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User Interface

User Interface


Products: AS-B, Edge Server, Enterprise Central, Enterprise Server, AS-P, Virtual Project Servers
Functionalities: Alarms
Product version: 2024, 7.0
12/2/2024

Function Block Program Internal Alarm Properties - Alarm Settings Tab

Use the Function Block Program Internal Alarm Properties - Alarm Settings tab to change the alarm settings of a function block program internal alarm.

 
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Figure: Function block program internal alarm properties - alarm settings tab

Table: Function Block Program Internal Alarm Properties - Alarm Settings Tab

Component

Description

Acknowledgement type

​Select the type of acknowledgement for the alarm.

For more information, see Alarm Acknowledgements .

Alarm message

Type the message to display when the alarm is in Alarm state.

For more information, see Alarm Messages .

Reset message

​Type the message to display when the alarm is reset.

For more information, see Alarm Messages .

Alarm priority

Enter the priority level of the alarm.

For more information, see Alarm Priority .

Category

​Enter the category the alarm belongs to.

For more information, see Alarm Categories .

Category 2

Enter the second category the alarm belongs to.

For more information, see Alarm Categories .

Cause note group

​Enter the cause note group that is used by the alarm.

For more information, see Cause Notes .

Action note group

​Enter the action note group that is used by the alarm.

For more information, see Action Notes .

Checklist

​Enter the checklist that belongs to the alarm.

For more information, see Checklists .

Checklist required

Select to force the user to check each step in the checklist before the alarm can be acknowledged.

Prefix for alarm source name

Type a prefix that is added to the beginning of the source name property of an alarm record.

Disable alarm

Select to disable the alarm, for example, before deployment.

For more information, see Disable and Enable Alarms .

Auto hide

Select to automatically hide the alarm in the Alarms pane or Alarm View.

Disable state-change logging

Select to prevent an alarm state change from creating an event.

For more information, see Alarm State-Change Logging .

Flashing alert

​Select True to make the alert flash in the Alarms pane and Alarm Views when an alarm is triggered.

Audible alert

​Select True to make the alert audible when an alarm is triggered.

Custom audio

Enter the path to the custom audio file you want to play when the alarm is triggered.

For more information, see Custom Audible Alarm Alerts .

 
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Edit

Click to open the property pane where you edit the selected user action. For more information, see User Action Properties .

 
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Add

Click to open the Create Object: Attachment wizard, where you add an attachment. For more information, see Create Object Dialog – Naming the Object Page .

 
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Edit

Click to open the property pane where you configure the attachment. For more information, see Attachment Properties .

 
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Remove

Click to remove an attachment that is connected to the alarm.

See Also

  • Program Conversion
  • Alarms Substitution Codes
  • Alarm Acknowledgements
  • Alarm Messages
  • Alarm Priority
  • Alarm Categories
  • Cause Notes
  • Action Notes
  • Checklists
  • Disable and Enable Alarms
  • Alarm State-Change Logging
  • Custom Audible Alarm Alerts
  • User Action Properties
  • Create Object Dialog – Naming the Object Page
  • Attachment Properties
  • Change of State Alarm Properties – Alarm Settings Tab