Message Type

 

Identifies the type of text name (or in the case of Channel Status, status messages) to be configured. This applies to the text that will appear in data reports (as opposed to voice reports).

Type choices are:

 

Note: In the case of channel messages, in addition to whatever messages are in place, Tag Words such as Normal or Alarm will be automatically appended to the message in the report for the channel.  Thus, for some messages, what appears in the field may not look like a complete message. 

Also note for channel messages, the SNA (or at least the discrete/analog data type for the channel must have been previously established, otherwise the entry field for the corresponding messages will be incorrect.