The Canvas Simulator can operate a project with an Alarm Summary object that displays up to 175 alarms reliably. Likewise, a physical Xpanel can reliably do the same with up to 1,000 alarms. The operating speeds of both the Simulator and a physical Xpanel will depreciate with the creation of more alarms. Click Insert > Alarm Summary, or the Insert Alarm Summary icon in the toolbar, and click and drag on the page to bring up the Alarm Summary object as shown to the right:

The Basic Properties window allows changing the displayed content and formatting within the object. The object’s name will show up in place of Basic Properties, as displayed to the right:

The Appearance pane enables the use of colors and selections to alter visible characteristics.

The Transform tab provides adjustable properties that reshape or move the object.

There are currently no applicable actions for the Alarm Summary object. This is intended, and there are no plans to add this capability.

Notifications Information

When running the program, the user can select the Label Filter option in the Alarm Summary to display the alarms with a specific label. Multiple labels may be applied simultaneously, and all active alarms with the selected labels will be displayed in the active tab of the Alarm Summary. The same can be done in the historical tab for the historical alarms.

To confirm that the user has seen an active alarm and is aware of it, the user can acknowledge the it. If the alarm is clear, it will be taken off the active alarm screen and move the alarm into the Historical Alarm tab. Alarms that are active and acknowledged will stay on the same page until the situation is resolved.

The user has the option to shelve alarms. Shelve acts like a snooze button for a specified time interval. After the time interval is over, the alarm will reappear in the Active Alarm tab. In the Shelved Alarm tab, the user can also unshelve an alarm if the user has that preference.

Historical Information