Rockwell Automation 2711 PANELBUILDER SOFTWARE USER MANUAL - Manual (Page 225)

Information and Alarm Windows
Chapter 7
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The options are:
Activate Audio—when the alarm is triggered, a continuous audio alarm
will sound.
Print Message—when the alarm is triggered, the alarm message text
will be sent to a printer. If “Acknowledge Button Address” is enabled,
the alarm message will be printed again with the acknowledge time and
date when it is acknowledged. The printer prints each alarm message on
a single line, with the time and date when the alarm occurred. The
printer’s form feeds and line feeds are configurable through the Serial
Port screen of the PanelView terminal. See Chapter 2, PanelView
Terminal Functions, in the PanelView Operator Terminal User Manual.
Energize Relay—when the alarm is triggered, the alarm relay is
energized—switching on whatever device is connected to the relay, such
as a warning light or remote audio alarm.
Importing and Exporting Messages
You can import and export ASCII text files as text for alarm messages.
Importing Alarm Text
Using the text editor of your choice, create an ASCII text file of alarm
messages in this format:
FFFnnn“ttt...ttt” CR
!this is a comment
FFF =
alarm flag
A = Audio
P = Print
R = Relay
nnn
= alarm message number (1-496)
“ ”
= start and end of message
ttt
= message text (1-50 characters)
CR
= carriage return (alarm record delimiter)
!
= comment character
Follow these guidelines in preparing your alarm message text file:
specify one or more alarm flags at the beginning of the line. These can
be in any order, but define no more than three flags, and do not
duplicate any flag. If you don’t want any flags, leave this field blank