2. ALARM_D: Object Properties| CIMPLICITY 2022 Documentation

ALARM_D General

The Object dialog box General tab provides data that precisely identifies the ALARM_D object.

Note: The Description field is the only Read/Write field on the General tab.

ALARM_D fields on the HMI Properties tab for a Discrete Alarm (ALARM_D) object are read-only, except for the Alarm Class.

The field descriptions are as follows.


Field	Description	Data Type
Alarm Area	Physical or conceptual area that the alarm belongs to within the plant. Note: Alarm area is used for filtering alarms.	String
Label	Object identification.	String
Resource	(Read-only) CIMPLICITY resource ID.	String
Alarm Message	(Read-only) Alarm message that will display in the Alarm Viewer. Note: %STATE can be used in the alarm message.	String
Alarm Class	CIMPLICITY alarm class.	String

The field on the Severity tab is read-only from the EGD Server.


Field	Description	Data Type
Severity	Identifies the alarm's severity level. Note: The higher the severity is, the more important the alarm is.	INT

The Alarm Routing tab defines what roles the alarms will be routed to.

By default, the alarms are routed to all roles.


List Box	Description
Available roles	Roles that will not have alarms routed to them, but are available to be selected.
Configured roles for alarms	Roles that will have alarms routed to them.