Rockwell Automation 2711-ND3 PanelBuilder v2.60 Software User Manual User Manual

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Creating Alarms

Publication 2711-6.0

Value Triggered Alarms

This section shows an alarm setup using a Value type trigger.
Trigger values must not exceed the range of the data type selected for
the trigger tag (signed/unsigned integer, BCD).

The following setup shows 3 alarms (A,B,C) assigned to the alm_tag
trigger. The Trigger Type is Value. The Value/Bit field shows a
different trigger value (1, 2, 3) for each alarm. The value 0 is
reserved.

In the Tag Editor, the tag definition for alm_tag is:

Tag Name

Data Type

Tag Address

Node Name

alm_tag

Unsigned Integer

N15:0

SLC_1

When the value 1 is entered in N15:0, Alarm C is triggered. When
the value 2 is entered in N15:0, Alarm B is triggered and when the
value 3 is entered in N15:0, Alarm A is triggered.

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