Omron CX-Supervisor, User Manual

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Creating and Editing Control Objects SECTION 4 Objects
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The Alarm object displays alarm messages in runtime. These messages may
be optionally filtered by an alarm group and can be formatted to include the
date, time and status of the alarm. If there are more alarms to view than the
space provided then you can scroll the alarm view.
To edit an Alarm object, double click on it. The Alarm Wizard dialog box opens:
Alarms are defined using the Alarm Editor; refer to chapter 8, Alarms for
information on using the Alarm Editor.
The Alarm Wizard allows entry of the alarm group filter, alarm status colour
codes and various style attributes. The Alarm Wizard presents a preview of
the alarm object, which immediately updates to show the user selections as
they are made.
1, 2, 3… 1. Select the name of the alarm group by which alarm messages are to be
filtered using the Group field to display the list of available groups. The
default selection is <All Groups>, which displays all alarm messages.
To display more than one group use the * wildcard character e.g. Group1*
will include all groups starting Group1.
2. From the Acknowledge On Click options select the level of security that
is required for acknowledgement. The default is All Users .
3. From the Display Alarms from Selected Priorities , options select the
range of alarms that are to be displayed. The default selections are from
the
Lowest to the Highest.
Note that the range 'From' must be the same or lower than the range 'To'.
Use the check box 'Highest Priority at Top' to reverse the alarm order.
4. In Alarm Status Colours , the colour codes for each of the three alarm
states and blinking colours may be specified by clicking the appropriate
colour box and selecting a new colour from the resultant
Colour dialog
box.