Navigation
When you hover over me, I display a device name, description, and units associated with the device.
What is a tooltip?
I let you add tags directly into a trend window and I look like a price tag.
What is the tag browser?
I appear in the alarm banner and can be acknowledged with a click.
What is an alarm?
Double Jeopardy - This feature/command allows users to search a screen for any text they want
What is Ctrl + F?
This level screen focuses on specific areas or subsystems within the process.
What is L2?
I’m the maximum number of tags you can add to a trend window.
What is 9?
I show up as a yellow triangle with a 3 inside of it.
What is a high priority alarm?
I have unlabeled tags and inconsistent colors, unlike Ignition.
What is Cygnet?
Double Jeopardy - I help you move between different levels of detail, from system-wide views to individual components.
What is the navigation hierarchy?
I let you choose between viewing live data or reviewing past data.
What are the Realtime and Historical tabs?
I display all active and unacknowledged inactive alarms.
What is the Alarm Banner?
Double Jeopardy - I am a type of chart that helps you visually compare performance across multiple tags and spot outliers in pressure and temperature. Some say I look like a spider web.
What is a radar chart?
I include discrete, control, and three-way types.
What are the types of valves in Ignition?
I let you read trend values at a specific point in time.
What is the X Trace feature?
I take you directly to the screen where the alarm is located.
What is the “Jump to” feature?
I am the principle that lights up objects when energized and go dark when de-energized.
What is the lamp principle?
This color is reserved for process values from the control system and PID controller modes/outputs:
What is blue?
You can add me as Min, Max, Average, X Trace, Axis, and Plot options in the pen box.
What are additional data points?
I use shapes, colors, and numbers to show alarm priority levels from 1 to 4.
What are alarm states and prioritization?
I outline objects in alarm color or black depending on the state.
What is the visual difference between alarm and abnormal states?