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Advanced View: Configuring Pods and Alerts

88 Using Your Appliance

Defining Custom Output Action Types

If the predefined output action types do not meet your needs, you can create custom output action types.

Once defined and saved, the new output action type will be available for selection from the Relay

Output Installed selection list when specifying output control external port settings (see “Output Control

External Port Settings” on page 87).

To create a custom output action type, click Add custom and then select the type of output action that

you wish to create. You can select Button Relay or Switch Relay:

• Button Relays

Button Relay actions cause the state of the relay device to switch from its default (“Unpressed”)

state to its alternate (“Pressed”) state for a specified period of time, after which the relay will

automatically revert to the “Unpressed” state. To create a Button Relay action:

a. Select Button Relay and then click OK.

b. The Add Button Relay Output window opens. This window features the following fields and

controls:

Note

Once a custom output action type is added, it cannot be edited. Custom output

actions can only be added or removed. You can view the custom settings for

selected output actions by clicking View Custom.

Field Description

Relay Output Type The label represents the name of the custom output

action definition. For example, if you are creating a

custom sensor definition for use with push button

Model 42 from MyCo, Inc., you might want to use

“MyCo Model 42 Button” as the Output Type Label.

Once defined, the Output Type Label appears only in

the Relay Output Installed selection list when

specifying output control external port settings.

Default Relay Output Label This is the text that is used, by default, as a label for

any new output types added using this custom output

definition. This label is used to identify each

individual output type in the Sensor Readings pane,

as well as in all interfaces and alert notifications.

Once an output type has been added to your

appliance, you can use the Output Control Settings

task (see “Output Control Sensor Settings” on

page 90) to modify the labels for easier output-

specific identification.

Pressed Value The text used to describe the relay when it is in its

active, “pressed” state.

Unpressed Value The text used to describe the relay when it is in its

passive, “unpressed” state.

Active Time (ms) The amount of time (in milliseconds) that the relay

will, when activated, remain in a “pressed” state

before reverting to the “unpressed” state.

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