Quick Start Instruction Manual

FactoryTalk Alarms and Events System Configuration Guide
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Choosing between tag-based and device-based alarm
monitoring
Use tag-based alarm monitoring with:
 Logix5000 controllers
 PLC-5, SLC 500 devices
 Third-party controllers that communicate through OPC Data Servers
Use device-based alarm monitoring wi
th:
 Logix5000 controllers, using downloaded alarm instructions programmed
with RSLogix 5000 v. 16 or later.
Graphic objects in FactoryTalk Alarms and Events
FactoryTalk Alarms and Events graphic objects are on the Objects menu in the
Graphics editor in FactoryTalk View Site Edition. The HMI tag alarm monitoring
objects remain available for compatibility with existing applications.
To do this
In HMI tag alarm
monitor
ing, you do it
this way
With FactoryTalk
Alarms and Events, you
do it this way
Acknowledge, disable,
suppress, filter, and sort
alarms at run time
HMI Tag Alarm Summary Alarm and Event
Summary
Enable or disable alarms,
suppress or unsuppress
al
arms, and view operator
comments
HMI T
ag Alarm Summary
(suppress only, using the
Execute feature)
SuppressOn and
SuppressOf
f commands
Suppressed list
Alarm and Event
Summary (
suppress only;
to unsuppress alarms, use
the Alarm Status
Explorer)
Alarm Status Explorer
Monitor and respond to
the mo
st serious alarms
that require immediate
attention
Alarm system tags Alarm and Event Banner
View, filter, and print
histori
cal alarm
information
HMI Tag Alarm Log
Viewer
Alarms are logged to a
pr
opri
etary format, and
can be exported to an
ODBC-compliant
database.
Alarm and Event Log
V
iew
er
Historical alarm
in
formatio
n is stored in
Microsoft SQL Server
databases.