AlertViz

February 17, 2012

AlertViz is a separate component of AWIPS2 that is shared among all the perspectives, including GFE. It contains two complete status bars, each with a log list and a message display. Messages are color-coded (set up in the AlertViz configuration file) and of the following categories:

Regular: Successful completion of an operation. (default color: green)
Significant: An error message usually indicating an operation cannot be completed (default color: yellow). When a Significant message occurs, the Significant Messages Dialog will appear.
Urgent: A serious error usually indicating a server or system problem (default color: red). When an Urgent message occurs, the Urgent Messages Dialog will appear.
Alert: A warning to the forecaster of an event (default color: orange).

To acknowledge an Alert popup message, click MB1 over the message "Acknowledge Last" button which will close the message dialog. To view a list of previous messages, click on the notepad icon to the right of the Status message. The View Messages Dialog will appear. Aleternately you can click the "Show Log" button.

Most of the status messages will appear in the left status bar. The right status bar is reserved for incoming ISC traffic and Smart Init model arrival messages.

Urgent Messages Dialog

The Urgent Messages Dialog appears with a red message bar. Multiple messages may be active in the Dialog and each must be acknowledged by clicking "Acknowledge Last". You can acknowledge all the active messages by clicking "Acknowledge All". A history of all messages, including Urgent Messages, can be viewed in the View Messages Dialog, or by clicking the "Show Log" button.

Urgent Message

Significant Messages Dialog

The Significant Messages Dialog appears with a yellow message bar. Multiple messages may be active in the Dialog and each must be acknowledged by clicking "Acknowledge Last". You can acknowledge all the active messages by clicking "Acknowledge All". A history of all messages, including Significant Messages, can be viewed in the View Messages Dialog, or by clicking the "Show Log" button.

Significant

View Messages Dialog

To view a history of status messages, click on the notepad icon to the right of the Status Bar message. The Log list Dialog will appear. The messages are listed with level of significance displayed to the right of the time of the message. The most recent message is listed at the bottom. Click "Close" to close the dialog.

Other

The "C" button causes the message log to be cleared from the display window, however the messages are still present if the user clicks the notepad button.

The "i" button at the left side of the AlertViz monitor will display information about the AlertViz monitor.

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