Using a Shape in Run Mode

To acknowledge an alarm via the context menu in the Canvas Native view

When an alarm is reported to the CAS, its state is "unacknowledged", meaning that the alarm is new and that a user or the system has not acknowledged its presence. An unacknowledged alarm may be identified by the color settings for the control (background, text, border, ring, bar, fill, or marker color), if configured to represent the point state of the associated point. Additionally, some controls may blink to warn of a point in alarm, if configured to do so.

Acknowledge the alarm from the context menu:

Select the object when it is displaying an alarm color or blink action. Some controls can be configured to blink to indicate that the object's point has an unacknowledged alarm.
Right-click the object and select Acknowledge alarm from the context menu. The Acknowledge alarm option is removed once the alarm is acknowledged.

See the control properties for more information about configuring alarm acknowledgment options.

Context menu

Canvas Native view
Context Menu

To access current value, history, and configuration information via the context menu in the Canvas Native view

Right-click the context menu to access several CygNet system dialog boxes for information about the point and facility associated with the object, where you can modify properties and values as needed. The associated point/UDC and facility is identified in the context menu, so you know what you are viewing.

Select the object.
Right-click and select any of the following options from the context menu:
- Current value — Open the Point Properties dialog box
- Acknowledge alarm — Acknowledge an unacknowledged alarm
- History
  - History values — Open the History Values dialog box
  - Alarm history — Open the Alarm History dialog box
- Point configuration
  - Comments — Open the Comments tab of the PNT Editor
  - Alarm settings — Open the Alarm Settings dialog box for the point type
  - All settings — Open the PNT Editor
  - Questionable state — Open the Edit Questionable State dialog box
  - Alarm suppression — Open the Alarm Suppression Settings dialog box
- Facility configuration — Open the Properties for <Facility> dialog box
- Add to chart — Add point values to a default chart (described below)

Context menu

Grid cell context menu
Point configuration

Note: The context menu options change depending on the point configuration:

If the control is configured to display long point ID, the Facility configuration menu option is hidden.
If the facility description is blank, then the menu will show the facility ID in the Facility configuration option.
If the point description is blank, then the menu will show the UDC/long point ID (based on configuration).

To add values to a default chart via the context menu in the Canvas Native view

Several controls support the option to add point values as a new series to a default chart, providing additional visual context for trended data:

Select the object, right-click and select Add to chart from the context menu, then select:
- New chart — Add values to a new default chart
- New chart with rollups — Add rolled-up values to a new chart. Four labelled rollup series will be added to the default chart:
  - Real Time — No rollup
  - Min — Calculated minimum
  - Max — Calculate maximum
  - Mean — Calculated mean
- Chart n — Add values to a previously opened default chart
The point values for the time range specified for the screen will be displayed as a series in the default chart
You can add as many default charts as you want
You can add a series from different controls to same default chart, or from the same control to different default charts
See Default Chart for more information about the default chart feature
See Using a Chart in Run Mode for more information about hiding and removing series from a default chart
See Viewing Data in a TWC Ad Hoc Chart for information about adding a CygNet point presented in the web view to an on-demand or ad hoc chart.

Context menu

Grid cell context menu
Add data to default chart

To hyperlink to another screen in the Canvas Native view and the CygNet TWC web view

Click the Shape to open another screen using the desired hyperlink mode and pass the tool's facility to other controls on the screen configured to receive it AND to the receiving screen. Depending on the option selected the following will happen:

Open — Open a designated screen in a new window (default).
Modal open — Open a designated screen in a new modal window. A modal window is a type of popup that is subordinate to a parent window that appears in front of the parent and usurps the parent’s control. You cannot interact with the parent window until the modal window has been closed. This type of window is used when you want a user to focus on or interact with information in the popup.
Open and close — Open a designated screen in a new window and close the current screen.
Replace — Replace the current screen with the designated screen.
Replace with navigation — Replace the current screen with the specified screen and add a navigation toolbar to the top of the screen.
Close — Close the current screen.

To access other custom context menu items in the Canvas Native view

If any custom context menu items have been configured for the Shape control, select the item from the menu.

To view current value, acknowledge alarm, and view a chart via the context menu in the CygNet TWC web view

The CygNet Thin Web Client supports its own context menu visible in the web view.

Perform the following actions from the TWC context menu:

Right-click on a control to view the context menu for a selected point. When the context menu is active the main part of the page is dimmed. The context menu is divided into four sections:

Acknowledge Alarm — If the point is in alarm, the Acknowledge Alarm icon will indicate this state. Click to acknowledge it and the Acknowledge Alarm will disappear.
Current Value — View read-only Current Value attributes for the selected point.
Alarm Summary — Click the toggle switch to view Alarm Summary values.
From here you can edit alarm threshold values or the alarm priority in the context menu, which will be written back to the point on the CygNet host server. A warning will show if you do not have the appropriate security access level to edit points.
1. Click (Edit) then click on the Value or Priority you want to edit.
2. Enter a new value or use the spin control to increase or decrease the value.
3. Click (Save) to write the new value back to the point configuration on the CygNet host server.
4. Or click (Cancel) to abort and return to the read-only mode.
Chart — Click the toggle switch to view a quick Chart for a selected point. The series shows the last eight hours of value history and will update with each new point value received. Hover over any point in the series to reveal a small popup showing the UDC, point value, and timestamp. From here you can add the currently viewed point to a new or existing ad hoc chart which will display in a new browser tab. Note that an ad hoc chart is not a template. Any saved chart is hard-coded with specific point tags.
1. Click Add to new chart to add the selected point to a new ad hoc chart. A new chart titled NewChart<n> will open in a new browser tab, where you can rename, duplicate, or delete the chart. You can also view the chart data in a grid and export data to an Excel file.
2. Click Existing chart(s) to open a drop-down list of previously saved ad hoc charts.
3. Click the + <chart name> to add the selected point to that chart. The selected chart will open in a new browser tab. Note: If you add a point to an existing chart that is already opened in another tab, then the point is added to that open chart but TWC does not shift focus to that tab. You will remain on the current tab.
4. Click Existing chart(s) again to close the drop-down list of existing charts.
Once saved an ad hoc chart can be viewed from the main CygNet TWC web view via the (Saved Charts ) button. See Viewing Data in a TWC Ad Hoc Chart for more information about working with ad hoc charts.

Click (Close) to close the context menu and return to the TWC page that launched the menu.

See Using the Thin Web Client Context Menu for more information.

TWC Context Menu:
Current Value Normal

TWC Context Menu:
Current Value in Alarm

TWC Context Menu:
Alarm Summary in edit mode

TWC Context Menu: Chart