Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 129)

9 • Set up alarms
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The alarm in the alarm banner is cleared when the operator presses the clear alarm banner
button. It is not deleted from the alarm log file.
For more information about clearing and deleting alarms, see page 9-40.
Methods for silencing alarms
The audio alarm indicator is available for applications running on personal computers
only.
All alarms are silenced when:
 The operator presses the silence alarms button.
 An alarm whose Audio property is turned on is acknowledged.
 The Remote Silence connection’s value changes to a new non-zero value.
 The operator presses the clear alarm history button.
Method for sorting alarms
When the operator presses the sort alarms button, the sort order toggles from time to
trigger value or from trigger value to time. The sort order applies to all alarms in all alarm
lists and in the alarm log file.
Methods for resetting alarms
Resetting alarms affects how alarms are shown in the alarm status list. When alarms are
reset:
 The accumulated time an alarm has been in alarm is reset to 0. If the alarm is still
active, the time begins accumulating again.
 The number of times the alarm has been triggered is reset to 0. If the alarm is still
active, the number changes to 1.
 The date and time are sent to the system tag AlarmResetDateAndTimeString.
The alarms for a specific alarm trigger are reset when:
 The operator presses a clear alarm history button that has been set up to clear and reset
alarms for a specific alarm trigger.
All alarms are reset when:
 The operator presses a reset alarm status button.
 The operator presses a clear alarm history button, if the button has been set up to clear
and reset all alarms.