Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Alarms and Events Quick Start - Manual (Page 111)

8 • Monitor and interact with alarms at run time
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Monitor alarms and events
The data fields in the Alarm and Event Banner window are organized in columns, and
represent various alarm and event data. At run time, only the columns that were
configured at design time to be visible are displayed in the Alarm and Event Banner.
In our example, the status bar shows (from left to right):
„ the connection status of the Tag Alarm and Event Server — whether connected or
disconnected from the Alarm and Event Banner. The green icon shows that the
Tag Alarm and Event Server is connected. When disconnected, the icon flashes
red.
„ the number of alarms that are In Alarm and Unacknowledged
„ the number of alarms that are In Alarm and Acknowledged
„ the number of alarms that are Normal and Unacknowledged
„ the number of alarm faults
The icons in the body of the Banner list:
Priority Alarm State Time and date
Medium In Alarm and
Unacknowledged The time the alarm event
occurred.
To see all of the possible priorities and alarms states for the Alarm and Event objects,
see FactoryTalk Help. On the Windows Start menu, click Start, point to All
Programs > Rockwell Software > FactoryTalk Tools and then click FactoryTalk
Help.
Security for alarms and events
You can use FactoryTalk Security to control which users can acknowledge, enable,
disable, reset, or suppress alarms at run time in an application (or, in a Network
application, in an area).
To do this, in FactoryTalk View Studio or FactoryTalk Administration Console, right-
click the application (or area) where the alarms are located and then click Security on
the context menu. For details, see the FactoryTalk Security System Configuration
Guide.