Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 154)

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How the alarm banner graphic object works
The alarm banner graphic object shows a single, unacknowledged alarm.
At run time, when a trigger connection at the data source matches a message’s trigger
value, an alarm appears in the alarm banner. The alarm banner can be in the [ALARM]
display or [ALARM BANNER] display, in an alarm display you have created, or can be
placed on any display in your application.
You can use multiple alarm banners, in the same display or in different displays. You can
set up different banners so that one displays the most recent alarm, and the other queues
alarms until the displayed alarm is acknowledged.
For information about setting up alarm banners, see Help.
What is shown
 If you set up the banner to show the alarms for specific alarm triggers, only alarms for
those triggers are displayed.
 You can set up the banner to queue new alarms until the operator clears the current
alarm, or to always display the most recent alarm.
 When a display containing an alarm banner is first opened, the alarm banner is blank,
unless the display is the alarm display specified in the Alarm Setup editor and it was
opened in response to an alarm.
 When the shown alarm is acknowledged, it is removed from the alarm banner. If there
are no newer alarms, the banner is blank.
 If the operator presses a clear alarm banner button, the banner is blank.
 If the operator presses a clear alarm history button or if all alarms are acknowledged,
the banner is blank.
 If the banner is set up to show both active and inactive alarms, when an alarm is
active, an asterisk (*) appears beside the message.
 If you set up alarm messages in multiple languages, messages and trigger labels are
shown in the language that they were originally logged in. All alarm times are shown
in the current application language.
How the alarm status list graphic object works
The alarm status list graphic object shows the status of alarms, including whether an alarm
has been triggered, how many times an alarm has been triggered, and for how long.
The alarm status list can be in the [STATUS] display, in an alarm display you have
created, or can be placed on any display in your application.