Operating alarms
9.2 Operating alarms on the OP 73micro
OP 73micro, TP 177micro (WinCC flexible)
Operating Instructions, 09/2007, 6AV6691-1DF01-0AB0
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Operator control components
Functions of the HMI device keys in the alarm view:
Button
Function
SHIFT
+
ESC
HELP
Show an alarm infotext
ENTER
Edit alarm
ACK
Acknowledge alarm
INS
Show the full text of the selected alarm in a separate window, the alarm text
window. You can scroll the alarm text window using the cursor keys.
TAB
,
+/–
Select the next or previous alarm from the alarm view
Alarm class layout
The various alarm classes are identified in order to distinguish between them in the alarm
view.
Symbol
Alarm class
!
Error
(empty)
Warning
(depending on the
configuration)
User-defined alarm classes
$
System
The configuration engineer can edit the alarm class symbols. Additional information on this
may be available in your plant documentation.
Displaying infotext
An alarm can be assigned an infotext.
Proceed as follows to view the infotext:
1.
Select the relevant alarm in the alarm view using the cursor keys.
2.
Press
SHIFT
and
ESC
HELP
.
The infotext assigned to this alarm is shown.
3.
Press
ESC
HELP
to close the infotext.