Delete unused alarm triggers – Rockwell Automation IASIMP Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machining Accelerator Toolkit Quick Start User Manual
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Rockwell Automation Publication IASIMP-QS034A-EN-P - October 2012
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FactoryTalk View ME Configuration
Chapter 5
Delete Unused Alarm Triggers
1.
Expand the Alarms folder.
2.
Double-click Alarm Setup.
The Alarm Setup dialog box opens.
3.
Click the Triggers tab.
4.
Select any unused alarm trigger tags
from the Select trigger organizer.
Unused trigger tags are any
associated devices not configured in
your RSLogix 5000 project.
For the CNC Work Cell application
example, these alarm triggers are
used:
•
SaveIOAlarmTrigger
•
ModuleAlarmTrigger
•
CNCAlarmTrigger
•
CIPMotionAlarmTrigger
So, all other trigger tags are removed.
5.
Click Remove.
6.
Repeat
step 4
and
step 5
for all unused trigger tags.
7.
Click OK in the Alarm Setup dialog box to save edits.
IMPORTANT Deleting unused alarm triggers is optional and applies only if you have imported the Alarm Setup File in the last section.
TIP
Deleting the alarm triggers for hardware devices not used in your application may improve performance of your
PanelView Plus terminal communication.
IMPORTANT These steps must be completed if a machine module is not used in your RSLogix 5000 project.