Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 293)

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Choosing colors, sound, and blink styles for the alarm states
In the States tab, set up text and background colors for the different alarm states (In Alarm
Unacknowledged, In Alarm Acknowledged, and Normal Unacknowledged), and the
priorities (Urgent, High, Medium, and Low) for each state.
You can also select whether alarm messages blink in the alarm and event banner, or sound
an alarm bell, and at what rate.
Use the Sample column to preview your selections. To test blink and audible notification
rates, click Test Rates.
Determining run-time behavior and appearance
In the Common tab, set up the size and position of the alarm and event banner, and give
the object a name. You can also determine whether the banner will present a tooltip, or
show a highlight when it has focus in the graphic display.
About the alarm and event banner at run time
The alarm and event banner shows only the most serious alarms and events in the system.
If you want operators to focus on alarms that need immediate attention, provide this
object.
You can set up the appearance and behavior of the alarm banner, but it can only show up
to five of the most recent, most severe alarms. An operator can use the alarm banner to:
 Acknowledge the selected alarm (and enter an optional comment).
 Silence alarms.
 Enable or disable the alarm bell.
 Run the command associated with an alarm.
 Refresh the alarm list.
 Open an alarm and event summary.
For more information, see the FactoryTalk Alarms and Events Help.
Docking a banner display to the run-time client window
At run time, graphic displays can be docked to an edge of the FactoryTalk View SE Client
window, so that they are available to operators at all times.
The alarm bell is a feature of the alarm and event banner only. In an alarm and event
summary, alarms cannot be set up to sound a bell when they occur.