Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Alarms and Events Quick Start - Manual (Page 19)

1 • Overview of FactoryTalk Alarms and Events services
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Alarm and Event Summary
Use the Alarm and Event Summary object, embedded in a FactoryTalk View
graphic display, to acknowledge, disable, suppress, filter, and sort alarms at run
time.
Alarm and Event Banner
Use the Alarm and Event Banner object, embedded in a FactoryTalk View graphic
display, to monitor and respond to the most serious alarms that require immediate
attention.
Alarm Status Explorer
Use the Alarm Status Explorer object, embedded in a FactoryTalk View graphic
display, to enable or disable alarms, suppress or unsuppress alarms, and view
operator comments.
Database definitions
Use database definitions to define logging options from an alarm server to a
Microsoft SQL Server database.
Alarm and Event Log Viewer
Use the Alarm and Event Log Viewer object, embedded in a FactoryTalk View
graphic display, to view and filter historical alarm information stored in Microsoft
SQL Server databases.
Diagnostics Viewer
Use the Diagnostics Viewer to view, filter, and export system-generated
diagnostic messages. Run the Diagnostics Viewer from either FactoryTalk View
Studio or FactoryTalk Administration Console.
FactoryTalk Audit Log
Use the FactoryTalk Audit Log to view and manage audit messages routed by
FactoryTalk Diagnostics. To access the Audit Log, use RSMACC or FactoryTalk
AssetCentre software.
About monitoring for alarm conditions
You can monitor for alarm conditions in two ways — using software-based alarm
monitoring, or device-based alarm monitoring.
About software-based alarm monitoring
HMI tag alarm monitoring, offered by FactoryTalk View Site Edition, and tag-based
alarm monitoring, offered by FactoryTalk Alarms and Events, are both examples of
software-based alarm monitoring.
Software-based alarm monitoring is a generic way of monitoring alarms from legacy
or third-party controllers.
With software-based alarm monitoring, alarm detection occurs in the controller, but
alarm monitoring is performed by software-based servers.