Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 269)

12 • S ETTING UP F ACTORY T ALK ALARMS
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Each time you create a new alarm class, it is added to the list. In the previous illustration,
for example, Pump temperature will be listed with Equipment running, the next time you
create an alarm.
For more information about alarm classes, see the FactoryTalk Alarms and Events Help.
Alarm states
Alarm states indicate the current status of an alarm.
When shown in an alarm and event summary or banner, an alarm condition can have one
of the following states.
For more information, see “Using an alarm summary to monitor and respond to alarms”
on page 12-38.
Alarm tags
Tags that you can use to obtain and change the state of an alarm are called alarm tags.
Use alarm tags to monitor and interact with alarms at run time, without the need for an
operator to use alarm and event objects in a graphic display.
For example, an operator can use the OperAck (or OperAckAll) alarm tag to acknowledge
an alarm when it occurs.
To use alarm tags for an alarm, in the Alarm Setup editor, in the alarm’s Properties dialog
box, you must select the check box, Show Alarm as a Tag (shown in the next illustration).
This icon Indicates the alarm condition has this state
In Alarm and Unacknowledged
In Alarm and Acknowledged
Normal and Unacknowledged