Alarms

Use
FactoryTalk Alarms and Events
 as your alarming strategy. This alarming system allows multiple FactoryTalk products to share a common view of alarms and events throughout a FactoryTalk system. With
FactoryTalk Alarms and Events
, a
FactoryTalk View
 application can include the following alarm monitoring:
  • Device-based alarms, including:
    • Logix instruction-based alarms
      Alarm instructions are programmed and then downloaded into the
      Studio 5000
       controllers. The controller detects alarm conditions and publishes the alarm information, which is routed to
      FactoryTalk Alarms and Events
      .
    • Logix tag-based alarms
      Logix tag-based alarms associate alarm conditions with tags for
      Studio 5000
       controllers. Logix tag-based alarms monitor tag values to determine the alarm condition, but they are not part of the logic program and do not increase the scan time for a project. Logix tag-based alarms are supported only on
      Compact GuardLogix
       5380,
      CompactLogix
       5380,
      CompactLogix
       5480,
      ControlLogix
       5580, and
      GuardLogix
       5580 controllers.
  • Server tag-based alarms
    Alarm conditions are defined and managed with software that monitors programmable controllers through tags. Tag-based alarm monitoring is supported by
    Rockwell Automation
     controllers communicating through
    Rockwell Automation
     device servers (
    FactoryTalk Linx
    ), third-party controllers communicating through OPC data servers, and HMI tags. Use server tag-based alarm monitoring if you do not want to use the pre-built instructions in Studio 5000 Logix Designer, or do not have Studio 5000 controllers.
  • OPC UA alarms
    Alarm conditions are provided by third-party OPC UA servers. The alarm data is then routed to
    FactoryTalk Alarms and Events
     through FactoryTalk Linx OPC UA Connector.
For complete information about using FactoryTalk alarms and events, see
FactoryTalk Alarms and Events Help
. For an example that uses alarm expressions to animate the color of a box when the state of an alarm changes, see
FactoryTalk Alarms and Events System Configuration Guide
.
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