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Alarm Summary Information

Alarm Summary Tables

Active Alarm

ItemDescription
Active AlarmsDisplays the currently triggered alarms.
Shelved AlarmsOpens the Shelved Alarms tab.
Historical AlarmsOpens the Historical Alarms tab.
Label FilterAllows users to decide which alarms they want to view based on labels.
Check AllSelects all alarm messages in a specific tab.
ActiveChecking and unchecking this box will display or hide the active alarms.
ClearedChecking and unchecking this box will display or hide the cleared alarms.
Active, Ack.Checking and unchecking this box will display or hide the acknowledged-active alarms.
Cleared, Ack.Checking and unchecking this box will display or hide the acknowledged-cleared alarms.
AcknowledgeSets an active or cleared alarm to “Active, Ack” or “Clear, Ack”.
ShelveSuppresses an alarm.
UnshelveRemoves the suppression of an alarm.
Time DropdownSets the length of time to suppress alarms after clicking Shelve.
DeleteDeletes an alarm status from the Alarm Summary.

Shelved Alarm

ItemDescription
Active AlarmsOpens the Active Alarms tab.
Shelved AlarmsDisplays the shelved alarms.
Historical AlarmsOpens the Historical Alarms tab.
Check AllSelects all alarm messages in a specific tab.
UnshelveRemoves the suppression of an alarm.

Historical Alarm

ItemDescription
Active AlarmsOpens the Active Alarm tab.
Shelved AlarmsOpens the Shelved Alarms tab.
Historical AlarmsDocuments every alarm status change.
Label FilterAllows users to decide which alarms they want to view based on labels.
Check AllSelects all alarm messages in a specific tab.
ActiveChecking and unchecking this box will display or hide the active alarms.
ClearedChecking and unchecking this box will display or hide the cleared alarms.
Active, Ack.Checking and unchecking this box will display or hide the acknowledged-active alarms.
Cleared, Ack.Checking and unchecking this box will display or hide the acknowledged-cleared alarms.
DeleteRemoves an alarm status from the Alarm Summary.

Alarm Summary

ItemDescription
Expand AllShows all dropdown content within the Alarm Summary object.
Collapse AllHides all dropdown content within the Alarm Summary object.
NameAssigns a name to the user’s Alarm Summary object.
Initial TabControls the starting tab on the initialization of the project and re-opening of the page. The default is the “Active Alarms” tab.
Active TabCustomize the number of Columns and their respective properties for the Active Tab.
Shelved TabCustomize the number of Columns and their respective properties for the Shelved Tab.
Historical TabCustomize the number of Columns and their respective properties for the Historical Tab.
VisibilityControls whether the tab is visible or not.
DeleteRemoves the Column from the Alarm Summary.
ContentControls which type of data is shown in the column.
NameAssigns a name to the header of the column.
WidthAssigns the default horizontal distance for the column. This can be changed while in runtime.
FormatSelects the date/time Format for the “Alarm Time” column.
PrecisionSelects the number of decimal places to follow a value.
Description IndexAssigns the Description to display based on No. # in Edit Alarm’s Descriptions tab.
Add ColumnAllows the user additional columns for their Alarm Summary.

Appearance

ItemDescription
VisibilityCheckbox to enable/disable the Alarm summary's visibility during project runtime.
OpacitySlider to set the Alarm summary's opacity during project runtime.
BlinkingCheckbox to enable/disable the Alarm summary's ability to blink during project runtime.
Blinking Interval (ms)Sets the interval the Alarm summary blinks, in milliseconds, during project runtime.
Object SizeControls the size of the Alarm summary.
Background ColorSets the color of the cells in the Audit Log table.
Active ColorControls the color in which active alarms are displayed.
Active Acknowledged ColorControls the color in which active acknowledged alarms are displayed.
Cleared ColorControls the color in which cleared alarms are displayed.
Cleared Acknowledged ColorControls the color in which cleared acknowledged alarms are displayed.
Font NameThe font used to display the text.
Display HeaderControls whether the header of each column is shown or not.
Display Grid LinesControls whether the borders between cells are shown or not.
Display User ControlsControls whether control buttons are shown or not.
Show Active AcknowledgedControls the initial selection of whether Active Acknowledged alarms are displayed or hidden.
Show Active UnacknowledgedControls the initial selection of whether Active Unacknowledged alarms are displayed or hidden.
Show Cleared AcknowledgedControls the initial selection of whether Cleared Acknowledged alarms are displayed or hidden.
Show Cleared UnacknowledgedControls the initial selection of whether Cleared Unacknowledged alarms are displayed or hidden.

Position

ItemDescription
XThe Alarm Summary's X-axis position on the screen.
YThe Alarm Summary's Y-axis position on the screen.
WidthThe Alarm Summary's width.
HeightThe Alarm Summary's height.
Z IndexThe Alarm Summary's display order if behind or on top of other objects.
RotationThe Alarm Summary's rotation, in degrees.
Use PercentageCheckbox to enable/disable the rotation center ranging from 0.0 to 1.0.
If disabled, the rotation is in pixels.
Rotation Center XControls the horizontal location of the rotation anchor.
Rotation Center YControls the vertical location of the rotation anchor.