Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 137)

9 • Set up alarms
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KEPServer Enterprise tag syntax
To create a KEPServer Enterprise array tag, use this syntax to specify the length of the
array:
tagname [arraylength]
For example, Chan1.Dev1.Tag1 [3]
The tag Tag1 uses the Long Integer data type (32 bits), so the array tag consists of 96 bits
(32 x 3).
Alternatively, you can define the tag length in KEPServer Enterprise when you create the
tag, and then just select the tag name in FactoryTalk View Studio. For more information,
see KEPServer Enterprise Help.
Create alarm messages in multiple languages
FactoryTalk View 5.00 and later supports alarm messages in multiple languages. When
you create alarm messages, they are in the current application language. You can export
the alarm messages for translation and then import them back into the application. For
details, see Chapter 12.
Language switching alarm messages in FactoryTalk View ME
Station 4.00
For applications that will run in FactoryTalk View ME Station version 4.00, use the
CurrentLanguage( ) expression function to specify offsets for each trigger’s messages in
the Alarm Setup editor. In the editor, divide the messages for each trigger into sections for
each language. For information about the CurrentLanguage( ) function, see page 23-14.
Optional alarm connections
When an operator acknowledges an alarm, the acknowledge time is recorded in the alarm
log file and the alarm is silenced. This might be all you require of your alarm system.
However, you can use the optional alarm connections in the Alarm Setup editor to set up
more sophisticated interactions with the data source when alarms are triggered,
acknowledged, silenced, and reset. For example, you can set up the data source to
acknowledge, silence, and reset alarms. You can also use optional alarm connections to
close the alarm display or to allow the data source to close the alarm display.
There are two sets of optional alarm connections:
 Connections that work with a specific alarm trigger. You can assign a different set of
connections to each alarm trigger.
 Connections that apply to all alarms