[ALARM] display

If you use the default alarm display, it opens automatically whenever a trigger connection value matches a trigger value.

To use your own display, on the

Advanced

tab of the

Alarm Setup

editor, in the

Current alarms

field, replace the default [ALARM] display with your own display.

If you set up your own graphic display, use an On Top display, otherwise an error will be generated when the runtime application is created. You can also select the

Cannot Be Replaced

option on the

General

tab of the

Display Settings

dialog box so when a message occurs, your display will open on top of the current display, and will remain open until the operator closes it.

Filtering alarms on the display object that opens automatically when alarms occur is not recommended. It is assumed that the user will want this display to register all alarms. If you do filter alarms on a display, be sure to clear the

Display

check box on the

Messages

tab of the

Alarm Setup

editor for all the alarms that have been filtered out. Otherwise the display will open automatically when the alarm occurs, but the alarm object (banner or list) will be blank because the alarm that was triggered has been filtered out for that object.