Properties Tab for Equipment

On the Properties tab for equipment (shown below), you can configure basic identifying information about an equipment node.

Tip: An equipment node's information may be preconfigured if it was created using an equipment class. Equipment classes can contain template information, including aliases that are identified as being surrounded by /? and ?/. For more information about equipment classes, refer to the Creating Equipment Classes for Use as Templates topic.

Equipment Form - Showing the Properties Tab

To open the Properties sub-tab, in the Project Explorer, click the AssetWorX provider button to open AssetWorX. Then in the navigation tree, expand localhost > [the name of your AssetWorX database. In our examples, we've named it 'AssetWorX'] > Assets to access the asset tree. Expand the asset tree and click on the equipment you are entering properties for. This displays the Equipment tab, with the Properties tab on top. Use this tab to change the equipment icon, enable or activate the equipment, enter a custom identifier, specify an equipment class, or adjust its level in the asset tree. Each prompt on this sub-tab is described below.

Options on the Properties sub-tab are described below:

Enabled - This checkbox allows you to enable or disable the selected equipment asset within your asset catalog.
External Link - Clicking this checkbox allows you to create an external link to an asset on another computer. The link must be an asset on another computer that is connected via your FrameWorX Network. Clicking the ellipsis button to the right of the text entry field opens the Data Browser, which allows you to navigate to your selected icon. Once you have selected your desired asset, it will appear in the text entry field, as shown below. For more information, see Distributed Asset Catalog Runtime.

Icon: The icon to display for the equipment's node in the asset tree. For more about these icons, refer to the Configuring icons for the asset tree topic. <default> means that the icon that is defined for the tier in the hierarchy is used for the equipment node in the asset tree; however, if the equipment node was created using an equipment class, <default> means that the icon defined for the equipment class is used in the asset tree. You can select a different icon from the drop-down list.
Products: These checkboxes give you the ability to decide in which ICONICS products the selected item (in which you are presently setting Properties) will appear. These currently include GraphWorX64, WebHMI, PortalWorX-SL, PortalWorX for SharePoint and MobileHMI.
Enabled: A check mark indicates that the equipment is active, and data is being collected for it. If the equipment is not active, or if you do not want its data collected at this time, leave the box unchecked. For more information, refer to the Activating Equipment topic.
Description*: A description of the equipment node. This description is used as a tool tip when the cursor is held over the node, as in the example shown here:
Custom Identifier*: The code or ID used for the equipment in the external system from which you collect data about the equipment. This field is required if you are using equipment data from an external or legacy system. You can use alphanumeric characters of any type, including special characters. The identifier is case sensitive; enter it exactly as it is defined for the equipment in the external or legacy system. If you are using an external or legacy system, and you don't enter the equipment's identifying code or ID from that system, no information will be available for the equipment.
Created: The date and time the equipment node was created.
Updated: The date and time the equipment node was updated last.
Author*: The name or other appropriate information identifying the person or department responsible for maintaining the equipment node in AssetWorX.
Equipment Class: The class that the equipment can be categorized as. This class is used for reporting purposes only. You can select an equipment class from the drop-down list at any time for informational purposes only; doing so does not use the selected class's values in any way. This is not the actual equipment class from which the equipment node was created. For more information about equipment classes, refer to the Overview of Equipment Classes (Templates) topic.
Level: The equipment node's level in the asset tree. For most equipment, you cannot change the level by using this field; it is determined by the level of the parent equipment. However, if the level of the parent equipment can be nested, you must choose which level the equipment belongs to: the level of the parent or the next level down. For more about levels, refer to the Why an Equipment Hierarchy with Tiers? topic.
Polling Group: Use the pulldown menu to select which Polling Group will include the presently selected asset.

* If the equipment node was created using an equipment class, and this or other fields contain aliases (that is, variables that are surrounded by /? and ?/), you can replace the aliases with values that are appropriate for this equipment node by instantiating the aliases. For more information, refer to the Instantiating an Equipment Node's Aliases topic.