Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 127)

9 • Set up alarms
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show all the alarms in the alarm log file: active, inactive, acknowledged, and
unacknowledged. This display is available in two sizes.
By default, the [ALARM] graphic display opens automatically at run time when an alarm
is generated.
You can accept the default, edit the [ALARM] display, use one of the other alarm
displays, or create your own display. If you select not to automatically open a graphic
display for alarm notification, an alternative is to provide the operator with a way to open
an alarm display when desired.
Interact with alarms
Depending on which alarm objects you set up, the operator can:
 Acknowledge one or all alarms, or the alarms for a specific alarm trigger.
 Clear and delete alarms.
 Silence alarms (if the application is running on a personal computer).
 Sort alarms.
 Reset the status of all alarms.
 Print alarms.
For information about the alarm button graphic objects the operator can use to work with
alarms, see page 9-36.
For more information about See
The [ALARM] display page 9-26
The [ALARM BANNER] display page 9-26
The [ALARM MULTI-LINE] display page 9-27
The [STATUS] display page 9-28
The [HISTORY] display page 9-29
Create your own alarm display page 9-31
The alarm list graphic object page 9-32
The alarm banner graphic object page 9-34
The alarm status list graphic object page 9-34