User Guide

Alarms
Alarms and Event Treatment Reference
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User Guide Version 3.0
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3.2 Alarms and Event Treatment Reference
This section provides background information on the alarm management feature of
Desigo CC.
3.2.1 Event List and Alarms Operation Reference
This section provides background information on alarm-handling. For related
procedures, see Working with Alarms [➙ 69].
3.2.1.1 Overview of Event Handling
How Operators are Alerted to Alarms
The system displays all the detected alarms/events in the Event List [➙ 96], with
each alarm on a separate row. This is your main starting point for dealing with
alarms. In addition:
● The Summary bar along the top of the screen provides an overview of the
alarms in the system grouped by category. This lets you keep an eye on alarms
even when in some profiles the Event List is closed. A blinking indication
signals when there are unprocessed events.
● An audible alert is sounded by the management station when there are
unprocessed events.
● In some profiles, the one or two most important alarms are also displayed in an
Event Detail bar underneath the Summary bar.
For more information about these user-interface elements, see System Screen
Reference [➙ 22].
Methods of Handling an Alarm
● Fast Treatment. You can view information about events and send alarm-
handling commands from directly inside the Event List. This is the most
straightforward method of handling an alarm. You can also send commands in
the same way from the Event Detail bar, where available.
For instructions, see Selecting an Event in Event List (Fast Treatment) [➙ 69].
● Investigative Treatment. To handle an event as you would in System Manager,
you can open a dedicated window, with the alarm’s event descriptor displays
along the top, and the object that caused the alarm already selected in System
Browser. This feature enables you to:
– Investigate the source of the alarm, check or command its properties, and
so forth, using all the tools normally available in System Manager.
– At the same time, you can send alarm-handling commands from the event
descriptor at the top of the window, just as you would from inside Event
List.
For instructions see Handling an Event with Investigative Treatment [➙ 71].