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What is an Alarm?
SECTION 8 Alarms
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SECTION 8
Alarms
This chapter describes CX-Supervisor alarms and the procedures associated
with the creation, amendment and removal of alarms using the Alarm Editing
facility. The use of alarms during the running of a project is also described.
8-1
What is an Alarm?
Alarms provide notification of a problem during the execution of an application
in runtime. Alarms are defined in the development environment and monitored
in the runtime environment. Alarms range from incidental to catastrophic in
nature.
In runtime, the occurrence of an alarm condition, and any subsequent change
of state, is recorded in a log file known as the Alarm History log.
An operator is alerted to an alarm condition by means of an Alarm
Acknowledge dialog box, which may also be accompanied by a warning
sound. A list of current alarms is also maintained.
Individual alarms are defined in the development environment using the Alarm
Editor. General alarm settings are controlled in the development environment
using the Alarm Settings dialog box.
The Alarm Object (refer to chapter 4, Objects) is a graphical object which can
be configured to display alarm messages for certain groups of alarms and thus
provides a convenient way of filtering alarm messages.
Alarm definitions are made and modified using the Alarm Editor. To use the
Alarm Editor, CX-Supervisor must currently have a project open. If no project
is currently open, either select Open Project from the Project menu to open a
previously saved project, or select New Project from the Project menu to
create a new project.
Facilities exist to add an alarm, modify an existing alarm, copy an alarm,
remove an existing alarm following confirmation, and display the alarm list in
name, type or description order.
8-2
Alarm Settings
To open the Alarm Settings dialog box, select the
button from the Alarm
Editor toolbar. The dialog box opens.
Summary of Contents for CX-Supervisor
Page 1: ...CX Supervisor Software Cat No W10E EN 01 User Manual Software Release 3 1...
Page 3: ...Copyright Notice 2...
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Page 27: ...Tip of the Day SECTION 1 Graphics Editor 26...
Page 35: ...CX Supervisor Preferences SECTION 2 Pages 34...
Page 79: ...Responding to Events SECTION 5 ActiveX Objects 78...
Page 115: ...Printing the Graphics Library SECTION 7 Graphics Library 114...
Page 181: ...Data Logging SECTION 11 Data Logging 180...
Page 201: ...Examples SECTION 12 Databases 200...
Page 243: ...Performance Monitor SECTION 16 Application Analysis Performance Monitor 242...
Page 253: ...Using with Omron s CX Server OPC SECTION 17 Using CX Supervisor as an OPC Cli 252...
Page 259: ...Creating a CX Supervisor Client application SECTION 18 Connecting to a remote CX 258...
Page 263: ...Adding a Point Linked to a Parameter SECTION 19 Connecting to Omron Industrial 262...
Page 271: ...Data Logging SECTION 20 Best Practices 270...
Page 275: ...Configuring a Server PC running Windows NT or 2000 Appendix A Configuring a PC 274...
Page 277: ...Appendix B Frequently Asked Questions 276...
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