Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 294)

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For example, to let an operator continuously monitor the most serious alarms in an
application, dock an alarm banner display to the top or bottom of the client window.
Example: Docking an alarm banner when the FactoryTalk View
SE Client starts up
To dock an alarm banner display to the bottom edge of the FactoryTalk View SE Client
window when the client starts up, follow these steps:
1. In FactoryTalk View Studio, create a macro that contains the command
Display <Alarm Banner> /DB
where Alarm Banner is the name of the graphic display that contains the alarm banner.
2. In the FactoryTalk View SE Client Wizard, in the Components window, select the
macro that contains the Display command for docking the banner.
3. Save the client configuration file.
When you start the client, the alarm banner will be attached to the bottom edge of the
client window.
Opening and closing other graphic displays will not interfere with the position or
appearance of the docked banner display.
Using an alarm summary to monitor and respond to alarms
The alarm and event summary is a table that displays active alarm notifications received
from the FactoryTalk alarm servers in a FactoryTalk View SE application.
Alarm and event summaries are hosted in graphic displays created in FactoryTalk View
Studio, and run in the FactoryTalk View SE Client.
A single alarm and event summary can subscribe to alarm notifications from multiple
alarm servers in an application.
/DB is the Display command parameter for docking a display at the bottom of the
FactoryTalk View SE Client window. For a full list of docking parameters, see “Display
command parameters for docking displays” on page 16-51.