Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 260)

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For more information, see “Working with Rockwell Automation Device Servers” on
page 12-18.
Choosing FactoryTalk tag-based alarms
FactoryTalk tag-based alarms are set up by specifying alarm conditions for tags in devices
that do not have built-in alarm detection.
Use tag-based alarms to include these devices in an integrated FactoryTalk Alarms and
Events system.
You can set up tag-based alarms for tags in older programmable controllers (PLC-5 or
SLC 500), for tags in third-party devices communicating through OPC data servers, or for
HMI tags in an HMI server’s tag database.
If you prefer not to set up built-in alarm detection, you can also set up tag-based alarms
for Logix5000 controllers that do support device-based alarms.
FactoryTalk View SE Clients receive tag-based alarm data by way of Tag Alarm and
Event Servers that you add to a FactoryTalk View SE application. For more information,
see “Working with Tag Alarm and Event Servers” on page 12-21.
About traditional HMI tag alarms
HMI tag alarms are set up by specifying alarm conditions for HMI tags in a FactoryTalk
View SE Server’s tag database.
If your application uses HMI tags for other purposes, and you want to monitor these tags
for alarms, use a traditional HMI tag alarm system.
FactoryTalk View SE Clients receive HMI tag alarm information by way of the
FactoryTalk View SE Servers (also called HMI servers) that contain the HMI tags.
HMI tag alarm data is not managed by FactoryTalk Alarms and Events services. To
monitor and respond to HMI tag alarms, you must use the HMI tag alarm displays and
logs available in FactoryTalk View SE.
For details, see Chapter 11, Setting up HMI tag alarms.
RSLogix 5000 version 16 or later, is required to program alarm instructions into a Logix5000
controller. For a complete list of controllers in the Logix5000 family, that support FactoryTalk
Alarms and Events services, see the FactoryTalk Alarms and Events Help.