April 2004
4-8 Programming with PanaView
Changing Alarm
Settings (cont.)
4. To set the alarm type, click on the [Trip Above] or [Trip Below]
radio buttons, as desired.
5. To determine the alarm values, enter the Trip and Deadband
values in the designated text boxes. (For a definition of the
Deadband value, see Setting Up the Alarms on page 3-4.)
6. To determine how the alarm will react when it encounters an error:
a. Pull down the “High” list box under the “On Error” line.
b. Then click on the desired option from the listing: “Ignore
error,” “Trip on error,” “Reset on error,” or “Hold on last
error.”
c. Repeat the procedure for the “Low” list box.
7. To test the alarm, click on the [
Test] button. Click on the [Trip]
button to trip the alarm, and on the [Reset] button to reset it.
8. Click on [
Apply] to immediately apply the changes, and on [OK] to
confirm the changes and close the window. (To return the window
to its previous settings, click on the [
Cancel] button.)