Configure a basic SA_AlarmSeverity symbol

The default configuration of the SA_AlarmSeverity symbol is as an alarm severity indicator that shows active alarm counts by severity. Alarm counts are the aggregate total from an instance of an ArchestrA area.

Tutorial Video: Configure the SA_AlarmSeverity symbol

Prerequisites

To configure the the basic configuration of the SA_AlarmSeverity symbol, you only need to assign area attributes as reference values to custom properties. No Wizard options need to be configured.

This procedure explains how to assign attributes to custom properties using owning objects.

To configure a basic SA_AlarmSeverity symbol using owning objects

1. Embed the SA_AlarmSeverity symbol in another symbol from the Industrial Graphic Editor.

2. Select the symbol and scroll the Properties pane at the right of the window until you see the Runtime Behavior area.

3. Click the OwningObject field to show the Instances window.

4. Select an area instance from the list that you want to be the owing object and whose attributes will be automatically assigned to the symbol's custom properties.

   If you know the name of the object, simply enter the name in the OwningObject field.

5. Click OK.

6. Save the symbol and check it in.

7. Deploy the Galaxy containing the object with attributes that are used as reference values of the custom properties.

8. Double-click an instance of InTouch ViewApp to start WindowMaker.

9. Embed the symbol containing the SA_AlarmSeverity symbol into an InTouch window.

10. Run the application in WindowViewer to verify that your basic symbol configuration works correctly.