What is an event?

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What is an event?

What is an event?

An event is a trigger for invoking an "action," which is a server function of FA-Server.

 

By registering an action to an event, the registered action will be called and executed at the specified time or when the specified conditions are met.

 

To add an event, click the "Event" icon in the tree on the left side of the screen.

 

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There are three types of events: "Periodic event", "Scheduled event", and "Tag event".

 

Event name

explanation

Periodic event

Executes an action at regular intervals.

 

Scheduled event

Executes an action at a specified date and time. You can also specify repetition conditions such as daily or hourly.

 

Tag event

Evaluates tag values and executes actions when a condition is met.

You can specify conditional expressions such as value change, value match, value mismatch, greater than, less than, etc.