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will be filtered out, and will not be displayed.
Use the Restore button at the bottom of the Alarm Review Filter window to return to the default filtering for
the current login.
8.4.3.1 Message Class: Process Alarm Messages
Process Alarm messages are displayed in both the Alarm Review display and the top two lines of the Mini-
Alarm Window, known as the alarm display area.
Process Alarm Messages are classified into the following Message Types:
•
Bad Input/Output
•
High/Low Alarm
•
Deviation Alarm
•
Security Alarm
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Process Alarm Message
•
Discrete Alarm
•
Return to Normal
•
Alarm Acknowledged
Process Alarm messages for Bad Input/Output, High/Low, Deviation and Discrete alarms are displayed in
the format:
<Priority><Area><Time><Date><Tagname><AlarmStatus> <Legend>
Process Alarm messages for Security alarms are displayed in the format:
<Priority><Area><Time><Date><Tagname><AlarmStatus> <Alarm Tag><Legend>
Process Alarm messages for all other alarms are displayed in the format:
<Priority><Area><Time><Date><Message>
8.4.3.2 Message Class: Priority
To filter messages by Priority, click the Priority Message Class button on the Alarm Review Filter window
(
). The Message Type area of the window will contain an entry for each available Priority
(1 through 16). Click each Priority for which routing is to be changed, or use the Clear or Set buttons to
clear or set the routing status of all Priorities.
8.4.3.3 Message Class: Area
When the Area Message Class is selected, the list box contains a scrollable list of the 255 available areas.
Select items as described in
Section 8.4.2, Alarm Review Display Acknowledgment
. If an Area has been
selected, alarm messages from servers in that area will not be displayed.
✎ NOTE
The Display (deselected state) and Don’t Display (selected state)
buttons illustrate button appearance based on state; they are
examples only, and therefore always stippled out, and not available
for actual use.