Alarm buttons – Rockwell Automation 2711-ND3 PanelBuilder v2.60 Software User Manual User Manual
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Creating Alarms
Publication 2711-6.0
Alarm Buttons
You can place alarm buttons in the Alarm Banner which allow the
operator to act on the alarm. Some of the buttons appear only in the
Alarm Banner, while others can also appear on other screens.
This button:
Does This:
Alarm
Banner
Any
Screen
Ack
Acknowledges receipt of the alarm currently displayed in
the Alarm Banner.
Pressing the Ack button removes the Alarm Banner from
the terminal display but does not clear the alarm
condition. The alarm is marked acknowledged in the
Alarm List.
Note: The highlighted alarm in the Alarm List is not the
acknowledged alarm, but the most recent alarm. The
acknowledged alarm may not be visible.
✓
Clear
Clears the Alarm Banner from the terminal display without
acknowledging the alarm. Pressing the Clear button does
not clear the alarm condition.
If no alarms are configured for acknowledgement, then the
Alarm Banner must contain a Clear button.
✓
Prints the current message in the Alarm Banner. This
button operates on a single alarm. With each message,
you can print:
•
alarm date and time
•
acknowledge date and time
•
trigger value
Only terminals equipped with an RS-232 printer port
support the Print Alarm button.
You can also configure an alarm message to automatically
print when triggered.
✓
Ack
All
Acknowledges all alarms in the Alarm List that have not
been acknowledged.
Pressing the Ack All button removes the Alarm Banner
from the terminal display but does not clear the alarm
conditions. Each alarm is marked acknowledged in the
Alarm List.
✓
✓
Clear
Alarm
List
Clears the Alarm List. Also clears the Alarm Banner even
though the alarm condition may still exist. The Alarm List is
automatically cleared when an application is downloaded.
A warning message is displayed asking the operator to
confirm or abort the clear operation.
✓
✓
Print
Alarm
List
Prints all alarms in the Alarm List. With each alarm
message, you can print:
•
alarm date and time
•
acknowledge date and time
•
trigger value
Only terminals equipped with an RS-232 printer port
support the Print Alarm List button.
✓
✓