Configuring Display Column Details

For the Alarm Viewer control, you can:

• Select and order the columns.

• Set the width of a column in pixels.

• Rename a column.

To configure the display column details

1. Right-click the Alarm Viewer control and then select Properties. The AlarmViewerCtrl Properties dialog box appears.

2. Select the General tab.

3. Select Column Details. The Column Details dialog box appears.

   

4. In the Name column, select the check boxes next to the names of the columns that you want to appear. You must select at least one column from the list.

   Column	Shows
   Time	The time as specified in the Time Format tab.
   State	The state of the alarm.
   Class	The alarm category.
   Type	The alarm type.
   Priority	The alarm priority.
   Name	The tagname.
   Group	The alarm group name.
   Provider	The name of the alarm provider.
   Value	The value of the tag when the alarm occurred. The width of the column should be large enough to provide the desired level of precision.
   Limit	The alarm limit value of the tag. The width of the column should be large enough to provide the desired level of precision.
   Operator	The logged-on operator’s ID associated with the alarm condition.
   Operator Full Name	The logged-on operator’s full name.
   Operator Node	The logged on operator’s node associated with the alarm condition. In a Terminal Services environment, this is the name of the client computer that the operator established the Terminal Services session from. If the node name can't be retrieved, the node's IP address is used instead.
   Operator Domain	The logged on operator’s domain associated with the alarm condition.
   Tag Comment	The comment for the tag.
   Alarm Comment	The comment associated with the tag's alarm. This comment was typed in the Alarm Comment box when the tag’s alarm was defined. When an acknowledgement comment is introduced for alarms, the new comment is updated in this comment column.
   User 1	The numerical value of the AlarmUserDefNum1 property of the alarm.
   User 2	The numerical value of the AlarmUserDefNum2 property of the alarm.
   User 3	The string value of the AlarmUserDefStr property of the alarm.

5. Rearrange columns by selecting the column name and using the up and down arrows. The column name appearing at the top of the Column Details dialog box is the left-most column of the alarm control.

6. To change the name of a column or its width, select the column and select Edit. The Edit dialog box appears.

   

   1. In the New Name box, type the new column name.

   2. In the New Width box, type the column width. The column width can range from 1 to 999 pixels.

   3. Select OK.

7. Select OK in the Column Details dialog box.

8. Select Apply.