Maple Systems MAPware-7000 - Manual (Page 222)

222 MAPware-7000 Programming Manual
1010-1040, Rev. 02
Step 1: Select the alarm you wish to edit/modify.
To enter or modify a particular alarm message, you must click on the Alarm Number of the
alarm you wish to edit- a forward page symbol appears in the first column to indicate the
selected alarm. The table indicates the current settings for each alarm and cannot be directly
edited (so do not bother clicking on any of the entries).
Below is a brief description of each column:
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Alarm Assign – indicates if this particular alarm is active (assigned).
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Alarm Number – designated number assigned to each alarm. Range is 0 to 255.
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Tag Bit – this is the particular bit (00-15) of the word register (see Tag List above)
monitored by the HMC for this alarm. When this bit is set (1), the predefined alarm text
for this alarm displays in the Alarm List object.
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Alarm Text- the text that is shown in the Alarm List object when this alarm is activated.
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Log – option to capture the alarm to internal HMC memory so that it can be viewed at a
later date (see History section)
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Severity – indicates the severity level (0-9) of each alarm (see Alarm Severity below).
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Print – option to send alarm text to a serial printer attached to the HMC
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Ack Tag – determines if an acknowledge bit is assigned to this message. Note: if the
Acknowledge All Alarm global feature is used, then this option is preset to Yes and
cannot be changed.
Step 2: Enter the alarm text.
In the Alarm Description section, under Alarm Text, enter the text that will appear when this
alarm triggers. A maximum of 40 characters is permitted. If you are using more than one