Example: Alarm XML file

The structure of the ME Alarm XML file is given below. There are three main sections, alarms, triggers, and messages, which correlate to the
Advanced
,
Triggers
, and
Messages
 tabs of the
Alarm Setup
editor.
Elements are in maroon text. Attributes are red. Values are blue.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<alarms id="Alarms" version="1.0" product="{123-456-789}">
        <alarm history-size="64" display-name="[ALARM]" hold-time="250" max-update-            rate="0.5" silence-tag="" remote-silence-exp="" remote-ack-all-exp="" status-reset-    tag="" remote-status-reset-exp="" close-display-tag="" remote-close-display-exp="" use-    alarm-identifier="true">
            <triggers>
                 <trigger id="T1" type="value" ack-all-value="25" use-ack-all="true" ack-tag="" exp="if tag2 = 0 then 5 else if Tag2 = 1 then 10 else 15" message-tag="" message-handshake-exp="" message-notification-tag="" remote-ack-exp="" remote-ack-handshake-tag="" label="Label1" handshake-tag="" />
                <trigger id="T2" type="bit" ack-all-value="0" use-ack-all="false" ack-tag="" exp="Tag1 = 20" message-tag="Alarm/Message1" message-handshake-exp="Alarm/Handshake1" message-notification-tag="Alarm/Notification1" remote-ack-exp="" remote-ack-handshake-tag="" label="" handshake-tag="HandshakeTag1" />
            </triggers>
            <messages>
                <message id="M1" trigger-value="1" identifier="1" trigger="#T1" backcolor="#c00000" forecolor="#ffffff" audio="true" display="true" print="false" message-to-tag="true" text="Tank Full" />
                <message id="M2" trigger-value="2" identifier="0" trigger="#T2" backcolor="#c00000" forecolor="#ffffff" audio="true" display="true" print="false" message-to-tag="true" text="Tank Overflow" />
             </messages>
        </alarm>
</alarms>
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