Rockwell Automation 9301 Series RSView32 Users Guide - Manual (Page 8)

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RSView32 User’s Guide
The Alarm Setup editor ............................................................................... 6-23
Specifying where to store alarm log files ...................................... 6-24
Creating log files .............................................................................................. 6-25
Monitoring disk space............................................................................................... 6-26
Creating files periodically.......................................................................................... 6-27
Creating files at specified times ............................................................................... 6-27
Creating files when a particular event occurs........................................................ 6-28
Never creating new files ........................................................................................... 6-29
Deleting log files .............................................................................................. 6-29
About alarm log files ..................................................................................... 6-31
How log files are named........................................................................................... 6-31
Exporting alarm log files to ODBC format ..................................... 6-32
Configuring alarm severity ....................................................................... 6-33
Configuring alarm messages ................................................................... 6-36
Types of messages ..................................................................................................... 6-36
Defining the content of the message...................................................................... 6-36
Adding remarks to the alarm log file at runtime ....................... 6-40
Specifying alarm conditions for analog and digital tags .... 6-41
When can I configure an alarm for a tag?.............................................................. 6-42
Configuring alarms for analog tags .................................................... 6-43
Alarm thresholds........................................................................................................ 6-43
Alarm messages.......................................................................................................... 6-45
Advanced .................................................................................................................... 6-46
Configuring alarms for digital tags ..................................................... 6-48
Alarm states ................................................................................................................ 6-48
Alarm messages.......................................................................................................... 6-50
Advanced .................................................................................................................... 6-51
Viewing the alarm log file ......................................................................... 6-53