Configuring a Monitorings Group to Show Messages

Configure a Monitorings group to specify the conditions that trigger messages.

Before you begin, create or open the Monitorings group in the Messages folder that you created in Adding Messages to a Message Table. To configure a Monitorings group, refer to Configuring the Monitorings Group in the PAtools User Manual.
Important Set the Reaction parameters in each monitoring item in the Monitorings group to show a message.

Complete the following steps to set the Reaction parameters in the Monitorings group.

  1. For Reaction 1, select PAbasic program.
  2. For Parameter 1 (PAbasic program), enter one of the following commands.
    OptionDescription
    Message_create.P Send messages
    Message_Reset.P Acknowledge messages
  3. For Reaction 2, select Set value.
  4. Enter parameters for Reaction 2.
    1. For Parameter 1 (Destination), enter Message_Number.
    2. For Parameter 2 (Source), enter the numeric Messagenumber from the message table.
  5. For Reaction 3, select Set variable.
  6. Enter parameters for Reaction 3.
    1. For Parameter 1 (Destination), enter the name Message_Table_ID.
    2. For Parameter 2 (Source), enter the name of the message table ID.