View alarm faults (Summary)

How do I open the Alarm Faults dialog box?
To open the
Alarm Faults
 dialog box do one of the following:
  • Double-click the
    Alarm Faults
     panel on the status bar
  • Right-click an alarm and then click
    View Alarm Faults
    .
An alarm fault occurs when there is a problem with an alarm condition. This could be a configuration error, a problem getting the value of an Input Tag or Limit tag, or a problem communicating with a device producing an alarm.
The Alarm and Event Summary and Alarm and Event Banner indicate the number of faulted alarm conditions for the alarms that meet the event subscription criteria in the status bar. When an alarm fault occurs:
  • The alarm fault count is incremented by the number of faulted alarm conditions.
  • If a faulted alarm condition appears in the alarm list, it is removed.
  • The faulted alarm conditions are added to the alarm fault list which is displayed in the Alarm Faults dialog box.
At runtime, operators can view the list of faulted alarms in the Alarm Faults dialog box which displays the following columns:
  • Event Time--the time the alarm condition faulted.
  • Event Source (Condition)--the name of the faulted alarm followed by the alarm Condition name in parenthesis.
  • Message--a message describing the alarm fault.
You can click column headings to sort the alarm fault list.
The
Alarm Faults
 dialog box does not display faulted alarms that are disabled or suppressed.
The
Alarm Faults
 dialog box only displays the most recent 500 alarm faults.
To view alarm faults
  1. On the status bar, either:
    • Double-click the
      Alarm Faults
       panel FTAeStatusPanelAlarmFaults
      -or-
    • Right-click an alarm and then click
      View Alarm Faults
      .
  2. Click
    the close (
    X
    )
    button
    to close the
    Alarm Faults
    dialog box.
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