim/bright] where C/1=ON,O/0=off , F=Fast Blink, S=Slow Blink
    For example, Valid Pattern includes FFF100 meaning that all the flashers (left,middle,right) blinks very fast with 100% of brightness.
    If the Disable Flashing check box (in the Configuration Properties expander) is not selected and the configured Flasher Pattern is incorrect, the message delivery to the AND device fails.
  1. Select the appropriate text color for the various message types.
  1. Click Save .
  • The AND display driver is added to the field network hierarchy.

 

5 – Create AND Display Device
  1. Select Projects > Field Networks > AND Display Field Network.
  1. Click the Network Editor tab.
  1. Click Create .
  1. In the New object dialog box, enter a Name and Description.
  1. Click OK.
  1. Click the Device Editor tab.
  1. In the Device Settings expander, enter a description for the device.
  1. In the Configuration Properties expander, proceed as follows.
  • In the IP Address field, enter the IP address or the hostname of the AND device.
  • From Device Mode drop-down list, select Operational.
  • Set the Text Scrolling Speed to 5.
  • (Optional) Clear the Disable Flashing check box.
    NOTE: For the hardware devices that do not support flashers, select the Disable Flashing check box.
  • In the HTTP Control Password field, enter the password which is set on AND web interface. Both the passwords must be identical.
    NOTE: While upgrading the project, the user has to set the password for the configured device.
  1. Click Save .
  • The AND Display Device is created.

Next, you need to verify the devices and the drivers by creating a recipient device, linking the recipient device with the notification template which you eventually link to the incident template before initiating the incident using Command and Reaction.