Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 241)

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Viewing HMI tag alarm log files
The HMI Tag Alarm Log Viewer shows the contents of the alarm log file. The contents of
the file depend on how severities are defined in the Alarm Setup editor. For details, see
page 11-16.
You can show alarm log files stored on the local computer or on a remote computer, and
you can select the number of log files to be shown in the alarm log viewer. Each alarm log
file is shown in a separate tab in the HMI Tag Alarm Log Viewer.
Opening the alarm log viewer
To open the HMI Tag Alarm Log Viewer, 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 Viewer.
 Select Start > All Programs > Rockwell Software > FactoryTalk View > Tools >
SE HMI Tag Alarm Log Viewer.
To open the alarm log viewer Help
 Select Start > All Programs > Rockwell Software > FactoryTalk View > Tools >
SE HMI Tag Alarm Log Viewer Help.
To show the alarm log viewer at run time
1. In a graphic display, create a button that an operator can use to open the HMI Tag
Alarm Log Viewer.
2. For the button’s press action, type the following command:
AppStart “C:\Program Files\Rockwell Software\RSView Enterprise\
AlarmLogViewer.exe”
SrcComputr The name of the computer that initiated the
command or action that caused the alarm. SQL_VARCHAR, or
SQL_CHAR 15
UserName The name of the user (including domain name, if
there is one) that initiated the alarm transaction. If
the transaction was initiated by an HMI server, the
user is NT Authority\System. SQL_VARCHAR, or
SQL_CHAR 255
This column Contains SQL data type Length