Alarms and events interaction reference

At runtime, the items on the Alarm and Event Status Bar provide a quick and easy way of interacting with alarms and events.
The following table provides a reference of the actions that can be accomplished using the status bar:
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Acknowledge the selected alarm
Select the alarm you want to acknowledge, and then click the
Acknowledge
button.
Toolbar_AckSelected
Acknowledge an alarm and enter a comment
Select the alarm you want to acknowledge, and then click the
Acknowledge with Comment
button.
Toolbar_AckSelectedComment
Shelve the selected alarm with specific duration
Select the alarm you want to shelve and then click the
Shelve selected alarm
button.
Toolbar_Shelve
Silence all alarms
To stop the alarm bell from sounding for all alarms currently in the Alarm and Event Banner, click the
Silence All Alarms
button. Silencing alarms does not acknowledge them; it merely stops the alarm bell from sounding. If a new alarm occurs, the alarm bell sounds again.
Toolbar_SilenceAll
Disable or enable the alarm bell
To stop the alarm bell from sounding, even if new alarms occur, click the
Audible Sound Disabled
button.
To configure the alarm bell to sound when there are any alarms that have not been silenced, or if new alarms occur, click the
Audible Sound Enabled
button.
Toolbar_AlarmBellDisabled
Toolbar_AlarmBellEnabled
Run the command associated with the selected alarm
To run the command that was configured at design time to be associated with the alarm, click the
Run Alarm Command
button.
Toolbar_RunAlarmCommand
Refresh the alarm list
To refresh the event queue and update the Alarm and Event Banner alarm list, click the
Refresh
button.
Toolbar_RefreshAlarmList
Run the Alarm and Event Summary command
To run the Alarm and Event Summary command, click the
Run Alarm and Event Summary
button.
Toolbar_RunAlarmEventSummary
View Alarm Faults
To view the faults list, double-click the
Alarm Fault
panel.
FTAeStatusPanelAlarmFaults
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