Using an Alarm Panel Template Widget
Once saved as a widget, alarm panel templates are readily available any time you open iC Creator, and can be used to quickly create Web layouts with many similar but unique alarm panels.
REQUIREMENT: |
Before beginning this procedure, make sure you have opened iC Creator ( click HERE). |
1. Open an existing Web page or create a new one.
2. Click the alarm panel template widget.
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System Response: The cursor changes to a crosshair.
3. Draw as many new alarm panels as you need to complete your design.
Each of the panels you draw has the same properties as the original widget. To customize a panel, right-click on it and select Properties.
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4. In the Alarm panel properties window, click the Script tab
NOTE: The panel has the same variable name(s) and default value(s) as the original widget. |
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5. Change all or part of the default value.
NOTE: This new value will be applied to all of the alarms associated with the panel (i.e. the variable portion of each alarm URI will take on the new default value). |
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6. Continue drawing panels and modifying their properties as needed. When you have finished, save the page, and then choose Publish site from the File menu.
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7. When prompted, type the IP address of the Application Server to which you would like to publish your iC Web site (including the page with the new alarm panels).
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1. Open
iC Web from the
iControl—Startup page of the Application Server to which you published the site (
click HERE).
2. On the File menu, click Open site.
3. Select the site that contains the new alarm panel page, and then click Open.
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4. Select the page that contains the new alarm panels, and then click Open.
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System Response: The selected Web page appears, with the new alarm panels displaying their current alarm statuses.