12.2.1 Settings
- Christian Heilman (Unlicensed)
- Narin Maneekhat (Unlicensed)
Click Insert > Alarm Summary or click the icon 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. |
Property Editor
Provides ways to customize the user’s Alarm Summary.
Item | Description |
| Expands each section within the Property Editor pane. |
Collapses each section within the Property Editor pane. | |
Name | Allows the user to decide which name they want for the Alarm Summary. |
Appearance | |
Visible | 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 Summay. 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 | Controls the 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. |
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 Outlines | 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 | Controls whether the “Active Alarms” 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. |
Shelved Tab | |
Visible | Controls whether the Shelved Alarms 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. |
Historical Tab | |
Visible | Controls whether the “Historical Alarms” 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. |