Maple Systems HMI5000 Series - Manual (Page 175)

Capturing Alarms and Events 169
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2. Click the New... button. The Alarm (Event) Log Properties dialog appears.
3. On the General tab, set the Category for the alarm. The Alarm Bar, Alarm Display, and Event Display can
filter the alarms based on the category selected (range 0-255).
4. Select a Priority level from the drop-down menu (Low, Middle, High, Emergency). The alarms are sorted by
priority in the Alarm Bar and the Alarm Display with the highest priority shown on top (or first, in the case of
the Alarm Bar).
5. Select either bit or word from the Address type drop-down menu.
6. Click Setting… and select the PLC name, device type and read address, as well as the numeric format in the
Read address section.
7. Click the Enable checkbox in the Notification section to have a specific bit set or cleared when the alarm
condition is reached.
8. Set the Condition to trigger the alarm (depends on Word or Bit selected for Address type).