Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 267)

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Alarm and event summary
The Alarm and Event Summary shows alarm information from Rockwell Automation
Device Servers (RSLinx Enterprise) and Tag Alarm and Event Servers that support
FactoryTalk Alarms and Events.
Use the alarm and event summary to view, acknowledge, suppress, and disable the alarms
on display. The alarm and event summary also provides a detail view of selected alarms.
An alarm and event summary can display alarms from more than one area and alarm
server in a FactoryTalk View SE application.
For information about setting up an alarm and event summary, see page 12-33.
Alarm and event banner
The alarm and event banner can show up to five of the highest priority, most severe, and
most recent alarms in the FactoryTalk system.
Use the alarm and event banner to monitor and acknowledge the critical system alarms.
You can also open an alarm and event summary, from an alarm and event banner.
For information about setting up an alarm and event banner, see page 12-35.
Alarm status explorer
The alarm status explorer shows all of the alarm sources in an application.
Use the alarm status explorer to view alarm sources, suppress or unsuppress, and enable or
disable alarms.
For information about setting up an alarm status explorer, see page 12-44.
Alarm and event log viewer
The alarm and event log viewer shows the information stored in the alarm and event logs,
generated by the FactoryTalk Alarms and Events Historian.
Use the alarm and event log viewer to view, sort, filter, and print historical alarm and
event information.
For information about setting up an alarm and event log viewer, see “Viewing alarm and
event history logs” on page 12-49.
Alarm priority and severity
An individual alarm in a FactoryTalk system can have a severity value of 1 to 1000, as
well as a priority value that covers a range of severities.
Priority values group severities into levels of urgency that an operator can easily identify.