Authenticate to Shelve Alarms in Operations Control connected experience

If Operations Control connected experience is enabled in the Configurator and application security is configured, then you have to authenticate using registered CONNECT account credentials while shelving the alarms. Authentication is required when the Requires ShelveSignature check box is selected in the Run-Time Behavior tab of the Edit Animations dialog box of Alarm Client Control. You can shelve alarms directly from the Alarm Control by selecting commands from the Alarm Control’s Context menu.

To Shelve Alarms in Operations Control connected experience

1. Select one or more alarms in alarm state.

2. Right-click the Alarm Control grid and click Shelve Selected from the shortcut menu.

3. If Requires ShelveSignature check box is selected in the Run-Time Behavior tab of the Edit Animations dialog box, the Authenticate to shelve an alarm dialog box is displayed. Select Authenticate.

   

   AVEVA Identity Manager login page appears.

4. Authenticate using the registered CONNECT account credentials. For more information refer to the "Authenticate using AVEVA Identity Manager" topic of InTouch HMI help.

   Shelve an alarm dialog box appears.

   

5. Select an alarm shelving duration from the Duration field.

6. Type a mandatory alarm shelving comment in the Reason field and click OK.

To shelve other alarms in Operations Control connected experience

7. Select one or more alarms in alarm state.

8. Right-click the Alarm Control, point to Shelve Others, and click one of the following shortcut commands:

   • Shelve All to shelve all alarms in alarm state

   • Shelve Visible to shelve all visible alarms

   • Shelve Selected Groups to shelve alarms with the same provider names and group names of one or more selected active alarms

   • Shelve Selected Tags to shelve alarms with the same provider names, group names, and tag names of one or more selected active alarms

   • Shelve Selected Priorities to shelve alarms with the same provider names, group names, and within the same priority ranges of one or more selected active alarms

   • Shelve Selected Severities to shelve alarms with the same provider names, group names, and within the same severity ranges of one or more selected active alarms

   The Shelve Comment dialog box appears with fields to set a shelf duration and enter a comment.

9. If Requires ShelveSignature check box is selected in the Run-Time Behavior tab of the Edit Animations dialog box, the Authenticate to shelve an alarm dialog box is displayed. Select Authenticate.

   

   AVEVA Identity Manager login page appears.

10. Authenticate using the registered CONNECT account credentials. For more information refer to the "Authenticate using AVEVA Identity Manager" topic of InTouch HMI help.

    Shelve an alarm dialog box appears.