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Chapter 7
Folders
Exigo tool manual
7.5 Alarm status
Permits handling of all enabled alarms.
The alarm settings can be changed by either double-clicking on the alarm you wish to change or by
marking the alarm and then clicking on the button
Settings
.
Alarm settings can also be changed in the folder
Settings/Alarm objects
.
NOTE!
Changes made to alarm settings must be downloaded to become active.
Alarm indications
Green status box:
Non-activated alarm.
Red box with an exclamation mark:
Active alarm.
Red, green-bordered box:
Reset, not acknowledged alarm.
Blue box with a white tick-mark:
Active, acknowledged alarm.
Grey box with a black X:
Blocked alarms.
Any changes made to alarm status in Exigo tool are instantly transmitted to the controller without the
need to use
Load parameters
.
Changes in alarm status in the controller however are not displayed in
Exigo tool until you make a refresh.
To keep track of changes in alarm status when looking at other folders, look at the alarm box in the
status bar at the bottom of the window.
Alarm categories
Exigo has three alarm categories,
Sum alarm A
,
Sum alarm B
and
Sum alarm C
.
A and B/C alarms will activate the digital outputs A-alarm and B/C alarm respectively if configured.
Both will activate the
Sum alarm
output if configured.
C alarms are internal only.
C alarms need not be acknowledged. Once they reset, they automatically return to normal status.
Alarms can be shown according to class:
A
,
B
,
C
or
All classes
, and according to status:
Normal
,
Blocked
,
Acknowledged
,
Returned
,
Alarm active and All statuses.