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The alarm summary object allows the user to monitor the desired alarms in a single object. The object displays detailed information about the alarm and displays up to 500 alarm messages.
Settings

Click this icon or click Insert > Alarm Summary and click on the page to bring up the configuration window as shown below:

Item | Description |
Active Alarms | Displays the currently triggered alarms. |
Shelved Alarms | Displays the shelved alarms. |
Historical Alarms | Documents every alarm status change. |
Label Filter | Allows the user to decide which alarms they want to view based on labels. |
Check All | Selects all alarm messages in a specific tab. |
Active | Checking and unchecking this box will display or hide, respectively, the active alarms. |
Cleared | Checking and unchecking this box will display or hide, respectively, the cleared alarms. |
Active, Ack. | Checking and unchecking this box will display or hide, respectively, the acknowledged-active alarms. |
Cleared, Ack. | Checking and unchecking this box will display or hide, respectively, the acknowledged-cleared alarms. |
Acknowledge | Sets an active or cleared alarm to “Active, Ack” or “Clear, Ack”. |
Shelve | Suppresses an alarm. |
Unshelve | Removes the suppression of an alarm. This button is located in the Shelved Alarms tab. |
Time Dropdown | Displays the alarm statuses for the amount of time chosen (i.e. 10 min would display the last 10 minutes of alarm statuses). |
Delete | Removes an alarm status from the Alarm Summary. |
Properties
Provides ways to customize the user’s Alarm Summary.
To ensure the property windows are enabled, click View > Properties > Basic Properties, Appearance, Transform, Actions and check the checkboxes.

Basic Properties
The Basic Properties pane will show up as the object’s name as shown below:
Item | Description |

![]() | Expands each section within the |
Alarm Summary pane. |

![]() | Collapses each section within the |
Alarm Summary pane. | |
Name | Allows the user to decide which name they want for the Alarm Summary. |
Initial Tab | Controls the starting tab on the initialization of the project. Default is the “Active Alarms” tab. |
Active Tab | |
Shelved Tab | |
Historical Tab | |
Visibility | Controls whether the tab is visible or not. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Content | Controls which type of data is shown in the column. |
Name | Assigns a name to the header of the column. |
Width | Assigns the default horizontal distance for the column. This can be changed while in runtime. |
Format | Selects the string style of the data type. |
Precision | Selects the number of decimal places to follow a value. |
Add Column | Allows the user additional columns for their Alarm Summary. |
Appearance
Item |

Description |
Visibility | Controls whether the Alarm Summary is displayed or hidden. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Opacity | Controls the transparency of the Alarm Summary. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Blinking | Controls whether the Alarm Summary blinks. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Blink Interval(ms): | Controls how often the Alarm Summary blinks. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Background Color | Controls the color of the cells within the Alarm Summary. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Active Color | Controls the color in which active alarms are displayed. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Active Acknowledged Color | Controls the color in which active acknowledged alarms are displayed. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Cleared Color | Controls the color in which cleared alarms are displayed. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Cleared Acknowledged Color | Controls the color in which cleared acknowledged alarms are displayed. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Font Name | Controls the font style of the displayed alarm text |
Location

Z index
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X
Controls the horizontal placement of an object. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime.
Y
Controls the vertical placement of an object. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime.
Width
Controls the horizontal distance of an object. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime.
Height
Controls the vertical distance of an object. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime.
Rotation
Controls the rotational orientation of an object. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime.
Actions

Touch
Controls whether the object responds to touch or not. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime.
On Press - Delay (ms)
Assigns how long, in ms, after touching an object that action occurs.
On Press - Action
Assigns a specific function to occur when an object is touched.
On Release - Delay (ms)
Assigns how long, in ms, after releasing touch on an object that action occurs.
On Release - Action
Assigns a specific function to occur when an object is released from being touched.
On Double Click - Interval (ms)
Assigns how long, in ms, the interval between two clicks constitutes a double click.
On Double Click - Action
Assigns a specific function to occur when an object is double-clicked.
Permissions
Assigns accessibility parameters for touching the object.
Display Configuration

Display Header | Controls whether the header of each column is shown or not. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Display |
Grid Lines | Controls whether the borders between cells are shown or not. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Display User Controls | Controls whether control buttons are shown or not. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Filters

Show Active Acknowledged | Feature TBD. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Show Active Unacknowledged | Feature TBD. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Show Cleared Acknowledged | Feature TBD. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Show Cleared Unacknowledged | Feature TBD. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Initial Tab
Controls the starting tab on the initialization of the project. Default is the “Active Alarms” tab.
Active Tab

Visible
Transform
Item | Description |
X | Controls the horizontal placement of an object. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Y | Controls |
Name
Assigns a name to the header of the column.
Width
the vertical placement of an object. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Z index |
Controls the |
Precision
Selects the number of decimal places to follow a value.
Add Column
Allows the user additional columns for their Alarm Summary.
Shelved Tab

Visible
layering of objects. Objects with a lower Z-index will lay on top of objects with a higher Z-index. The lowest Z-index is 0. | |
Width | Controls the horizontal distance of an object. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Height | Controls |
Name
Assigns a name to the header of the column.
Width
the vertical distance of an object. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Rotation |
Controls the |
Precision
Selects the number of decimal places to follow a value.
Add Column
Allows the user additional columns for their Alarm Summary.
Historical Tab

Visible
Add Column
rotational orientation of an object. A tag may be bound to this property to control the status in runtime. |
Content
Controls which type of data is shown in the column.
Name
Assigns a name to the header of the column.
Width
Assigns the default horizontal distance for the column. This can be changed while in runtime.
Format
Selects the string style of the data type.
Precision
Selects the number of decimal places to follow a value.
Use Percentage: | TBD |
Rotation Center X | TBD |
Rotation Center Y | TBD |
Actions
There are currently no applicable actions for Alarm Summary.