Silver Series Installation and Operation Manual, Rev B ... - Watlow

170 Silver Series Programming ManualDisplaying Alarms using the Alarm Display ObjectThough the Alarm (Event) Log Object continuously monitors the PLC for alarms, it cannot display the alarms withoutthe Alarm Display Object, the Alarm Bar Object, or the Event Display Object. The Alarm Display Object takes the alarmstrings sent to it from the Alarm (Event) Log Object and displays them on a window screen as a list. The list containsall of the active alarms occurring with the most recently activated alarm at the top of the list.To create an Alarm Display Object:1. From the Objects menu, click Alarm > Alarm Display or click the Alarm Display icon in the Object 2 toolbar.The New Alarm Display Object dialog box appears.2. Include categories: To include all categories, set this at 0 to 0.3. Acknowledge style: This is not currently implemented – for future use.4. Select the Frame and Background colors from the drop-down menus. Select Transparent for no frame orbackground.5. Select the sort order in which the alarms will appear, either Time ascending or Time descending.6. Check the Event trigger date, Event trigger time, and Event message checkboxes to include them in theAlarm Display. Use the Display order list to arrange the order in which the selected event information isdisplayed.7. Select the format for how the date and time is displayed in the Date: and Time: drop-down boxes.0600-0069-0000 Rev. B