West Control Solutions DataVU 7 - Manual (Page 112)

14 Configuration - Binary Inputs/Outputs
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Channel
description Description of the input or output, up to 21 characters. The channel
description is displayed in the individual visualization modes, together with the
channel name.
Alarm
configuration Opens the submenu for the configuration of the alarm monitoring.
14.2 Alarm Configuration
Overview
Status Status activates alarm monitoring.
Alarm type The alarm type determines whether the activating/inactivating of an input or
output is to be evaluated as a genuine alarm or only as an event.
Alarm active on Determines whether the alarm is present with active or inactive input/output.
On Alarm monitoring is active.
Event The alarm text is entered in the event list only.
Alarm The alarm text is entered in the alarm list and the event
list. In addition, the alarm text appears in the “status &
title bar”, and the alarm bell is shown in red.
Alarm text Alarm bell
High (1) Alarm with active input/output
Low (0) Alarm with inactive input/output