2.2. PPS Alarm Viewer Standard CIMPLICITY Buttons

Procedure

  1. Select an alarm.
  2. Click one of the following buttons.

Results

The button's action is triggered, as follows.

Button Click to:
1 Ack Acknowledge an alarm. Ack changes from N to Y when the alarm is acknowledged. Whether or not the alarm remains in the list or is removed depends on what it was configured to do.
2 Setup Open the Setup dialog box. Alarms can be filtered by selecting a setup in the Setup list and clicking Load.
Detailed information about alarm setups, including how to create and modify setups is available in the CIMPLICITY Alarm Viewer documentation.
3 Help Opens an .hlp file that was named in the alarm's Alarm Properties dialog box.
4 View Stack Open a Stacked Alarm Message window. The Stacked Alarm Message window lists the date, time, state, message, and acknowledged state of each alarm, for the selected alarm.
5 Comments Open an Alarm Comments window The Alarm Comments window lists comments that have been entered about the selected alarm. To add a comment: Click Add Comment to open an Add Comment text box.
Note: The buttons that are described are the default buttons provided with the PPS Alarm Viewer. If the buttons in your PPS Alarm Viewer are different consult your system administrator for more details.