Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 10)

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Form and spreadsheet ......................................................................................10– 21
Query box ........................................................................................................10– 21
Folder hierarchy...............................................................................................10– 21
Creating, modifying, and deleting HMI tags ..........................................................10– 21
Selecting a data source for an HMI tag ...................................................................10– 23
Getting HMI tag data from a device ................................................................10– 23
Getting HMI tag data from memory................................................................10– 24
Creating
HMI
tags without using the Tags editor..................................................10– 24
Creating tags in a third-party application ........................................................10– 25
Creating tags in other FactoryTalk View editors.............................................10– 25
Importing and exporting tags...........................................................................10– 25
Importing tags from a PLC database ...............................................................10– 25
Defining alarm conditions for
HMI
tags................................................................10– 27
Modifying
HMI
tag and alarm properties at run time ....................................10– 27
11• Setting up HMI tag alarms ............................................................. 11–1
About HMI tag alarms ..............................................................................................11– 1
HMI tag alarm features......................................................................................11– 2
About FactoryTalk Alarms and Events .............................................................11– 2
Key HMI tag alarms concepts...................................................................................11– 3
Alarm thresholds for analog tags.......................................................................11– 3
Alarm states for digital tags...............................................................................11– 6
Alarm severity ...................................................................................................11– 7
Alarm messages .................................................................................................11– 7
Alarm log file.....................................................................................................11– 7
HMI tag alarm displays .....................................................................................11– 8
Alarm acknowledgment...................................................................................11– 10
Alarm suppression ...........................................................................................11– 11
Alarm functions in expressions .......................................................................11– 11
Acknowledge bit..............................................................................................11– 13
Handshake bit ..................................................................................................11– 13
Summary of steps for setting up HMI tag alarms ...................................................11– 14
Setting up general HMI tag alarm behavior ............................................................11– 15
Setting up alarm monitoring ............................................................................11– 15
Setting up alarm severities...............................................................................11– 16
Setting up alarm messages...............................................................................11– 17
Setting up alarm conditions for HMI tags...............................................................11– 20
Setting up alarms for HMI analog tags............................................................11– 21
Setting up alarms for HMI digital tags ............................................................11– 21
Modifying
HMI
tag and alarm properties at run time ....................................11– 21