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IWS Training Guide
Alarm/Event Control
The Filters button opens a Filters dialog that allows you to specify filtering parameters, controlling which alarms
will be visible during runtime. Alarm filtering can be used to allow the operator to focus on high-priority alarms,
or alarms with some logical grouping (e.g. by location, type,
etc.). Some of the key Alarm filters are:
• Alarm Group
The Alarm Group corresponds to the Alarm
Worksheet number, starting with 1. If Group 0 is
specified, this means that all Alarm Groups are to be
used. You can specify one or more Alarm Groups
(e.g. 1, 3, 5-8). A string Tag can be used in this field
to change the Alarm Group at runtime.
• Alarm Priority
The Alarm Priority From and To fields are used to
display Alarms in a given priority range. The Alarm
Priority is specified in the Alarm Worksheet. Numeric
tags or values can be used in these fields.
• Alarm Selection
The Alarm Selection field corresponds to the text
typed in the Selection field in the Alarm Worksheet.
This can be a string Tag.
• Type
This field allows you to enter the Alarm type to filter by (e.g. HiHi, Hi, Lo, LoLo)
• State
This field allows you to enter the Alarm State which can be used to filter the Alarm display.
• Tagname, Message, Username
You can sort based on the Tag name, the Message, or the User Name (log on name of the User)
The Advanced button opens an Advanced dialog box.
• Ack All Trigger
Used to specify a Tag that will Acknowledge all Alarms.
• Ack Trigger
Used to specify a Tag with will Acknowledge the last
(the top) Alarm.
• Run-time dialog triggers
Specifies Tags that will open Columns or Filters dialog
boxes at runtime, allowing changes to be made.
• Total Items
Can use an integer Tag in this field to return the total
Alarms remaining after filtering the Alarms
• Selected Tag
Can use a string Tag in this field to return the text
name of a Tag that is associated with the Alarm. The
Tag name can be used as a string Pointer tag to
acknowledge the specific alarm.
• Navigation Triggers
Can specify Tags (associated with objects such as
buttons) that can navigate the Alarm list.
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