34. Operational Mode Datum Filter¶

The Operational Mode Datum Filter provides a way to evaluate expressions to toggle operational modes. When an expression evaluates to true the associated operational mode is activated. When an expression evaluates to false the associated operational mode is deactivated.

This filter is provided by the Standard Datum Filters plugin.

34.1 Settings¶

Operational Mode filter component settings

In addition to the Common Settings, the following general settings are available:

Setting	Description
Expressions	A list of expression configurations that are evaluated to toggle operational modes.

Use the + and - buttons to add/remove expression configurations.

34.2 Expression settings¶

Each expression configuration contains the following settings:

Setting	Description
Mode	The operational mode to toggle.
Expire Seconds	If configured and greater than `0`, the number of seconds after activating the operational mode to automatically deactivate it. If not configured or `0` then the operational mode will be deactivated when the expression evaluates to `false`. See below for more information.
Property	If configured, the datum property to store the expression result in. See below for more information.
Property Type	The datum property type to use if Property is configured. See below for more information.
Expression	The expression to evaluate. See below for more info.
Expression Language	The expression language to write Expression in.

34.2.1 Expire setting¶

When configured the expression will never deactivate the operational mode directly. When evaluating the given expression, if it evaluates to true the mode will be activated and configured to deactivate after this many seconds. If the operation mode was already active, the expiration will be extended by this many seconds.

This configuration can be thought of like a time out as used on motion-detecting lights: each time motion is detected the light is turned on (if not already on) and a timer set to turn the light off after so many seconds of no motion being detected.

Note that the operational modes service might actually deactivate the given mode a short time after the configured expiration.

34.2.2 Property setting¶

A property does not have to be populated. If you provide a Property name to populate, the value of the datum property depends on property type configured:

Type	Description
Instantaneous	The property value will be `1` or `0` based on `true` and `false` expression results.
Status	The property will be the expression result, so `true` or `false`.
Tag	A tag named as the configured property will be added if the expression is `true`, or removed if `false`.

34.3 Expressions¶

See the Expressions section for general expressions reference. The expression must evaluate to a boolean (true or false) result. When it evaluates to true the configured operational mode will be activated. When it evaluates to false the operational mode will be deactivated (unless an expire setting has been configured).

The root object is a datum samples expression object that lets you treat all datum properties, and filter parameters, as expression variables directly, along with the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
`datum`	`GeneralNodeDatum`	A `GeneralNodeDatum` object, populated with data from all property and virtual meter configurations.
`props`	`Map<String,Object>`	Simple Map based access to the properties in `datum`, and transform parameters, to simplify expressions.

The following methods are available:

Function	Arguments	Result	Description
`has(name)`	`String`	`boolean`	Returns `true` if a property named `name` is defined.

34.3.1 Expression examples¶

Assuming a datum sample with properties like the following:

Property	Value
`current`	`7.6`
`voltage`	`240.1`
`status`	`Error`

Then here are some example expressions and the results they would produce:

Expression	Result	Comment
`voltage * current > 1800`	`true`	Since `voltage * current` is 1824.76, the expression is `true`.
`status != 'Error'`	`false`	Since `status` is `Error` the expression is `false`.