Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 236)

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About alarm event types
Use the AlarmEvent command to create into-alarm and out-of-alarm events. Multiple
into-alarm events can be processed for the same event name before an out-of-alarm event
is received.
Use the InAndOutOfAlarm event type for change-of-state alarms. An out-of-alarm event
is ignored if no into-alarm events preceded it.
Setting up HMI tag alarm logging
Use the HMI Tag Alarm Log Setup tool to specify:
 Where to store alarm log files.
 When alarm log files are created or deleted.
 Optionally, whether to log alarm data to a central, ODBC-compliant database.
Opening the HMI Tag Alarm Log Setup tool
To open the HMI Tag Alarm Log Setup tool, use one of these methods:
 In FactoryTalk View Studio or the FactoryTalk View SE Administration Console,
from the Tools menu, select HMI Tag Alarm Log Setup.
 Select Start > All Programs > Rockwell Software > FactoryTalk View > Tools >
SE HMI Tag Alarm Log Setup.
Alarm logging must be set up separately on each computer running an HMI server that is
monitoring tags for alarms; otherwise, the settings will have no effect.
If two HMI servers are running on a computer, the alarm log will contain data for both HMI
servers. If the hard disk space is used up on the computer, alarm logging will stop.