ci-server-engineer/.claude/skills/item-engineering/tasks/block-item.md
cliu 83af63ab53 R1.05 re-check batch 2: graphics, history, portal, system-management, items
Full manual diffs (C50, R30, C60, L20, C40, L35, R10, R20, J10, L30, L50,
P30, G10, C10) and read-only checks on the shared R1.05 test server where
the permission system allowed them. Skills and summaries moved to R1.05.
Issues ISS-092..129 (gaps 104-107, 114-115, 130-131 unused); ISS-074
closed (manual and software agree), ISS-091 corrected by ISS-119.
version-differences: unlisted manual changes and installed-only changes.
r105-verification: V5-V9 and new not-tested rows.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-08 19:29:15 +11:00

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task version source status
Block / unblock an item and write to a blocked item R1.05 (first written for R1.03) IM 36K10G10-01EN 5th ed. (Feb. 2026) §3.3, §3.4; IM 36K10C10-01EN 5th ed. (Feb. 2026) §3.4, §3.5; practiced with CI-Eng-Sample 2026-09-30 (R1.03) verified on R1.03 (2026-09-30); on R1.05 the BLOCKED fields of SECTION_DF, ITEM_DF and ITEM_VAL and the option bits are unchanged (checked 2026-10-08, read-only); blocking and writes to a blocked item not re-tested on the shared R1.05 test server, re-test awaits a decision (ISS-129)

Block / unblock an item

A blocked item is not updated (e.g. during device maintenance). Blocking can be done per item, sub-item or section; sub-items of a blocked item keep working. Changes live behaviour: follow the user's chosen way of working.

Block (BLOCKED 1) or unblock (BLOCKED 0) with an update file and dssqld -m:

@FIELDS
NAME,BLOCKED

@ITEM_DF
"<Section>.<Tag>",1
dssqld -m block.qli -l block.qlo

(Engineering Module: right-click the item or section › Block/Unblock.)

Behaviour (verified on R1.03 with CI-Eng-Sample.TANK1.INFLOW)

  • Blocked: option flag blk appears in itmval -g; the status number is unchanged (stayed 9).
  • itmval -p -n <item> -v <value> on a blocked item is silently ignored (exit code 0, no message, value unchanged); so is dssqld -m on ITEM_VAL.ITEM_VALUE (reports Modified, 0 errors). Check blk in itmval -g before writing (knowledge/issues.md ISS-011). Add -o to overwrite: itmval -p -n <item> -v <value> -o.
  • After unblocking, blk is gone but ublk (option bit 16, updated blocked) remains: the item was written by an application (itmval -o) while it was blocked (IM 36K10C10 §3.5, ISS-001).

R1.05: not re-tested (blocking changes live behaviour on the shared test server). Before relying on the silent-ignore behaviour on R1.05, block a test item, write it without and with -o, and check the value and the blk / ublk flags as above.