Rockwell Automation 9301 Series RSView32 Users Guide - Manual (Page 148)

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RSView32 User’s Guide
For detailed information about the AlarmEvent command, see
Appendix A, RSView32 commands, or see Help.
Summary of steps
The main steps involved in setting up alarms are described below. You
do not have to complete the steps in this order.
1. Set up the general features of all alarms in the Alarm Setup editor.
To do this:
configure the alarm log file. The alarm log file is a record of
alarm incidents. You can specify where you want the alarm log
file stored and when, if ever, you want log files created and
deleted. You can also specify whether to generate alarms when
an analog tag value is moving back to normal operating range
and recrosses the alarm trigger threshold. If you don’t want to
generate these alarms, ensure that the checkbox for the option
is deselected, in the Setup tab of the Alarm Setup editor.
configure alarm severities. For each severity, you can specify the
destination of alarm messages. You can also specify how to
annunciate the alarm.
configure user messages. When alarms occur, messages are sent
to the file and/or the printer. If you want to create a message
that will become the default message instead of using the
system default message, you can do that here.
2. For each tag you want to monitor, specify the alarm conditions in
the Tag Database editor. You can define alarms for analog and
digital tags, but not string tags.
3. Set up ways to display alarm information. You can configure alarm
summaries or create graphic objects.
4. Choose methods for starting and stopping alarm monitoring.