Rockwell Automation 9301 Series RSView32 Users Guide - Manual (Page 134)

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RSView32 User’s Guide
Alarm messages
Alarm messages report information about alarms. There are three
types of messages:
In Alarm message: generated when a tag goes into alarm
Out of Alarm message: generated when a tag goes out of alarm
Acknowledged message: generated when an operator
acknowledges an alarm
For each message, you can use the default message or create your own
message, and you can selectively route alarm messages to a log file
and/or printer.
Alarm log file
The alarm log file records alarm incidents that occur. You can
configure how often, if ever, you want log files created and deleted.
The log file stores data in standard dBASE IV
® (.dbf) format.
Optionally, using the AlarmLogSendToODBC command, you can
export the alarm log file to an ODBC database while online. For more
information, see page 6-32.
In RSView32, you can view the alarm log file with the Alarm Log
Viewer. You can also use third–party applications to view the log file.
The application must be able to read the dBASE IV file format or be
ODBC compliant. For example, you can use Microsoft
® Excel,
Microsoft Access, or Microsoft Visual Basic ® .