Showing alarm and event information
The FactoryTalk alarms and events feature supports server tag-based, Logix instruction-based, Logix tag-based, and third-party OPC UA alarm monitoring and allows multiple FactoryTalk products to use the same alarm and event information.
Information of monitored alarms can be displayed and interacted with in graphic displays at runtime using the alarm and event graphic objects.
The following table shows the alarm and event objects.
Graphic objects | Description |
|---|---|
Alarm and Event Summary | Lets an operator acknowledge, disable, enable, suppress, filter, and sort alarms during runtime. |
Alarm and Event Banner | Lets an operator monitor and respond to the most serious alarms requiring immediate attention. |
Alarm Status Explorer | Lets an operator enable or disable alarms, suppress or unsuppress alarms, and view operator comments. |
Alarm and Event Log Viewer | Lets an operator view, sort, filter, and print historical alarm information stored in Microsoft SQL Server databases. |
Automatic Diagnostic Event Summary | Lets an operator suppress, unsuppress, filter, and sort ControlLogix device diagnostic events during runtime. |
You can also use FactoryTalk alarm and event expression functions to animate objects and display alarm count information (for example, the number of alarms that are in alarm and unacknowledged).
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