​.AlarmType Dotfield

Returns the alarm type for the tag associated with a selected alarm. The alarm has to be selected by clicking the Distributed Alarm Display object in summary mode.

Category

Alarms

Usage

[ErrorNumber=]GetPropertyM("ObjectName.AlarmType",TagName);

Parameters

ObjectName

Name of the Distributed Alarm Display object. For example, AlmObj_1.

TagName

Any message tag.

Data Type

String (read-only)

Example

If used in a Touch Pushbutton QuickScript, this statement returns the type of the selected alarm to the almType tag when the operator acknowledges the alarm.

GetPropertyM("AlmObj_1.AlarmType",almType);

Where AlmObj_1 is the name of the Distributed Alarm Display object and almType is a memory message tag containing the alarm type for the tag associated with the selected alarm.

See Also

GetPropertyM(), .AlarmAccess, .AlarmClass, .AlarmComment, .AlarmDate, .AlarmLimit, .AlarmName, .AlarmOprName, .AlarmOprNode, .AlarmPri, .AlarmProv, .AlarmState, .AlarmTime, .AlarmValue