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Configuring UMDs
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mechanism. An alarm latch will keep the error state visible until someone acknowledges the associated
alarm. For UMDs, the latch color can be set to follow the background or the text color configuration.
To set the alarm reporting features for a UMD (text and tallies):
1. In XEdit, open a layout and click the UMD whose alarm reporting behavior you wish to configure.
2. In the Properties pane, scroll down to the Alarms/Tallies section, to set the appropriate text and
background color scheme.
3. Click the Blink mode boxes, and then select the appropriate blinking behavior, for your purposes:
Blink mode Description
Off The status indicator will never blink.
Follow latch The status indicator’s blinking will follow the latch status. The indicator will
blink until someone unlatches the alarm.
Critical The status indicator will blink when the current status is critical.
Critical and major The status indicator will blink when the current status is critical or major.
Critical, major and minor The status indicator will blink when the current status is critical, major or minor.
Blink mode selection
Display alarm latch check box
Display alarm latch check box
Display alarm latch check box
Blink mode selection
Blink mode selection
Latch colors selection