Signal Tracing

Signal Tracing is the most commonly used feature of DBDOC. It allows you to trace a signal or bad value to its origin in the DCS system by clicking through the Hyperview browser.

See Also

• Clicking on hotspots in the content pane
• Double-clicking on hotspots
• Going to a selected use of a value
• Going to the source of a value
• Highlighting the signal lines associated with a block
• Navigation and Signal Tracing in Hyperview
• Showing the tree of ancestors for a block visually (Input Tree)
• Showing the tree of descendants for a block visually (Output Tree)
• Using Hotspots

• Clicking on hotspots in the content pane
• Clicking on hotspots in the index pane
• Double-clicking on hotspots
• Navigation and Signal Tracing in Hyperview
• Summary of hotspot types, uses and behaviour
• Using Hotspots
• Viewing external files