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Count
The number of times the alarm has entered an alarm state since the alarm was last cleared from the
Alarm Monitor.
Host Date/Time
The date and time the alarm occurred according to the system date and time.
Micro Date/Time
The date and time the alarm occurred according to the micro’s date and time.
Instructions
Displays the instructions linked to the current alarm. When an alarm is displayed on the Alarm Monitor
Form, select the alarm. The alarm instructions set up for this alarm will display in the Instruction
windowpane, providing guidelines for the operator to resolve the alarm condition. Predefined Instructions
were created on the Instruction Form of the Administration menu.
Response
This is a multi-line dialog box, allowing you to manually enter a response of up to 256 alphanumeric
characters, for the current alarm.
Response Button
Click to display a list of predefined responses. Predefined responses are created on the Alarm Response
Form of the Administration menu. If the entire list does not fit, scroll bars become available on the right of
the window. Select a response and click OK for the selected response to display in the Response
windowpane of the Alarm Monitor Form.
• You can manually extend the response by placing your cursor at the end of the entry and
appending to a maximum of 256 alphanumeric characters.
• You can append an additional predefined response without overwriting the existing entry.
• When you append an additional predefined response to the existing entry, a warning
message displays if the response exceeds 256 characters. The additional response will not
be appended.
The selected response is recorded in alarm history when the alarm is acknowledged.
Acknowledge
Click to acknowledge an alarm. Forced acknowledgement to an alarm is required only if the Operator
Acknowledge check box has been checked to enable this function on the Alarm Form.