Chapter 5
Alarms and Events
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How Do You Configure Logging
and Printing of Alarms and Events?
You can configure logging and printing options for Alarms and Events
through the Event Configuration dialog box, shown in Figure 5-1. This
configures the format of alarms and events written to
.evt
files or printed.
You can reach this dialog box by choosing Project»Tag»Configuration,
and then Configure»Events from the Tag Configuration Editor.
Figure 5-1.
Event Configuration Dialog Box
Table 5-1 provides a description of the general event configuration
selections.
Table 5-1.
Tag Configuration Editor Event Configuration Selections
Selection
Description
Event Directory
Determines the path to the directory where the event files are stored on disk.
Store absolute
path
Determines whether the absolute path is stored.
