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Chapter 12: Alarms and Alarm Displays: 17 topics
  1. 12.1Using Alarms
  2. 12.2Setting Up Alarm Processing
  3. Working with Alarm Blocks
  4. 12.3.1Creating an Alarm Block
  5. 12.3.2Importing and Exporting Alarm Blocks
  6. 12.3.3Deleting an Alarm Block
  7. 12.3.4Specifying To-be-recorded Data
  8. 12.4Discrete Alarm Blocks
  9. 12.4.1Discrete Alarm Block - Settings
  10. 12.5Analog Alarm Blocks
  11. 12.5.1Analog Alarm Block - Settings
  12. Alarm Displays
  13. 12.6.1Alarm Display - Basic Operations
  14. 12.6.2Alarm Display - Operation Options
  15. 12.6.3Alarm Display - Settings
  16. 12.6.4Alarm Display - General Settings
  17. 12.6.5Alarm Display - Query Settings
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Section 12.6.1 · Chapter 12: Alarms and Alarm Displays

Alarm Display - Basic Operations

There are four types of alarm displays.

Type

 Description
Alarm History You can display a list of alarm records by using an alarm history display.
alam history
The above is an example of the alarm history display. The first row is the title row. It displays the title of each column. The other rows display one alarm record per row. You can create scroll button groups or scroll bars to scroll the contents. An alarm history display can have seven columns. The following table describes the content of each column of an alarm record.
Column Description
Date The date when the record is created. This column is optional.
Time The time when the record is created. This column is optional.
Alarm Block ID The ID of the alarm block in which the associated alarm is defined. This column is optional.
Alarm Level The level of the associated alarm. This column is optional.
Alarm ID The ID of the associated alarm. This column is optional.
Alarm Status The type of the alarm record. There are three types of alarm records.
Type Description
Active An Active record is created when an alarm is activated.
ACK An ACK record is created when an alarm is acknowledged.
CLR A CLR record is created when an alarm is cleared.
ACK Time Displays the time when an alarm was acknowledged.
Clear Time Displays the time when an alarm was cleared.
Alarm Message The message of the associated alarm. This column is optional.
The text color of a row is determined by the type of the alarm record.
Alarm Count You can display a list of the number of occurrences for each alarm by using an alarm count display.
alam count
The above is an example of an alarm count display. The first row is the title row. It displays the title of each column. The other rows display one alarm per row. You can create scroll button groups or scroll bars to scroll the contents. An alarm count display can have five columns. The following table describes the content of each column of an alarm.
Column Description
Alarm Block ID The ID of the alarm block in which the alarm is defined. This column is optional.
Alarm Level The level of the alarm. This column is optional.
Alarm ID The ID of the alarm. This column is optional.
Alarm Count The number of occurrences of the alarm.
Alarm Message The message of the alarm. This column is optional.
The text color of a row is determined by the level of the alarm.
Active Alarm You can display a list of active alarms by using an active alarm display.
active alarm
The above is an example of an active alarm display. The first row is the title row. It displays the title of each column. The other rows display one active alarm per row. You can create scroll button groups or scroll bars to scroll the contents. An active alarm display can have six columns. The following table describes the content of each column for an active alarm.
Column Description
Date The date when the alarm is activated.
Time The time when the alarm is activated.
Alarm Block ID The ID of the alarm block in which the alarm is defined. This column is optional.
Alarm Level The level of the alarm. This column is optional.
Alarm ID The ID of the alarm. This column is optional.
Alarm Message The message of the alarm. This column is optional.
The text color of a row is determined by the level of the alarm.
Alarm Marquee You can display and scroll the messages of the active alarms by using an alarm marquee.
alam marquee
The above is an example of an alarm marquee. You can place the following texts in front of the alarm messages.
Text Description
Alarm Block ID The ID of the alarm block in which the alarm is defined.
Alarm Level The level of the alarm.
Alarm ID The ID of the alarm.
The text color for an alarm is determined by the level of that alarm.

Note: You can sort the list of an alarm display at runtime by touching the title of the column that you want to be the sort field. Touching the same title again changes the sort order from ascending to descending, or vice versa. The columns that can be a sort field include: Date, Time, Alarm Block ID, Alarm Level, Alarm ID, Alarm Status, and Alarm Count.

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Source.Section 12.6.1 of the PM Designer Software User Manual, Edition 2.0, © Cermate Technologies Inc. (www.cermate.com, service@cermate.com). Reproduced online, with the manual's own figures, by TSL Automation Solutions, authorised Cermate distributor, for users of Cermate HMI panels. PM Designer and PanelMaster are trademarks of Cermate Technologies Inc.

Text and figures are the manufacturer's and may describe features your panel or software version does not have. For a plain-language introduction read the PM Designer guide; for help with a specific panel contact TSL Automation.