Configure colors for alarm records

You can configure colors for various parts of the Distributed Alarm Display object, such as the background color and the color of selected records. You can also configure different colors for alarm records of different ranges.

Configure the alarm display colors

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

2. Select the Color tab.

   

3. In the General area, select each color box to open the InTouch color palette. Select the color that you want to use for each of the following:

   Option	Description
   Window	Sets the display background color.
   Grid	Sets the grid color.
   Selection Back	Sets the highlighted text background color.
   Selection Text	Sets the highlighted text color.
   Title Bar Back	Sets the title bar background color (visible only if the Show Titles option is on).
   Title Bar Text	Sets the title bar text color (visible only if the Show Titles option is on).
   Alarm Return	Sets the color of returned alarms (alarms that have returned to normal without being acknowledged).
   Event	Sets the color of event alarms.

4. In the Alarm Priority boxes, type the breakpoint values for the alarm display.

5. Select the UnAck Alarm and Ack Alarm color boxes to open the InTouch palette. Select the color in the palette that you want to use.

6. Select OK.