Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 144)

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 Remote Silence—Assign a tag or an expression to this connection to allow the data
source to silence all alarms (for applications that will run on a personal computer
only).
 Remote Ack All—Assign a tag to this connection to allow the data source to
acknowledge all alarms at once.
 Status Reset—Assign a tag to this connection to notify the data source that the alarm
status has been reset.
 Remote Status Reset—Assign a tag or expression to this connection to allow the data
source to reset the alarm status.
 Close Display—Assign a tag to this connection to notify the data source that the alarm
display has closed.
 Remote Close Display—Assign a tag or expression to this connection to allow the
data source to close the alarm display.
Assign tags or expressions to these connections in the Advanced tab of the Alarm Setup
editor. For more detailed information about how these connections work, see the next
sections.
How the Silence connection works
When the application starts, this connection has a value of 0. When alarms are silenced,
this connection is set to 1 for the hold time and the internal beeper is turned off. At the end
of the hold time, the connection is reset to 0.
If the silence event is triggered by a button press, this connection is set to 1 for the hold
time or for the duration of the button press, whichever is longer. At the end of this time,
the connection is reset to 0.
If subsequent alarms (that have been set up to sound the internal beeper) are generated, the
alarms sound the beeper regardless of the Silence connection value or hold time status.
While the hold time is in effect, new alarms cannot be silenced.
How the Remote Silence connection works
When this connection changes to a new non-zero value, all alarms are silenced. Alarms
can be silenced using other methods regardless of this connection’s value.
Set up the data source to send a new non-zero value to the Remote Silence connection
each time you want a remote silencing of alarms to take place.