Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 281)

12 • S ETTING UP F ACTORY T ALK ALARMS
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To create a new level alarm
1. In the Alarm and Events Setup editor, click the Level tab, and then click New on the
editor’s toolbar.
2. In the Level tab, set up properties such as the alarm’s name, input tag, level, limit type,
limit value, and severity, and whether acknowledgment is required.
3. In the Messages and Status Tags tabs, set up messages and status tags for the alarm.
For details about options in the Level Alarm Properties dialog box, click Help.
Define alarm limits
and corresponding
severity values.
Name the alarm
and specify the tag
being monitored.
Specify a minimum
alarm duration.
Define a deadband
value ( 0 means no
buffer is required).
Select to require
acknowledgment.
Select to expose
the alarm as a tag.
Select a class for
the alarm.
Associate a
FactoryTalk View
command with the
alarm.