11. Appendix B 
11.1. Standard Function Block Parameters 
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cause of the alarm is entered in the sub-code field. The first 
alarm to become active will set the Active status in the 
Status attribute. As soon as the Unreported status is 
cleared by the alarm-reporting task, another block alarm 
may be reported without clearing the Active status, if the 
sub-code has changed.  
FF Data Type 
DS-72 
Range 
 
Usage 
C/Alarm 
Length 
13 
Valid Views 
 
Storage 
Dynamic 
Remarks 
The data type describes discrete alarms using the following 
five elements: 
    1 Unacknowledged 
    2 Alarm State 
    3 Time Stamp 
    4 Subcode 
    5 Value 
 
BLOCK_ERR 
 
Classification 
Simple Variable 
Description 
Reflects the error status associated with the hardware or 
software components associated with a block. It is a bit 
string that can show multiple errors.  
FF Data Type 
Bit String 
Range 
 
Usage 
C/Block Error 
Length 
2 
Valid Views 
VIEW_1, VIEW_3