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Setting up general HMI tag alarm behavior

Use the Alarm Setup editor to specify the general features of all HMI tag alarms for a
given HMI server. In the:

Setup

tab, specify general behavior for alarm monitoring and annunciation.

Severities

tab, set up logging and alarm behavior for individual severities.

User Msgs

tab, create custom alarm messages to use in place of the default system

messages.

For details about options in Alarm Setup editor tabs, click Help.

To open the Alarm Setup editor

1. In FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Explorer window, open the HMI Tag Alarms

folder.

2. Right-click the Alarm Setup icon, and then select Open.

You can also double-click the Alarm Setup icon, or drag the icon into the FactoryTalk
View Studio workspace.

Setting up alarm monitoring

In the Setup tab of the Alarm Setup editor, you can specify:

Set up alarm
severities.

Create alarm
messages to
replace system
messages.