Rockwell Automation 2711-ND3 PanelBuilder v2.60 Software User Manual - Manual (Page 243)

15–21 Creating Alarms
Publication 2711-6.0
Adding Variables to Alarm Text
In the Text field, you enter alarm text including a time, date or
numeric variable. Embedded variables must be within the same scan
group (40 words of the alarm tags).
To insert a time, date, numeric variable in a text string:
1. Double-click the Text field in which you want to insert a variable.
2. Position the cursor where you want to insert the variable.
3. From the popup menu, choose Embedded Variable " Time, Date,
Variable, or ASCII.
For the Time and Date variable, a placeholder is inserted in the
text (/*T*/ for time, /*D*/ for date). The format of the time and date
is set in the Terminal Setup dialog.
A dialog opens when Variable (p. 17–14) or ASCII (p. 17–17) is
selected. The dialog defines the format of the variable in the text
string. When you exit the dialog, a placeholder is inserted within
the text with embedded formatting details.
To edit a numeric or ASCII variable:
1. Double-click the Text field of the alarm containing the variable.
2. Click on the numeric /*V:12 NOFILL FIX:0*/ or ASCII /*A:12 */
variable placeholder.
The embedded data within the placeholder will vary depending
on the options you selected in the Variable dialog.
3. From the popup menu, choose Embedded Variable " Edit Variable.
4. Edit the settings in the Variable dialog.
5. When done, click OK to exit dialog.
The placeholder is updated with the new formatting details.
Important: The tag which updates the numeric or ASCII variable
should be scanned with the alarm trigger.
To delete a variable:
Click on the placeholder and choose Cut from the popup menu, or
press
BACKSPACE or DELETE .