Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Alarms and Events Quick Start - Manual (Page 118)

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Suppress or unsuppress an alarm
You can suppress an alarm that is not needed temporarily; for example, because the
alarm is caused by another alarm that you are already addressing. You can suppress or
unsuppress up to 2000 alarms at one time.
A suppressed alarm does not appear in the Alarm and Event Banner, or Alarm and
Event Summary. However, a suppressed alarm continues to be logged in the Alarm
and Event Log, which you can view using the Alarm and Event Log Viewer. A
suppressed alarm also continues to set the appropriate InAlarm parameters of an alarm
instruction in the controller.
Disable an alarm instead of suppressing it if you want to completely turn off the alarm
detection logic for the alarm source, and prevent the alarm from being detected. See
“Disable or enable an alarm” on page 107.
To suppress an alarm:
1. In the Alarm and Event Summary event list, do one of the following:
‡ Select the alarms you want to suppress and then click the Suppress selected
alarm button.
‡ Select the alarms you want to suppress, right-click the selected alarms, and
then click Suppress on the context menu.