# Sample Projects

The ArchestrA Object Toolkit comes with two sample ApplicationObjects:

- Monitor object
- WatchDog object

By default, the projects for these objects are installed in the C:\Program Files\Wonderware\Toolkits\ArchestrA Object\Samples folder. You can examine these objects to learn more about the C# code generated by the ArchestrA Object Toolkit. This appendix gives a short overview of what these objects do and what their structure looks like.

> **Note** 
> On a 64-bit operating system, projects for these objects are installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\Wonderware\Toolkits\ArchestrA Object\Samples.

## The Monitor Object

The Monitor object is a very simple ApplicationObject that reads an external input value and calculates its average. It also allows the user to output a new value that is below a configurable limit. It has no custom config time code and no alarm or history settings.

### Object Structure

The Monitor object uses the following primitives:

- InputOutput primitive to read and write the external value; external name: PVInputOutput

The Monitor object has the following custom attributes:

| Name | Type | Category | Description | Additional Settings |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PV | Float | Writeable_US | Process value | Calculated Quality, Frequently Accessed, Run Time Set Handler |
| PVHiLimit | Float | Writeable_USC | Limit value for PV output |  |
| PVInputAvg | Double | CalculatedRetentive | Average value | Calculated Quality |
| ResetInputAvg | Boolean | Writeable_US | Resets the average value | Run Time Set Handler |

### Custom Object Editor

The custom editor of the Monitor object has only one custom tab with controls to configure the following attributes:

- PVHiLimit
- PVInputOutput.Reference
- PVInputOutput.SeparateFeedbackConfigured
- PVInputOutput.ReferenceSecondary

### Run Time Code

The Monitor object has the following custom run time code:

- **SetScanState event:**
    - When going OnScan, set the quality of calculated attributes to Initializing.
    - When going OffScan, set the quality of calculated attributes to Bad.
- **Execute event:**
    - Get the new input value and write it to the PV attribute.
    - Set the PV attribute’s quality to the quality of the new input value.
    - Calculate the new average value and write it to the PVInputAvg attribute.
- **GetStatusDesc event:** Return messages for custom error codes.
- **Set handler for PV attribute:** Check that new value is less than PVHiLimit.
- **Set handler for ResetInputAvg:** Reset the average calculation.

## The WatchDog Object

The WatchDog object demonstrates basic input/output, alarming, and historization. It also shows how to use virtual primitives. The object:

- Monitors whether an input bit has changed.
- Calculates the time since the bit last changed.
- Raises an alarm if this time exceeds a timeout limit.
- Historizes this time.
- Provides optional statistics via a virtual primitive: average and maximum time since last change, time of last timeout, total number of timeouts.

### Object Structure

The WatchDog object uses the following primitives:

- Input primitive to read the external bit that should be monitored; external name: MonitoredBit
- Alarm primitive
- History primitive
- Custom virtual local primitive to calculate statistics; external name: Stats

The WatchDog object has the following custom attributes:

| Name | Type | Category | Description | Additional Settings |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TimeSinceChange | ElapsedTime | Calculated | Time since the MonitoredBit value last changed state | Historizable |
| Timeout.Limit | ElapsedTime | Writeable_USC_Lockable | Limit value for timeout alarm | Frequently Accessed, Run Time and Config Time Set Handlers |
| Timeout | Boolean | Calculated | Set when timeout has occurred | Alarmable |
| Stats.Enable | Boolean | PackageOnly_Lockable | Enable/disable Stats virtual primitive | Config Time Set Handler |

The Stats virtual primitive has the following custom attributes:

| Name | Type | Category | Description | Additional Settings |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stats.DelayAverage | ElapsedTime | Calculated | Average time since last change |  |
| Stats.DelayMax | ElapsedTime | Calculated | Maximum time since last change |  |
| Stats.TimeoutCnt | Integer | Calculated | Timeout count | Historizable |
| Stats.LastTimeout | Time | Calculated | Time of last timeout |  |
| Stats.Reset | Boolean | Writeable_U | Reset statistics | Run Time Set Handler |

### Custom Object Editor

The custom editor of the WatchDog object has two custom tabs with controls to configure the following:

- **General tab:**
    - Input bit (MonitoredBit.InputSource)
    - Enable statistics (Stats.Enable)
    - Enable history and alarms for attributes
- **Advanced tab:**
    - History and alarm settings for attributes

### Config Time Code

The WatchDog object has the following custom config time code:

- **Set handler for Stats.Enable attribute:** Enable/disable the Stats virtual primitive.
- **Set handler for Timeout.Alarmed attribute:** Enable/disable the timeout alarm primitive.
- **Set handler for Timeout.Limit attribute:** Check that the new value is positive.
- **Set handler for TimeSinceChanged.Historized** **attribute:** Enable/disable the history primitive for the TimeSinceChanged attribute.

### Object Run Time Code

The WatchDog object has the following custom run time code:

- **Startup event:** Initialize the time of last change.
- **Execute event:**
    - Get the new input value.
    - Calculate the time since the last change and write it to the TimeSinceChanged attribute.
    - If the time exceeds the timeout limit, raise an alarm by setting the Timeout.Condition attribute to true.
- **GetStatusDesc event:** Return messages for custom error codes.
- **Set handler for Timeout.Limit attribute:** Check that the new value is positive.

### Stats Primitive Run Time Code

The Stats virtual primitive has the following custom run time code:

- **Execute event:** Calculate statistics (average/maximum time since last change, timeout count, last timeout time) and write them to the appropriate attributes.
- **Set handler for Reset attribute:** Reset all statistics attributes.