Alarm and Event Summary Properties - Event Subscriptions tab
Use
FactoryTalk View Studio
at design time to open the Alarm and Event Summary Properties
dialog box:- Add an Alarm and Event Summary object to a display.
- Right-click on the Alarm and Event Summary object, and then clickProperties.
Use the
Event Subscription
tab in the Alarm and Event Summary Properties
dialog box to subscribe to events that match specific criteria.If you do not create an event subscription, the Alarm and Event Summary uses the default subscription which displays all alarms and events as they occur in the
FactoryTalk
system.If you create an event subscription, only the events that you subscribe to are displayed in the Alarm and Event Summary. You can specify as many, or as few, criteria as needed when creating an event subscription.
Multiple subscriptions are combined together. The subscription criteria are combined using the logical AND operator. For example, selecting the
Priority: Urgent
check box, then entering an area of Packaging Line
, and then entering an event source of [BoxStuffer]*
subscribes to urgent alarms from the packaging line whose names begin with [BoxStuffer].The following table provides details about the settings on the
Event Subscriptions
tab and how they can be used:Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Event subscription list | Displays the subscriptions currently configured for the Alarm and Event Summary. |
Add | Used to add a subscription. |
Subscription name | The name given to the subscription when it was created. |
Rename | Used to provide a new name for an existing subscription. All event subscription names must be unique. |
Remove | Used to remove the subscription and stop filtering alarm events on the subscription criteria. |
Priority level | Identifies the priority level of events displayed in the Alarm and Event Summary. |
Urgent, High, Medium, Low, Event | Used to filter alarm events based on priority level. |
Scopes list | Identifies the scope used to determine the events forwarded to the Alarm and Event Summary. A scope is a pre-defined area or group of events. The default scope is (Any Scope) , which is equivalent to selecting the top node in the Select Scope browser. |
Browse | Used to subscribe to events that fall within a given scope. |
Event sources list | Used to select specific areas, servers, or groups from which to monitor alarms using the Alarm and Event Summary. |
Browse | Used to identify specific alarms to subscribe to by browsing a list. |
Add | Used to identify specific alarms to subscribe to by providing the alarm name. |
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