Use the fields on the <Options> tab to configure the general properties for a Totalflow Channel.
- Enabled—Select this check box for the channel to be active. If this check box is left clear the channel remains inactive.
- Severity—Select the severity of any alarms associated wit h the channel item.
- Send/Receive Timeout—Enter the time in milliseconds before the remote device is deemed to have not responded. This value is applied to both Serial and Ethernet connections.
- Number of Retries—The number of times a communications request is tried before it is deemed to have failed.
- Area of Interest—This field is only displayed if the Area of Interest feature is enabled on your system. Use the field to specify the Area of Interest with which any non-state related point alarms or events are to be associated (see Assign a Different Area of Interest to an Item's Alarms and Events).
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