Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 56)

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Plan alarms
Before setting up alarms, plan:
 What conditions will trigger alarms.
 How operators will be notified of alarms.
 What information you want alarm messages to contain.
 How operators will respond to alarms.
 The maximum number of alarm messages supported at run time. See page 4-5 for
alarm restrictions on PanelView Plus Compact terminals as well as Windows,
PanelView Plus and PanelViewPlus 6.
For information about setting up alarms, see Chapter 9.
Provide information for the operator
In addition to notifying the operator of alarm conditions, you can provide information and
instructions about plant processes, and inform the operator about system activities.
Before setting up information notification, plan:
 What system activity the operator needs to be informed about.
 What conditions will trigger information messages.
 What information you want the messages to contain.
Local and information messages
Use local messages to give the operator information in a specific graphic display while the
display is open. Use information messages to give the operator information no matter
which display is open.
For information about setting up local messages, see page 19-26. For information about
setting up information messages, see Chapter 27.
Diagnostics messages
Set up diagnostics messages to notify the operator of system activity such as tag reads and
writes, running macros, communication problems, or problems opening displays.
For information about setting up diagnostics messages, see Chapter 10.
Plan trends
When planning trends, consider how they will be used. For example, will the trend be
used to: