Set unacknowledged alarms to flash

Instead of showing unacknowledged alarm records in predefined constant text and background color, you can configure the Alarm Control to flash unacknowledged alarms in another text and background colors.

Note: The Flash Unack Alarms setting is checked by default for instances of the Alarm Control that are embedded in Situational Awareness Library symbols.

The unacknowledged alarm records flash between the colors of the Unack alarms and the colors of the Flash Unack alarms. Use the FlashUnAckAlarms Property Boolean property in scripting to set unacknowledged alarm records to flash at run time.

Use the AlarmColor.UnAck.Flash.ForeGround Property and AlarmColor.UnAck.Flash.BackGround Property property groups in scripting to set the text color and background color for flashing unacknowledged alarms in each priority range at run time.

To set flashing and colors for unacknowledged alarm records

1. Double-click the Alarm Control on the canvas. The Edit Animations dialog box appears.

2. Click Colors. The Colors page appears.

3. Select the Flash Unack Alarms check box.

   Note: You cannot select the Flash UnAck Alarms check box if the client mode is set to one of the historical modes.

4. In the list on the right, locate the Unack record and priority range for which you want to change the text or background color. Do the following:

   1. Click the color box in the Text or Background column of the line. The color picker appears.

   2. Select a color and click OK.

5. Locate the Flash Unack record and priority range for which you want to change the text or background color. Do the following:

   1. Click the color box in the Text or Background column of the line. The color picker appears.

   2. Select a color and click OK.

6. In the ApplyTo column of the line, click the dropdown arrow to select one of the following options:

   • Entire row - highlights the entire row.

   • Severity - highlights only the Severity column.

   • Priority - highlights only the Priority column.

     

     By default Entire row is selected. Note that Severity column is available only in Historical Mode with History Blocks.

7. Click OK.