
VisiPC Software Manual Part 1 – Visilynx 3 Configurator
INS00231 Issue 4 Page 63 of 88
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Alarm Handling
: Determines how system alarms are managed.
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LIFO
(last in, first out), meaning the most recent alarm is handled first, and
FIFO
(first
in, first out), meaning the oldest alarm is handled first, are the two options available
for alarm management.
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Sequence
: is selected to automatically scroll the active system alarms across the
system alarm monitors with a five second dwell, allowing you to view each alarm
scenario in turn. This only has an effect when there are more active system alarms
than there are system alarm monitors.
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Alarm Monitors
: Up to eight alarm monitors can be assigned for displaying system
alarms. When there are less active system alarms than configured system alarm
monitors, they are displayed in order on those monitors. When more are active, they are
displayed according to the ‘Alarm Handling’ rules above.
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Accept
: will save the settings for the current page.
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Restore
: will return all of the settings for the current page to the point when the
configuration was last saved using
Accept
.
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Default
: will restore the settings to valid default values for the current page.