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Alarm Editor

Item

Description

Add Alarm

Adds an alarm.

Delete Alarm

Deletes the selected alarm.

Edit Alarm

Edits the selected alarm.

Copy Alarm

Saves the selected alarm’s content in the clipboard.

Paste Alarm

Pastes the alarm’s content in an Alarm Editor’s window, Spreadsheet, or Notepad.

Cut Alarm

Deletes the selected alarm’s content and saves it in the clipboard.

Persist Alarm Status

Controls whether alarm data is retained through closure of project runtime or not.

Labels

Opens up the Label Editor window.

OK

Closes the Alarm Editor window.

Edit Alarm

Item

Description

Alarm Settings

Opens the Alarm Settings tab.

Labels

Opens the Labels tab.

Descriptions

Opens the Descriptions tab.

OK

Closes the Edit Alarm window.

Cancel

Closes the Edit Alarm window and discards any entered information.


Alarm Settings

Item

Description

Expand All

Shows all dropdown content within the Alarm Settings tab.

Collapse All

Hides all dropdown content within the Alarm Settings tab.

Alarm Name

Assigns a name to the user’s alarm.

Trigger

Assigns a tag or expression to be responsible for initiating the alarm.

Comparison

Declares the parameter/threshold in which the alarm triggers.

Value 1

Primary parameter for single-sided comparisons (i.e., X > Value 1).

Value 2

Secondary parameter for two-sided comparisons (i.e., Value 1 > X > Value 2).

ON Action

Assigns a command or script that occurs when the alarm is triggered.

OFF Action

Assigns a command or script that occurs when the alarm is cleared.

Acknowledge Action

Assigns a command or script that occurs when the alarm is acknowledged.

Comparisons

Item

Description

<

Triggers the alarm if the Trigger value is less than the set Value.

<=

Triggers the alarm if the Trigger value is less than or equal to the set Value.

>

Triggers the alarm if the Trigger value is greater than the set Value.

>=

Triggers the alarm if the Trigger value is greater than or equal to the set Value.

==

Triggers the alarm if the Trigger value is equal to the set Value.

!=

Triggers the alarm if the Trigger value is not equal to the set Value.

Between

Triggers the alarm if the Trigger value falls in the range of Value 1 to Value 2.

Not Between

Triggers the alarm if the Trigger value falls outside the range of Value 1 to Value 2.

Bad Quality

Triggers the alarm if the bound Tag does not have active communication.

Is True

Triggers the alarm if the bound Tag’s value is not 0.

Labels

Item

Description

Edit Labels

Opens the Edit Labels window so that labels may be added/changed/removed.

Expand All

Shows all dropdown content within the Labels tab.

Collapse All

Hides all dropdown content within the Labels tab.

Edit Labels

Item

Description

Add Label

Drops down with a menu to add a new label or scope.

Expand All

Shows all dropdown content within the Edit Labels tab.

Collapse All

Hides all dropdown content within the Edit Labels tab.

Create New Label/Edit Label

Item

Description

Name

Assigns a name to the user’s label.

ON Action

Assigns a command or script that occurs when any alarm under the label is triggered.

OFF Action

Assigns a command or script that occurs when any alarm under the label is cleared.

Ack. Action

Assigns a command or script that occurs when any alarm under the label is acknowledged.

Color

Assigns a color to the user’s label with presets or custom HSB, RGB, or hex color code. This is applied to the Label filter window and notifications if enabled.

Scope

Assigns a scope to the user’s label.

Notify

Controls whether screen notifications will be sent when any alarms under the label are triggered.

Descriptions

Item

Description

New Description

TBDCreates a new description at the next available index.

Description

TBDAssigns a name to the user’s description.

Tag Expression

TBDAssigns a string to be used as the displayed description.

No. #

TBDDisplays the description index number starting at 0.

Move Up

TBDSwaps the description indeces of current and above descriptions.

Move Down

TBDSwaps the description indeces of current and below descriptions.

Delete

TBDDeletes the selected description.