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Operators use the Alarm Summary with the Alarm Tracker pane as their primary
display for an extended period to ensure that they are well experienced in using alarm
tracker features in a normal situation before they use it during a major process upset.
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You rationalize the alarm system at your site to ensure that alarm-related displays
(especially the Alarm Summary and the Alarm Tracker pane) do not contain more
alarms than necessary. For information about alarm design and alarm rationalization,
see “Designing alarm systems” in the Station Planning Guide.
For information about configuring alarm trackers and assigning an alarm tracker to operators,
Stations, Consoles, or Console Stations, see “Configuring alarm trackers” in the Station
Configuration Guide.
An example of an Alarm Tracker pane in the Alarm Summary
Alerts
Alerts are notifications whose urgency and priority are not high enough to be alarms.
There are several types of alerts:
Alarms and events
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