The Printer tab appears on Server objects. The Printer DDA Destination Configuration Attributes appear when you edit a specific Printer destination on the Printer tab.
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Attribute Name |
Description |
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Printer |
Specifies the name of the printer where reports are routed. The Printer DDA can send alarms to one or multiple printers.
Note: If you are uncertain about the proper printer name to
use, print a test page from the printer and look for the
Printer name line in the test printout. Copy the name and
syntax exactly.
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Font Face |
Specifies the font used by the printed report. |
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Font Size |
Specifies the font size used in the printed report. |
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Orientation |
Defines the orientation of the printed report (landscape or portrait). |
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Line Out |
Defines how many lines of data are required before the Printer DDA routes reports to the printer. Setting this value to 0 enables tractor-feed/line printing. For more information, refer to the Printer topic in the Alarm and Event sections of Metasys SMP Help (LIT-1201793) or Facility Explorer Site Management Portal Help (LIT-12013520). Range: 0 to 60 |
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Timeout |
Timer (in minutes) that begins when the first alarm is stored in the DDA line out buffer (Line Out). Upon expiration, the contents of the line out buffer prints. |
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Printing Priority Threshold |
Specifies the priority for printing alarm messages. You can print multiple alarms in a normal priority range at once using the Line Out and Timeout attributes. You also can set the Printing Priority Threshold to print the contents of the line out buffer immediately when a higher priority alarm (such as a fire alarm) is detected. You can set the Printing Priority Threshold to a value from 0 to 255. When an alarm is received that has a lower priority number than the Printing Priority Threshold (lower priority numbers have a higher alarm priority), the contents of the line out buffer print immediately when the higher priority alarm (such as a fire alarm) is detected, thus printing the high priority alarm in addition to the contents of the line out buffer. For example, if the Printing Priority Threshold is set to 20, alarms with a priority number of 20 or greater are buffered using the Line Out and Timeout attributes. Receiving an alarm with a priority number of 19 or less forces an immediate printout of the currently buffered alarms plus the new high priority alarm. This functionality applies when the Line Out attribute is set to 1 or greater. For more information, refer to the Printer topic in the Alarm and Event sections of the Metasys SMP Help (LIT-1201793) or Facility Explorer Site Management Portal Help (LIT-12013520). See the Hi Normal Low. |
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Retries |
Specifies the number or attempts made to print a report if there is a failure before the system discards it. Range: 0 to 10 |
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Enabled |
Defines whether or not the destination is enabled. When this attribute is False, the Server does not deliver reports to the configured printer. |
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Filters |
Specifies the rules to filter messages. For more information, refer to the Event Message Routing, Filtering, and Destinations section of Metasys SMP Help (LIT-1201793) or Facility Explorer Site Management Portal Help (LIT-12013520). |
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Format |
Defines the format of the message, indicating which fields are present in the received message. The following fields are optional:
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See the Event Message Routing, Filtering, and Destinations section of Metasys SMP Help (LIT-1201793) or Facility Explorer Site Management Portal Help (LIT-12013520) for more information on this DDA.