C Me Engine Mop
C Me Engine Mop
At the upper right corner of the screen four (4) small icons are shown which are
(from left to right):
A triangle (red) with a number = Number of Non-Acknowledged alarms
A triangle (yellow) with a number = Acknowledged alarms
A triangle (yellow) with a number = Number of Manual Cut-Out alarms
A square (yellow) with a number = Number of Input Channels Cut-Out.
From the toolbar at the bottom of the Alarm List screen, alarms can be cut-out.
3.2 Event Log;
The event log is, for instance, used for viewing the history of events and to support
the operator in troubleshooting. Events stay in the log even after they have been
acknowledged and are no longer active. Alarms are logged with three events in
the Event Log. The events are Alarm, Normal and Acknowledged. There can be
up to 1 million events logged in the event log.
The events are stored in a database on the MOP’s hard disc with both local and UTC time
stamps. If more than 1 million events are logged, the oldest events are discarded.
Each event (with the most recent event on top) is shown as a single line and each
event line is divided into the following fields:
ID Unit Tag. This field contains a unique event identity.
Date. This field contains the date of the event.
Time. This field shows the time of the event. The time is shown in hours, minutes,
seconds and 1/100 sec.
Description. This field contains the alarm text (e.g. HCU oil leakage).
Status. This field shows either Normal or Alarm.
MCo. Shows whether the alarm is Manual Cut-Out or not.
ACo. Automatic Cut-Out.
Ack. The alarm is acknowledged.
3.2.1 Searching and Filtering Event Log Records.
When using the Event Log to help analysing an event, different search and filter
facilities are available to narrow the search. Explaining in brief, the facilities are
(one button for each):
Go to Date/Time:
This feature is used to scroll the list to a certain date and time, when the specific
Date or Date/Time is known.
When pressing the Go to Date/Time button an on-screen keyboard occurs with
two button/fields for Date and Time respectively. Press the button to be specified
and enter the value. The Date field is obligatory, while the Time field is optional.
Press “Apply” to execute the search. The selection will be the first event
after the specified date (and time).
The scroll buttons on the physical keyboard can be used afterwards to scroll
line by line, in order to make the search even more specific.
Time Span Filter:
This feature can be used if only a part of the list is interesting, e.g if a certain
range of the Event Log list is to be printed or exported for e.g trouble shooting
assistance at MAN Diesel.
Enter the From/To Date and time in the Time Span Filter toolbar by using the
on-screen keyboard. If only the From Date is entered, the To Date is automatically
set to the current date. Also if only the To Date is entered, the From Date is
automatically set to 1900-01-01. From Time/To Time is optional. Press “Apply” to execute the
selection.
The time entered MUST be UTC time.
Unit/Tag Filter:
When an alarm occurs, it is stored in the Event Log by its ID (Unit/Tag
number). It is possible to filter for a specific cause of event or a group of
events by pressing the Unit/Tag Filter button, e.g if one wants to see how
often a specific event occurs or if e.g only events related to a specific unit
are interesting.
Three Criteria buttons (filter buttons) occur in the on-screen keyboard to define
the filter:
Unit: The Unit name, e.g CCU.
Index: The Unit number, e.g CCU1 (only available if a Unit has been entered).
Tag: The alarm tag name, e.g 031220
The fields are all optional. Fields that are not filled in, means ‘any text’. Press “Apply” to execute
the search and filtering.
Export:
This button is used when saving the displayed Event Log Record on a USB
memory stick, on the hard disk drive (HDD) or when printing a hard copy of
the displayed data - see next section.
3.2.2. Saving Event Log Records.
Printing:
If a printer is connected to the MOP B hub, printing the displayed data is
possible.
1. Press the Export button.
2. Press Print on the pop-up screen.
To limit the amount of lines being printed, see Time Span Filter.
For trouble shooting purposes, MAN Diesel may request an Event Log
Record. The Event Log Record can be stored as a compressed file
(.zip) on a USB memory Stick or on the hard disk drive (HDD), by the
engine crew. The .zip file is then to be sent by e-mail from the ship’s
ordinary PC to MAN Diesel.
Save to USB Memory Stick:
This is most likely the option to use if MAN Diesel requests an Event Log Record
for trouble shooting purposes.
1. Insert the USB memory stick into MOP-B.
2. On the Event Log screen, press the Export button and the Export Event
Log tool bar shows up. Destination field will read USB.
3. On the Event Log tool bar, press the Save button.
4. When the saving is finished, the destination field will read SAVED and
the USB memory stick can be removed.
The data displayed on the Event Log screen, is now stored on the USB memory
stick. The output will be a comma separated file with the name: EventLog<date,
time>.zip.
To limit the file size to be exported see Time Span Filter.
Save to Hard disk:
If a USB memory stick is not available, the Event Log data can be saved onto
the Hard disk.
1. On the Event Log screen, press the Export button and the Export Event
Log tool bar shows up. Destination field will read HDD, as no USB memory
stick is plugged in.
2. On the Export Event Log tool bar, press the Save button.
3. When the saving is finished, the destination field will read SAVED. The
data displayed on the Event Log screen, is now stored on HDD.
The output will be a comma separated file with the name: EventLog<date,
time>.zip.
To limit the file size to be exported, see Time Span Filter.
Dump:
Dump and Save have the same functionality, except for the actual output i.e
when the Dump button is pressed, the displayed Event Log is saved to the
location shown in the Destination field. The data however, will be saved as an
SQL script and compressed to a .zip file. The file name will be: EventLogDump
<date, time>.zip.
<Date, Time> is the current UTC time when the file was saved.
3.3 Manual Cut-Out List;
Manual Cut-Out of alarms may be used, for instance, if the engineer has observed
a failure of a sensor that is not detected automatically (see below in the parenthesis)
or if, for instance, a Tacho pick-up is failing (the engine running on the redundant
Tacho system) and is continuously giving an alarm and cannot be replaced
immediately.
(Alarms may be cut-out automatically. Automatic cut-out may be used to suppress
alarms which is unimportant in specific states, e.g. when the engine is stopped, or
when a sensor is detected as being faulty).
The manually cut-out alarms are shown in a separate list, which can be accessed
from the navigation bar. The manual cut-out screen is in functionality equivalent to
the alarm list screen. An alarm can be cut-out manually from the screens Alarm
List, Manual cut-out List or Channel list.
All alarm channels that have the status “Manual cut-out” are shown in the manual cut-out
screen.
Removing (“activating”) an entry from the Manual cut-out list is done by highlighting
the alarm(s) involved on the screen and thereafter pressing the button “Reactivate”
in the toolbar.
3.4 Channel List;
The alarm channel screen contains status information of all alarm channels within
the ECS, no matter the status of the individual alarm channel.
As default, the alarm channels are listed in tag-name alphabetic order.
From the alarm channel screen, it is possible to cut out (and activate) alarm channels