Control of the Client Behavior

The Disaster Recovery System allows controlling the client behavior during runtime. This is done with the help of the Visu_Control reference object, which should be placed into a base panel for visualization purposes.

Figure 1. Visu_Control object
Figure 2. Visu_Control object in the system overview

Click the Visu_Control button to open the client login panel. If you have the necessary permissions, you can configure the behavior.

How to add a new Visu_Control button to a panel

  1. Open the template panel disRecSystem_VisuControl.pnl in the GEDI from the <WinCC_OA_path>\Redundancy2x2_<version>\panels\para\archive\RDB\sync directory.
  2. Save this template panel by clicking on the Save button in the GEDI. The reference to the template is automatically saved in the project directory.
  3. Open the panel where you want to insert the button in GEDI
  4. Open the Project View of the GEDI and place the disRecSystem_VisuControl.pnl template reference on the panel using drag & drop.
  5. The reference definition panel is opened. By default, the object is not visible and can be controlled by $ parameters:
    $ Parameter Description
    $Visible If this $ parameter is set to TRUE, the object is visible during visualization. Default = FALSE.
    $AllowAutoSwitch

    If this $ parameter is set to TRUE, the object automatically controls the behavior of the user interface. If only one user interface is connected, this parameter should always be set to FALSE, because then an error message is displayed on the screen when the user interface is connected to the passive system.

    Default = FALSE.
    $AllowAutoStart

    If this parameter is set to TRUE, the object will automatically start the other user interface when it is stopped. Default = FALSE.
    $HideModule

    This parameter is needed only if $AllowAutoSwich is TRUE. If $HideModule is TRUE, the passive user interface will be hidden. If this parameter is FALSE, the passive user interface is minimized to the taskbar only. Default = FALSE.
    $preferedSystem

    "PSS" -> the PSS system is the preferred system

    "SSS" -> the SSS system is the preferred system

    Default = "".
  6. Save and run the panel. Click the Visu_Control button to open the Disaster Recovery system client login panel .