Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 151)

9 • Set up alarms
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3. Edit the [ALARM] display by adding a Goto display button that opens the [STATUS]
display when pressed.
Create your own alarm display
You can create your own graphic display for displaying and responding to alarms. For
example, you could create a display with a static text object that notifies the operator that
an alarm has occurred, and a Goto display button that the operator can press to open a
display that lists the actual alarm message.
If you create your own graphic display, use an On Top display and select the Cannot Be
Replaced option.
For information about the graphic objects you can use to show alarm information, see the
information starting on page 9-32. For information about creating graphic displays and
graphic objects, see Chapter 19 and Chapter 20.
Open and close the alarm display
Open the display
The alarm display you specify in the Advanced tab of the Alarm Setup editor (either the
default [ALARM] display, a display you copy from the library, or your own display) is
automatically opened whenever a trigger connection’s value matches a trigger value (if
you selected the Display option for the trigger value).
You can also create a Goto display button that the operator can press to open the alarm
display. For information about setting up a Goto display button and specifying the display
to open, see Help.
Close the display
The operator can close the display by pressing a close display button.
The display closes automatically under these circumstances:
 When the operator presses an acknowledge all alarms button and causes the newest
alarm in the alarm history to be acknowledged.
 When the operator presses a clear alarm history button and causes the newest alarm in
the alarm history to be deleted.
 When the Remote Close Display connection changes to a new non-zero value.
 When the Remote Ack All connection changes to a new non-zero value.