Configuring Which Alarms to Show

You can configure the Distributed Alarm Display object to show alarms based on:

• Priority.

• State, such as acknowledged or unacknowledged.

• Type, either summary or historical.

  When you configure the alarm query, you use text only. You cannot use tags. Example queries are as follows.

  Full path to Alarm Group:

  \\Node\InTouch!Group

Full path to local Alarm Group

\InTouch!Group

Another Group List:

GroupList

To perform multiple queries, separate each query with a space. For example:

\InTouch!Group GroupList

The default query properties are only used if you select the Perform Query on Startup check box or if the almDefQuery() function is executed.

To configure which alarms to show

1. Right-click the Distributed Alarm Display object and then click Properties. The Alarm Configuration dialog box appears.

   

2. Select the Perform Query on Startup check box.

3. In the Default Query Properties area, configure the default query for the object.

   • In the From Priority box, type the default minimum alarm priority.

   • In the To Priority box, type the default maximum alarm priority.

   • In the Alarm State list, click the default alarm state to query (All, Unack, Ack).

   • In the Query Type list, click the alarm type, either Summary or Historical.

   • In the Alarm Query box, type the initial alarm query.

4. Click OK.