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5. To display the alarms under Alarm List, click the GO button.
Alarm List
Here the alarms are displayed according to the applied alarm filter. The alarm
list shows the most important properties of an alarm. Viewing the timestamp
can show more details. On the top, the total number of alarms in the buffer and
the number of new alarms since the last refresh are displayed.
For each alarm, the following properties are shown in the list:
• Timestamp
Shows the time, when the alarm has occurred. Newer alarms are highlighted
in red. By clicking on the entry, alarm details can be viewed.
• Category
Shows the category of the alarm:
− Urgent
Alarm has urgent priority (range 0…84)
− High
Alarm has high priority (range 85…169)
− Low
Alarm has low priority (range 170…250)
• ToState
Shows the state of the alarm:
− Normal
The alarm is going to normal state, e.g. the value of the datapoint remains
under the high alarm limit
− To off-normal
The alarm reaches off-normal state, e.g. the high alarm limit value is
exceeded
− Fault
The alarm originates in a fault such as sensor break, etc.
• Alarm Source
Shows the datapoint name
• Value/Unit
Shows the value and unit. In case of BI, BV, MI, MV, it may be a new value,
in case of AI, AO, AV it may be an exceeding value, in case of BO, MO, it
may be a command value.
• Alarm Text
Shows the alarm message as defined in the Engineering tool.
The list can be sorted differently by clicking on the BROWSE button at the Sort
By field.
View Alarm Details
Procedure 1. In the Alarm List, click on the alarm entry in the Timestamp column.
RESULT: The Alarm Details dialog box displays. Here alarm details can be
viewed under:
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