MAN1032-10-EN_EXL6_UserManual
March 12, 2020
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15.8 Alarms
Alarm presentation to the operator is highly configurable and beyond the scope of this
document to describe fully. For more information refer to the graphics editor help file. This
section presents a typical configuration thereby providing an introductory description on what
the operator should expect.
The alarm object is generally used to enunciate alarms to the operator. While the display
characteristics of this object is configurable, it is generally displayed as a button that changes
colors to indicate the highest state of the alarm(s) in the alarm group it is monitoring. The
following indicates the priority of the alarm states and the default colors associated with these
states.
Highest
(Red)
Unacknowledged Alarms Exist
—
(Yellow)
Acknowledged Alarms Exist
Lowest
(Green)
No Alarms Exist
Figure 15.5
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Alarm Object