Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 284)

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For example, if an Acknowledged status tag is specified for an alarm, when an operator
acknowledges the alarm, the status tag is set to 1.
For digital, level, and deviation alarms, you can assign tags to the Disabled, Suppressed,
In Alarm, and Acknowledged states.
For level alarms, you can assign different In Alarm and Acknowledged status tags, for
each alarm level (High High, High, Low, or Low Low).
To assign status tags to a tag-based alarm
1. In the Alarm and Event Setup editor, click the Digital, Level, or Deviation tab.
2. Create a new alarm, or select the alarm you want to assign status tags to.
3. Click the Status Tags tab, and then type or browse for the digital tags to be used as
status tags
Setting up tag-based alarm messages
Alarm messages report information about alarms.
In the Alarm and Event Setup editor, the Messages tab shows all of the messages created
for alarms in the Tag Alarm and Event Server.
For each message listed in the Messages tab, the ID column shows a message identifier,
and the Usage column shows the number of alarms currently using the message.
You can create new messages or modify existing ones using the Alarm Message Editor.
Opening the Alarm Message Editor
To open the Alarm Message Editor, use one of these methods:
 In the Alarm and Event Setup editor, click the Messages tab, and then click the New
icon on the editor’s toolbar.
 In either of the Digital or Deviation Alarm Properties dialog box, click Edit under the
Message box.
 In the Level Alarm Properties dialog box, click the Messages tab, and then click Edit
under any of the message boxes.
For level alarms, you can create different messages for each alarm level (High High,
High, Low, Low, Low). The alarm limit must be selected in the Level tab, for the
message box to be available.
Status tags provide alarm state information. Do not write to tags assigned as status tags.