System Defaults

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview:

7.2.x

Set the Default settings throughout PARCview.

When using the tree, check to see if the branch is a default or a setting by looking at the tooltips. For example, EmailMethod is a default which should go in the name column. SMTP is a setting for the EmailMethod default and should go in the value column.

PARCSecurity Permissions

PARCsecurity Console should be configured for the following permissions for rights to System Configuration elements.

• DataPARC Admin: Grants administrative access to PARCview.
• System Config Process Area: Grants access to the Process Area tab in System Configuration.
• System Config Process Tags: Grants access to the Process Tags tab in System Configuration.
• System Config Reason/Evidence/Category: Grants access to the Reason, Evidence and Category tabs in System Configuration.

Configuration

System Default Tab has a large variety of default settings that can be configured. They include the following categories:

• General
• Site Select
• Tag
• Check PVConfig Writable
• Data Entry
• Graphic
• Trend
• Date Time Default
• Selected Runs
• Email
• Log Book
• Alarm List
• Displays
• CPK
• Licensing
• PARChistory
• Centerline
• PARCdocumentation
• ExcelAddIn
• Run Browser
• Limits
• Security
• PARCView Main Window
• PARCmodel

To add a field from the Default Tree to the Default Value Grid View you want to select a specific Field from the Default Tree and drag it int the Default Value Grid View. Once added you can define the field’s default value.

Log Files

PARCMessage is a built-in error monitoring software. It creates an ongoing log of errors generated from PARCview on the specific computer where PARCMessage is running in the system tray. The Icon in the tray is a triangle, red if errors are present, and green if there are no errors.

Errors can also be stored in the PARCview install directory both on the server and clients ...\Capstone\PARCView\LogFiles.

Required Server Applications

No server applications are required to use System Configuration.

UA Server: All PARCview vr 7 functionality requires a Universal Access (UA) server.

GDS: All PARCview vr 7 functionality requires a Global Discovery Server (GDS).