Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 282)

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Creating tag-based deviation alarms
In the Deviation tab of the Alarm and Event Setup editor, you can view all the deviation
alarms set up for this Tag Alarm and Event Server, create a new deviation alarm, modify
or delete an existing deviation alarm, and refresh the list of deviation alarms.
To create a new deviation alarm
1. In the Alarm and Events Setup editor, click the Deviation tab, and then click New on
the editor’s toolbar.
2. In the Deviation tab, set up properties such as the alarm’s name, input tag, target type,
target value, deviation value, and severity, and whether acknowledgment required.
3. In the Status Tags tab, set up status tags for the alarm.
Define the target,
severity, condition,
and deviation
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 a class for
the alarm.
Associate a
FactoryTalk View
command with the
alarm.
Select to require
acknowledgment.
Select to expose
the alarm as a tag.
Create or select an
alarm message.
Associate tags
with the alarm.