Designer Functionalities

Alarm Editor

The table to the right provides detail on each icon in the Alarm Editor window:

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, Microsoft Excel, or Notepad.
Cut Alarm	Deletes the selected alarm’s content and saves it in the clipboard.
Labels	Opens up the Label Editor window.
OK	Accepts the pending changes within the Alarms window.

The table to the right provides detail on the configuration options within the Edit Alarm window:

Item	Description
Alarm Name	Assigns a title 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 an action that occurs when the alarm is triggered.
OFF Action	Assigns an action that occurs when the alarm settles.
Acknowledge Action	Assigns an action that occurs when the alarm is acknowledged.

The following table provides detail on the additional icons in the Descriptions tab of the Edit Alarm window:

Item	Description
Edit Labels	Opens the Edit Labels window so that labels may be added/changed/removed.
Expand all	Expands each section within the Edit Alarm window.
Collapse all	Collapses each section within the Edit Alarm window.