Specifications

Configuring Alarms for Points
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The alarms are displayed in chronological order and users can choose between
viewing:
• Only urgent alarms (by choosing Urgent only from the Priority list at the top
of the display)
• Only high alarms and urgent alarms (by choosing High and Urgent from the
Priority list at the top of the display)
• All alarms (by choosing All from the Priority list at the top of the display)
When the Alarm Summary is called up, it defaults to showing the alarms in all
areas that the Station is assigned to. If you want only the alarms in a particular
area to be displayed, select an area from the Area list at the top of the Alarm
Summary display.
When the Alarm Summary is called up, it defaults to showing acknowledged and
unacknowledged alarms. If you want only unacknowledged alarms to be
displayed, select the Unacknowledged only checkbox.
Specifying an Alarm Message Index
For status, analog, and accumulator points you can specify an Alarm Message
Index number that corresponds to a pre-defined alarm message.
To define up to two lines of message text for an alarm, open Points – Server-Wide
Items and select the Define Alarm Messages link.
If you specify an alarm message number for a point’s alarms, the message text
defined for the specified alarm index will appear in the Message Summary
display.
Note For information about using alarm text in a distributed server architecture, see
“Alarm Message Index” on page 344.
Disabling Alarming
The Point Detail–General tab contains an Alarms enabled check box, which you
can use to inhibit alarms temporarily or permanently for a point.
You might need to temporarily disable alarming in the following circumstances:
• When you are building your system
• When equipment needs to be repaired or replaced
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