Rockwell Automation 2711-ND3 PanelBuilder v2.60 Software User Manual - Manual (Page 239)

15–17 Creating Alarms
Publication 2711-6.0
Alarm Fields
Alarm Fields Description Notes:
Text Enter the alarm text that will appear in the Alarm
Banner and Alarm List when the alarm is triggered. Maximum characters = 255.
The text can include time, date or numeric variables.
Embedded variables must be in the same scan group
as the alarm tags.
Value/Bit Specify the value or bit offset the controller writes to
the Trigger Tag address when it detects an alarm
condition. This causes the alarm text to appear in the
Alarm Banner or Alarm List. For Bit or LSBit, enter the bit offset from the trigger tag ad-
dress that will trigger the alarm.
• valid range is 0 to 255 for bit, unsigned/signed
integer, or BCD data types. For bit array, the range
is the array size.
• 0 is a valid alarm message
For Value:
• valid range depends on data type of the trigger tag.
• 0 is reserved.
Trigger Select the name of the trigger tag to associate with
the alarm text. The trigger tag and its attributes are defined on the
Alarm Triggers tab.
Ack Specifies whether the alarm text displayed in the
Alarm Banner must be acknowledged by an operator
or the controller. Select the box to enable or disable the Ack option. An
X in the box enables acknowledgement. The Display
box must also be checked to acknowledge an alarm.
The initial default is Ack disabled.
Print Specifies whether the alarm text prints when the alarm
is triggered. The alarm text is printed with the print
options selected on the Alarms Setup tab. Select the box to enable or disable the Print option.
An X in the box enables the Print option.
The initial default is Print disabled.
Display Specifies whether the alarm text displays in the Alarm
Banner when the alarm is triggered. Select the box to enable or disable the Display option.
An X in the box enables the display option. To
acknowledge an alarm, you must enable this option.
The initial default is Display enabled.
Foreground Defines the foreground color of the alarm message. • black is the default for monochrome terminals
• white is the default for color/grayscale terminals
Background Defines the background color of the message. • white is the default for monochrome terminals
• red is the default for color terminals
•
black is the default for grayscale terminals
Text ID Unique number assigned to alarm text. The next available number is automatically generated
each time new alarm text is created.