Shelve alarms

Shelving an alarm temporarily suppresses it. When shelving an alarm, the operator specifies a time duration for the alarm to remain shelved. The alarm is automatically unshelved when the duration runs out.
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Shelving is supported in
Logix Designer
 version 21 and later.
A shelved alarm is displayed in both the Alarm and Event Summary and Alarm Status Explorer. However, a shelved alarm is not displayed in the Alarm and Event Banner.
Disable an alarm instead of shelving it if you want to completely turn off the alarm detection logic for the alarm source, and prevent the alarm from being detected.
The ability to shelve or unshelve an alarm is controlled by
FactoryTalk Security
.
To shelve or unshelve alarms in an application or area, you need the following security permissions for the application or area:
  • Common > Read
  • Common > List Children
  • Alarming > Shelve
To shelve an alarm
  1. In the event list, do one of the following:
    • Select the alarm you want to shelve and click the
      Shelve selected alarm
      Toolbar_Shelve button on the toolbar.
    • Right-click the alarm you want to shelve and select
      Shelve
      .
  2. The
    Shelve Alarm
     dialog box is displayed.
  3. (optional) In
    Shelve duration
     type a number to specify the number of minutes the alarm will be shelved.
  4. (optional) In
    Comment
     specify the reason for shelving the alarm.
  5. When complete, click
    Shelve.
The
Alarm Status Explorer
 can also be used to shelve alarms.
To shelve an alarm using the Alarm Status Explorer
  1. On the toolbar, click the
    Display the Alarm Status Explorer
    Toolbar_ShowAlarmStatusExplorerbutton or right-click an alarm and click
    Alarm Status
    to open the Alarm Status Explorer.
  2. From the
    Alarm Status Explorer
     window, select the alarm or alarms you want to shelve and then click the
    Shelve selected alarm
    Toolbar_Shelve button.
  3. Complete the
    Shelve Alarm
     dialog box and then click
    Shelve.
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