Multi-Level Alarm (MLA) Block   The MLA block is an iFIX database dynamo (loadable block) that extends the capabilities of the iFIX Process Database (PDB) by providing custom alarm functionality from enumerated values.   In normal iFIX applications, alarms are generated from discrete values via the Digital Input (DI) or Digital Alarm (DA) blocks or from analog values via the Analog Input (AI) or Analog Alarm (AA) blocks.   These blocks allow you to generate an alarm in your iFIX system when a specific digital value is present or a change of state occurs, or when your current process value goes above or below a target analog value.   The MLA block allows you to generate an alarm on any given value, either discrete, analog or text. When a value is matched, the block generates an alarm. This is particularly useful when you wish to alarm on enumerated non-contiguous values, such as 1, 5, 22 and 76. Device Configuration (DCB) Block   The Device Configuration Block allows you to store information about devices in your plant (such as pumps, valves, etc.) within the iFIX Process Database (PDB) and use these values to animate your SCADA mimics.   Historically, process engineers have labelled equipment on SCADA mimics using static text. If a label needs to be changed, the mimic needed to be modified and distributed around the client nodes manually.   The DCB block allows the labels to be changed in the PDB on the fly, without having to stop your iFIX SCADA node and all client displays will be updated instantly. SQL Stored Procedure (SSP) Block   The SQL Stored Procedure Block allows you to pass parameters directky to a SQL Stored Procedure and then execute that stored procedure without having to use separate SQL Trigger (SQT) and SQL Data (SQD) blocks in the iFIX Process Database.   The parameters passed to the stored procedure can be the values of other iFIX tags from the Process database, static numeric values or static string values.   The block connects to the SQL Server database via a standard DSN and is capable of passing up to 16 parameters to the stored procedure. The performance of the block allows upto 100 transactions per second to be processed which is far greater than can be acheived when using the standard SQT/SQD blocks.