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Configuring alarms

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If you leave the Out of Alarm state unchecked, the alarm summary
item changes color when the tag goes out of alarm. Tags that are out
of alarm remain in the alarm summary until they are acknowledged.

If you want to see only the tags that are in alarm in the summary, click
Only show tags currently In Alarm. Digital change of state alarms and
InAndOutOfAlarm events are not displayed in the alarm summary
when you select this checkbox.

Alarm Severities

To include alarms of all severities, leave all boxes checked. To exclude
an alarm severity, clear its check box.

Out of alarm messages do not have severities, so if you select the Out
of Alarm option all out of alarm messages will be shown whether or
not you show the InAlarm message for a given severity.

Sorting data

To sort data, click Sort on the Data menu. You can specify three levels
of sorting.

By default, alarm information is sorted first by date and time, then by
severity, and finally by tag name. This means that the alarms will be
presented chronologically. If two or more alarms have the same time