Creating and Configuring Web Feed Input Device

Scenario: You want to configure the RSS CAP device.

 

Reference: For background information, see the reference section.

 

Workflow diagram:

 

 

Prerequisites:

  • System Manager is in Engineering mode.
  • System Browser is in Management View.

 

Steps:

1 – Create and Start a Web Feed Input Driver
  1. Depending on where to add the web feed input driver, select one of the following:
  • Project > Management System > Servers > Main Server > Drivers
  • Project > Management System > FEPs > [FEP Station] > Drivers
  1. In the Object Configurator tab, click New and select New Web Feed Input Driver.
  1. In the New object dialog box, the Child type is pre-defined as Web Feed Input Driver, and the name and description are pre-defined.
  1. Click OK.
  • The Web Feed Input Driver node displays in the System Browser below the Drivers node and is selected.
    NOTE: The description must be different from that of any other driver on the server or FEP stations. A single driver can be used for multiple devices.
  1. In the Operation tab navigate to the Driver Status property and click Start.
  • The Web Feed Input Driver is created and started.

 

2 – Configure a Web Feed Input Driver
  1. In the System Browser, select the Web Feed Input driver.
  1. Click the Driver Editor tab.
  1. In the Driver Settings expander, modify the description, if required.
  1. In the Configuration Properties expander, do the following:
  • In the Device Request Timeout field, enter 60000.
  • In the Device Request Timeout field, enter 60000 (default value is 10000 milliseconds).
  • In the Check Status Rate field, enter 30000 (default value is 10000 milliseconds).
  1. Open the Event Triggers expander and configure the parameters. Enter the values as specified in the Event Triggers Workspace. For more information on the Event Triggers workflow, refer to Event Triggers Configuration.
  1. Open the Input Message Analysis expander. For more information, see the Input Message Analysis Workspace section.
  1. Click Save .

 

3 – Create a Web Feed Input Field Network
  1. Select Project > Field Networks > Web Feed Input Field Network.
  • The Object Configurator tab displays in the Primary pane
  1. Click New and select New Web Feed Input Field Network.
  1. In the New Object dialog box, enter a name and description.
  1. Click OK.
  • The Web Feed Input Field Network node displays under the Field Networks node and is selected by default.
  • The Web Feed Input Field 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 – Create a Web Feed Input Device
  1. Select a Web Feed Input field network, if not already selected.
  1. Select the Network Editor tab.
  1. Click Create .
  1. In the New object dialog box, enter a name and description.
  1. Click OK.
  • The Web Feed Input Device node is created below the Web Feed Input Field Network node and is selected by default.
  1. Select the Device Editor tab.
  1. In the Device Settings expander, enter a description for the device.
  1. In the Configuration Properties expander, do the following:
  • Select Operational from the Device Mode drop-down list.
    NOTE: The following options are available in the Device Mode drop-down list:
    Disabled: In this mode, the driver does not process the messaging command and/or the device configuration change command, but will perform status checks for the device. The device remains in a Disconnected state.
    Operational: In this mode, the driver processes the messaging command, the device configuration change command, and performs status checks for the device. The device will be in a Disconnected or Connected state.
    Administrative: In this mode, the driver processes the device configuration change command and performs status checks for the device. The device will be in a Disconnected or Connected state.
  1. In the Event Triggers expander, enter the values as specified in the Event Triggers Workspace section. For more information on the Event Triggers workflow, refer to the Event Triggers Configuration section.
  1. For analyzing the input messages in the Input Message Analysis section, refer to the Input Message Analysis Workspace section.
  1. Click Save .

 

5 – Verify the Devices and Driver

Perform the following steps to verify the devices and the drivers:

  1. Configuring Incident Trigger Rules: Configure the driver and the device with the trigger rules as detailed in the Filters and Triggers for CAP/HTML/XML Feeds section.
  1. Configure the device with the appropriate RSS feed URL.
  1. Monitor the input message analysis user interface to confirm that a feed that matches the configured criteria is received.
  1. When the system receives a feed that matches the configured criterion, verify that a management station alarm is raised. If there is no alarm raised, then verify the configured rules. If an alarm is raised verify that the Event Cause and Additional Information fields contain the text as defined in the event trigger settings.
  1. Creating an Incident Template: For extended verification, configure an incident template with the trigger enabled. In this case, a Notification incident is initiated when a feed with matching criteria is received by the system. The incident needs to be configured with the correct trigger rules for the text that is expected in the Event Cause and Additional Information fields of the alarm in addition to the other alarm fields.