Rockwell Automation 1758-RTU202 DataSite Software User Manual FRN 1.2 - Manual (Page 161)

Publication 1758-UM002D-EN-P - October 2010
DataSite Flow Configuration Utility (DS FloConfig) 161
Configure Alarm Events Before the DataSite controller can start recording alarm events from alarm
signals, you need to configure the alarm triggers and download this
configuration to the controller.
Open the Alarm Config dialog box
Follow these steps to open the Alarm Config dialog box.
1. In the configuration tree, double-click Events.
Alternatively, you can click the “+”before Events to expand the Events
tree.
2. Click Alarm Config.
The Alarm Config dialog box appears.
Alarm Variables
Use alarm variables to indicate which signal variable should have an alarm and
what the alarm limits are.
There are a total of 64 alarm variables. 24 variables, indexed from 0…23, are
fixed for 8 meter runs (0…7). Every meter run has alarm variables for DP/PI,
P, and T. If you want to log alarm events, you need to enable them. Another 40
variables, indexed from 24…63, can be added to the log.