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Alarm Lists
The alarm list is an object that will list alarm information about one or more communications channels in the system.
Any Communications channel included in an Alarm List must be configured in SCSPSYS.CFG for support of alarm
handling. If the Alarm List is to contain historical alarms, information is supplied from the datalog system to initialize
the list. The Alarm List draws the alarm messages from the [GLOBAL ALARM TEXT] section of the ALARMS.INI file.
Properties
Name - The Name property makes the object easier for the RealEdit programmer to identify. Often it is a good idea
to use the same name for related objects, such as a Data Value that represents a Constant.
Top - The top position, in twips, of the object.
Left - The Left position, in twips, of the object.
Height - The Height value, in twips, of the object.
Width - The Width value, in twips, of the object.
Alarms To List - Which alarms should be listed:
• Pending, not acknowledged
• Pending, acknowledged
• Pending all
• Historical only
• All
Historical Minutes - The length of time sampled, in minutes
Font - The type face selected for this particular text.
Text Color - Color of the object’s display text
Back Color - Color of the Object’s background
Tip - ToolTip text to display. The ToolTip text floats over the object when the mouse pointer is hovered within the
object’s bounds.
CommChannel List - This is a list of any object type. Selecting (list) invokes the List Builder Dialog.
Alarm Priorities to List - Filters the alarm priorities to display
• ALL Alarms
• HI Priority Alarms
• MED Priority Alarms
• LOW Priority
When the user clicks on an alarm message in an Alarm List, a dialog box will appear that shows information in more
detail, including text from the [GLOBAL ALARM CAUSE] and [GLOBAL ALARM ACTION] sections of the ALARMS.INI
file.
The Alarm List also notes the start, acknowledge, and ending times associated with any alarm, using the following
logic:
1. Alarms are marked started by either of two means (whichever happens first):