Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 283)

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For details options in the Deviation Alarm Properties dialog box, click Help.
Viewing all tag-based alarms
The All Alarms tab of the Alarm and Event Setup editor shows all the digital, level, and
deviation alarms set up for this Tag Alarm and Event Server.
The properties shown for each alarm can include the alarm name, input tag, condition, and
severity, and whether acknowledgment is required for the alarm. For details, click Help in
the All Alarms tab.
For information about the properties that digital, level, and deviation alarms have in
common, see the FactoryTalk Alarms and Events Help.
Use buttons on the Alarm and Event Setup editor’s toolbar, shown in the following
illustration, to perform actions quickly in each of the editor’s tabs.
Setting up status tags for tag-based alarms
Digital tags that you assign to alarm states are called alarm status tags.
Alarm status tags let you use handshaking to keep alarm state changes synchronized with
a controller (PLC-5 or SLC 500).
Make a copy of the
selected alarm definition. Modify the selected
alarm definition.
Refresh the alarm list.
Create a new digital,
deviation, or level alarm.
Delete the selected
alarm definition.
Save changes to any
alarms in the list.
Open Help.