Modification are made in PARAM.DAT, to the following lines:

WATCHDOGMAIN,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0

WATCHDOGMAINWARNING,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0

WATCHDOGTHREAD,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0

WATCHDOGTHREADWARNING,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0

The timeouts are in seconds. A timeout of 0 means use the default.

The threads corresponding to each field are as follows.

6.0 <= Version < 7.0

1. // Manager startup
2. // Not Used
3. // Manager timer
4. // Manager comm. Networking
5. // Manager comm. Equipments (CimWay)
6. // Manager variable
7. // Manager HMI
8. // Manager Alarm (lists)
9. // Manager Historical
10. // Manager “blank” (First)
11. // Manager “blank” (Last)

7.0 <= Version < 8.0

1. // Manager startup
2. // Not Used
3. // Manager timer
4. // Manager comm. NetWorking
5. // Manager comm. Equipments (CimWay)
6. // Manager variable
7. // Manager HMI
8. // Manager Alarm (lists)
9. // Manager Historical
10. // Manager OPC Server
11. // Manager “blank” (First)
12. // Manager “blank” (Last)

8.0 and later

1. // Manager startup
2. // Not Used
3. // Manager timer
4. // Manager comm. NetWorking
5. // Manager comm. equipments (CimWay)
6. // Manager variable
7. // Manager HMI
8. // Manager Alarm (lists)
9. // Manager historical
10. // Manager OPC Server
11. // Manager COM Configuration Server
12. // Manager “toolkit”
    
13. // Manager “toolkit”
    
14. // Manager “toolkit“
15. // Manager “toolkit“
16. // Manager “toolkit“
17. // Manager “toolkit“
18. // Manager “toolkit“
19. // Manager “toolkit“
20. // Manager Alarms
21. // Manager Interop
22. // Manager IEC 104 Server
23. // Manager RPC
24. // Manager GEO
25. // Manager Architect
    

Monitoring of PcVue managers since version 15.2

Watchdog message

Every seconds, the startup manager send watchdog message to each manager and control that the duration for processing time of this message by the destination manager is lower than a timeout.

There is two timeouts, one for manage warning message and another to exit PcVue.

The value of these timeouts are defined in the C\param.dat file in the record WATCHDOGMAINWARNING and WATCHDOGMAIN.

Description of the record WATCHDOGMAINWARNING

It define the value of the timeout for the warning message.

Description of the record WATCHDOGMAIN

It define the value of the timeout to exit PcVue.

Duration for processing time of a message

The startup check the duration for processing time of all messages received by a manager and this for all managers.

There is two timeouts, one for manage warning message another to exit PcVue.

The value of these timeouts are defined in the C\param.dat file in the record WATCHDOGTHREADWARNING and WATCHDOGTHREAD.

Description of the record WATCHDOGTHREADWARNING

It define the value of the timeout for the warning message.

Description of the record WATCHDOGTHREAD

It define the value of the timeout to exit PcVue.