
Codecs used in TopView VOIP notifications
As of TopView 6.30, VOIP configurations allow the specification of call codecs. This article explains what codecs are and why you might want to use a codec that is different from the defaults used by TopView. What is a “codec”? From Wikipedia’s definition of Audio Codec: An audio codec is a codec (a device or computer program capable of […]

TopView® version 6.31 Release
TopView Alarm and Notification Software v6.31
Version highlights:
– Configurator updates
– Schedule Groups
– Configuration API (beta)
– HTTPS Support for the Mobile Web App
– New testing options : disable all notifications, disable all outputs
– Scheduled Alarm Reports: new filters for alarm start time and acknowledge state
– Email/SMS/Voice Notification Groups: Repeat count for recipients
– Voice Notification: Option to strip non-numeric characters from recipient phone numbers
– TAPI unavailable for new configurations
– Licensing: Tag/Point Count for licensing: allow duplicates and common extensions
– TopView 101 and SCADA Connect help
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TopView® version 6.30.0 Release
TopView Alarm and Notification Software v6.30
Version highlights:
– Voice Notification enhancements
– Output Tag for monitored tags
– Notification Groups: Delay setting enhanced
– Alarm color: new options for persisting
– Acknowledge Input Tag: define multiple values
– JSON output: Alarm Reports and Snapshot Output
– Configurator: new monitored tag list columns
– HTML Snapshot Report – choose columns
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Alarm limit lookup table using TopView Logic Functions
Using a TopView Logic Function to alarm based on a lookup table Question We would like to generate an alarm if the tag value is above the alarm level according to temperature based on the following table: °C alarm level 0 to 4.99 -> 0.6 5 to 9.99 -> 0.8 10 to 14.99 -> 0.9 […]

New TopView data source release: TopView for SQL Events
TopView for SQL Events release Almost every running system generates some type of event log to record information, warning, error, alarm, and failure messages. Many of these systems record their events in a relational or SQL-based database. When an error or disruption occurs you can usually find event records in the database with details of […]