RSView Supervisory Edition Installation Guide

11 • CREATING ALARMS• • • • •For example, use the Display command to open a display that contains instructions abouthow to handle a motor that is running too fast.For details about setting up the Identify button, see Help.Using alarm data with commandsUse the Execute item on the Data menu to execute a command (whether an RSViewcommand, an RSView macro, or a custom program), and to append parameters to thecommand. At run time, the parameters are derived from the highlighted alarm in the alarmsummary.For example, to transfer information about a particular entry in the alarm summary, to theFactoryTalk Diagnostics log, use the Remark command. To include details about thehighlighted alarm, for example, the alarm’s severity or the tag’s value, select thecorresponding boxes in the list of parameters.11 • PlaceholderUsing parametersParameters are appended to the command in the same order in which the parametersappear in the dialog box. You can substitute parameters into any position within acommand by passing the parameters to a macro. For details about using parameters withmacros, see page 22-3.Parameters are separated by a space, unless you click Separate Parameters with commas.A space is not automatically appended to the end of the command text. If you are usingparameters, and require a space between the end of the command, macro, or custom programand the first parameter, be sure to include the space at the end of the command text.Severity and value are shown only for alarms of type IntoAlarm. For alarm typesOutOfAlarm and IntoFault, the severity is 0.Adding area names to parametersTo include the area name in the parameters passed to the command for the Execute button,select the Insert Area name check box.If you select the Insert Area name check box, the Area name appears automaticallybetween the first and second word you type in the Execute Command Text box. Becauseyou cannot change the position of the area name, be sure the command shown at thebottom of the dialog box is syntactically correct before you click OK.Alternatively, use a macro to substitute the parameters into any position within thecommand.11-37