Mission Control provides an easy-to-use interface for monitoring iFIX programs that run in the background. It provides you with a window into your system, helping you diagnose potential problems with your iFIX system, and helping you improve performance on your server.
Mission Control monitors the following iFIX background tasks:
NOTE: To run a iFIX task in the background you need to configure the program's startup task configuration in the SCU. For more information, refer to the Configuring Startup Tasks section.
To start Mission Control, click the Mission Control button on the Application toolbar, or select Mission Control from the iFIX WorkSpace system tree. To access a particular background task, select its tab.
Each tabbed page is summarized below:
I/O Control — allows you to monitor I/O driver communications statistics and errors. For a description of these fields, refer to your I/O driver manual.
SQL — allows you to start and stop the SQL task, and also provides information to help you monitor your SQL connections to ODBC relational databases. For more information on the SQL task, see the Using SQL manual.
SAC — allows you to start and stop the SAC (Scan, Alarm, and Control) task, and also provides SAC statistics that may help you troubleshoot your system. For example, the Blocks/Sec field can be used to monitor the amount of blocks that are scanned per second. If the number fluctuates drastically, the blocks in your iFIX database may not be properly phased. See the Building a SCADA System manual for more information on SAC and phasing.
AAM — allows you to monitor the Auto Alarm Manager during setup and operation, and lets you view messages pertinent to its operation. For more information, refer to the Configuring the Auto Alarm Manager section. Also refer to the Troubleshooting chapter for common messages displayed in Mission Control and their meaning.
Alarm Synchronization — allows you to monitor alarm acknowledgments synchronized by iFIX in previous versions. This tab does not apply to iFIX 5.1.
Alarm ODBC — allows you to send alarms and messages to an ODBC relational database. Once the relational database receives and stores the data, you can easily retrieve any information you want by querying the database. For more information on the Alarm ODBC Service, refer to the Configuring the Alarm ODBC Service section of the Implementing Alarms and Messages manual.
To close Mission Control, click the Close button at the bottom of the dialog box.
NOTE: Closing Mission Control does not terminate the tasks that it monitors; it only closes the dialog box itself.
