Alarm Worksheet Header
The following table describes the Header settings on an Alarm worksheet:
| Field | Remarks | Syntax |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Description of the alarm group. It is displayed on the workspace. This field is used for documentation only. | Text (up to 80 chars) |
| Group Name | Name of the Alarm group. During runtime, the operator can filter alarms based on the Group Name by the built-in Filters dialog of the Alarm/Event control object. | Text (up to 32 chars) |
| Email Settings | Launches the Email Settings dialog, where you can configure the settings for emails sent automatically based on alarm conditions. | Button |
| Advanced | Launches the Advanced Settings dialog, where you can configure the settings for emails sent automatically based on alarm conditions. | Button |
| On Line > Display in Alarm Controls | When checked, the alarms are available to be displayed on the Alarm/Event Control object. | Checkbox |
| On Line > Ack Required | When checked, the alarms require acknowledgment. In this case, the alarms are displayed on the Alarm/Event Control object (Online mode) until they are acknowledged AND normalized. | Checkbox |
| On Line > Beep | When checked, the computer keeps beeping while there are alarm(s) to be acknowledged, currently active. | Checkbox |
| On Line > Send to Printer | When checked, the alarm messages are sent to the printer as soon as the alarm event occurs. When using this option, you must use a matrix printer (instead of DeskJet or LaserJet) in order to print the message(s) and feed just one line — otherwise, each alarm will be printed in a different sheet of paper. The alarms will be printed in the default printer. If you want to send alarms to a printer different from the default printer, you can specify the printer path/name, editing the following parameter in the project_name.APP file:
[AlarmLog] Device=PrinterPath/PrinterName | Checkbox |
| History > Save to Disk | When checked, the alarm messages are stored in the history log when they become active. | Checkbox |
| History > Generate Ack Messages | When checked, the alarm messages are stored in the history log when they are acknowledged. | Checkbox |
| History > Generate Norm Messages | When checked, the alarm messages are stored in the history log when they become normalized. | Checkbox |
| Colors in Alarm Controls > Enable | When checked, the alarms configured in this group will be displayed with the colors assigned to each alarm state (Activation, Acknowledgement or Normalization), according to the colors configured in the Alarm Group. | Color |
| Colors in Alarm Controls > FG and BG | You can configure the text foreground color (FG) and background color (BG) for the alarms displayed on the Alarms/Events Control object. Each alarm state can be displayed with a different color schema:
| Color |