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The New Event Tag - General dialog appears.

9. Enter Event triggered by Mixer HI Level in the Description: field.
Do not change the other default option settings.
10. Click Next.

11. The New Event Tag – Detector dialog box appears:

This dialog box enables assignment of a detection time interval and selection of the tag to
which the event is assigned.
12. Enter 60000 ms in the Time Interval field.
13. Click the Search… button in the Tag Name: area.

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The Tag Finder dialog appears.

This dialog box contains a tagname filter that enables easy location of tags by name,
description, or tag type.
14. Enter LIT in the Tagname area.
15. Click the Find Now button.
The Filter will return tagnames that match the description:

16. Highlight the LIT_001.PV Tag Name in the Found Tags: area.
17. Click the > button that becomes enabled after the LIT_001.PV Tag Name is selected.
This will move the Tag Name to the Target Tags: list.
The tag is now placed in the Target Tag pane and is the tag from which the Event tag will
derive its information.
18. Click OK.

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The Tag Name will now appear within the main Detector dialog box.
19. Select > from the Operator drop-down list.
20. Enter 95 in the Detection Value field.

21. Click Next.

The New Event Tag – Action dialog appears:

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22. Change the Action Type: to None.

23. Click Finish.

Creation of the HiLevelEvent tag is complete.

The HiLevelEvent tag now displays within the Event Tags Tag Name pane:

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Create the TransferEvent Tag

24. Create a new event tag using the previous steps (Use the Tag Configuration area of the
ArchestrA System Management Console).
25. Enter a Tag Name of TransferEvent.
26. Click Next.
27. Enter Event triggered by Production Transfer in the Description field.

28. Click Next.

29. Use the Search button to insert Inletvalve_001.PV.IsActive1 in the Tag Name field.
30. Set the State Value to TRUE.

31. Click Next.

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32. Click the Add button on the New Event Tag - Action dialog box.
33. Enter 001 in the Tag Name field and click Find Now.
34. Highlight the following tags:
LIT_001.PV
TT_001.PV
TransferPump_001.SpeedAvg
35. Press the > button to move the selected tags to the Target Tags pane.

36. Click OK.

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37. Click Finish.

38. The TransferEvent tag is now visible in the Tag Name pane within the All Event Tags group.

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Create the MixerSummary Tag

39. Create a new Event Tag called MixerSummary using the previous steps.
This event tag will perform an hourly Average summary calculation of the Mixer tag values.
40. Click Next.
41. Enter Hourly summary of mixer tags in the description field.
42. Click Next.
The Detector dialog box appears.
43. Configure the following event tag Detector attributes.

44. Click Next.

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45. Select Summary for Action Type.

Now we need to select the Operation type and its properties.
46. Click the Add button on the New Event Tag - Action dialog box.

The Summary Operation Properties dialog box appears.

47. Configure the Calculation Type, Time Stamp, Resolution, and Duration to match the
following figure.

48. Click OK.

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Next, associate tags to the action.

49. Highlight the Action type you just defined.
The Tags button is now enabled. At this time, you can also access the Operation properties or
delete the Operation.
50. Click Tags.

The Summary Tag List: MixerSummary dialog box appears, containing the operation
properties just defined.

51. Click Add.

The Tag Finder appears.
52. Add the following tags to the Target Tags: list:
LIT_001.PV
TT_001.PV
53. Click OK.

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