Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Alarms and Events Quick Start - Manual (Page 22)

FactoryTalk Alarms and Events System Configuration Guide
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Choosing between tag-based and device-based alarm
monitoring
Use tag-based alarm monitoring with:
„ Logix5000 controllers
„ PLC-5, SLC 500 devices
„ Third-party controllers that communicate through OPC Data Servers
Use device-based alarm monitoring with:
„ Logix5000 controllers, using downloaded alarm instructions programmed
with RSLogix 5000 v. 16 or later.
Graphic objects in FactoryTalk Alarms and Events
FactoryTalk Alarms and Events graphic objects are on the Objects menu in the
Graphics editor in FactoryTalk View Site Edition. The HMI tag alarm monitoring
objects remain available for compatibility with existing applications.
To do this
In HMI tag alarm
monitoring, you do it
this way With FactoryTalk
Alarms and Events, you
do it this way
Acknowledge, disable,
suppress, filter, and sort
alarms at run time HMI Tag Alarm Summary Alarm and Event
Summary
Enable or disable alarms,
suppress or unsuppress
alarms, and view operator
comments HMI Tag Alarm Summary
(suppress only, using the
Execute feature)
SuppressOn and
SuppressOff commands
Suppressed list
Alarm and Event
Summary (suppress only;
to unsuppress alarms, use
the Alarm Status
Explorer)
Alarm Status Explorer
Monitor and respond to
the most serious alarms
that require immediate
attention Alarm system tags Alarm and Event Banner
View, filter, and print
historical alarm
information HMI Tag Alarm Log
Viewer
Alarms are logged to a
proprietary format, and
can be exported to an
ODBC-compliant
database.
Alarm and Event Log
Viewer
Historical alarm
information is stored in
Microsoft SQL Server
databases.