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Exercise: Checking the Alarm Contents with Alarm Summary

Alarm Configuration

  1. Create an INT16 tag named STORAGE. Click Tools > Alarms to bring up the Alarms window. Add 2 alarms. Configure an alarm for the tag STORAGE with the condition of “Greater Than 200.0” and configure another alarm with the condition of “Greater Than 300”. Enter the Alarm Name as “Exceeded 200 L” and “Exceeded 300 L”.

  1. Click Insert > Alarm Summary and click the page to add the alarm summary object.

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  1. To configure the object, change the parameters within the Basic Properties pane.

  1. Since the operation will be checked by manually changing the tag value, adding an object will have to be added to the page with an action command. Two objects were added to the page , and using with this feature. Find the Action Command(s) feature within the Property Editor pane, as shown below:

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Checking the Operation

  1. Upload the project to the user’s Xpanel or execute the simulator to check the operation. Click the object that writes 201 to the tag “STORAGE”. An alarm will occur and you can check the contents of the alarm.

  1. Click the object that writes 301 to the tag “STORAGE”. An alarm will occur and you can check the contents of the alarm.

     

  2. Click the object that writes 201 to the tag “STORAGE” again. The “Exceeded 300 L” alarm will clear and the “Exceeded 200 L” alarm will remain active.