Rockwell Automation 2711 PANELBUILDER SOFTWARE USER MANUAL - Manual (Page 243)

Information and Alarm Windows
Chapter 7
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Cursor Up/Cursor Down move the cursor bar through the list of
alarms, allowing you to highlight the appropriate alarm
Acknowl Alarm acknowledges the highlighted alarm
IMPORTANT: Alarms unacknowledged in the Alarm window can still
be acknowledged in the Alarm History screen.
EXIT takes you back to whatever screen you entered the Alarm window
from.
The Alarm Status screen displays active and inactive alarm states from the
PLC controller, as well as the number of times a point has gone into alarm
(the alarm count) and the total amount of time a point has been in-alarm.
The Alarm Status screen is called up by:
pressing the Status button on the full sized Alarm window
pressing the Status button on the Alarm History screen
executing a screen selector object, i.e., Go To Screen button, that calls
up the Status screen’s screen number
a PLC controlled screen change
The Alarm Status screen can be viewed in three different modes: viewing
all alarms (All Messages mode), active alarms only (Active Alarms mode)
and previous alarms (Past Alarms mode). The Alarm Status Screen Buttons
section later in this chapter supplies more details.
The three modes of the Alarm Status screen display the same columns of
information:
Msg #—the alarm message number
Qty—the number of times the alarm has gone into alarm.
Accum Time—the total amount of time the alarm has been in the
in-alarm state.
Alarm State—this shows ON or OFF (with ON flashing). In the
Display Active Alarms mode, only alarms which are ON are shown
Message—the alarm message associated with the alarm
The Alarm Status Screen