Severity Settings Properties - Policy Settings tab

How do I open the Severity Settings Properties dialog box?
  1. In the
    FactoryTalk Administration Console
     or
    FactoryTalk View Studio
     Explorer window, expand
    System > Policies > System Policies > FactoryTalk Alarms and Events
    .
  2. Double-click
    Severity Settings
    .
The
Policy Settings
 tab in the
Severity Settings Properties
 dialog box is where you specify and apply severity settings to:
  • Controller status alarms generated by
    FactoryTalk Linx
    .
  • Tracking events that are logged when an operator interacts with alarms.
To change severity settings for individual alarms, use the
Logix Designer
 application for device-based alarms, the Alarm and Event Setup editor on the Tag Alarm and Event server for tag-based alarms, or the
FactoryTalk Linx
 OPC UA Connector for OPC UA alarms.
Default severity settings
The following table lists the set of pre-defined events and default severity values.
FactoryTalk Linx
 Events
Controller status alarm
Sets the severity for controller status alarms that are generated by the
Rockwell Automation
 Device Server (
FactoryTalk Linx
).
800
Tracking Events
Operator actions
Sets the severity for the tracking events that are logged when an operator acknowledges, resets, enables, disables, suppresses, or unsuppresses an alarm.
100
To change a severity value
  • To change a severity value, click in the appropriate row, and then click the arrow that appears beside the current severity value. Type a severity value or use the up and down arrow keys to change the value.
To group severity ranges into priority categories
  • To make it easier to filter and sort events and distinguish among levels of urgency, the severity values of 1 to 1000 are grouped into four ranges. Each range is associated with a priority category: Urgent, High, Medium, and Low. The System Settings Properties dialog is used to set the severity ranges associated with each priority category.
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