RSView Supervisory Edition Installation Guide

11 • CREATING ALARMS• • • • •• The Tagname parameter records the name of the highlighted tag in the alarm summaryin the Tagname column of the alarm log file.You cannot change the order in which parameters are passed to the command line for thealarm summary Execute button. To use the alarm summary Execute button with theAlarmLogRemark command, and have the tag name added correctly to the /T argument,you must ensure that the argument (/T) appears last on the command line.For details about using the AlarmLogRemark command, see “Adding remarks to thealarm log file at run time” on page 11-24, or see Help.11 • PlaceholderUsing the Execute button to run a custom programIf you set up the Execute button to run a custom program, and you copy the alarmsummary from one application to another application, you must ensure that the customprogram is available in the new application, otherwise the Execute button will not run theprogram.Starting and stopping alarm monitoringThere are many ways to start and stop alarm monitoring. Choose the way that works bestfor the application.For a complete list of RSView commands and their command syntax, see Help.Ways to start alarm monitoring at the HMI serverTo start alarm monitoring, use any of these methods:• In the HMI Server Properties dialog box, click the Components tab, and then selectthe Alarming check box. Alarm monitoring starts the next time the HMI server runs,or when the HMI server’s components are started manually.• In the Macros editor, create a macro that contains the command, AlarmOn. In theHMI Server Properties dialog box, click the Components tab, and then specify themacro. Alarm monitoring will start when the HMI server runs.• In the Graphics editor, create a button object. In the Button Properties dialog box,click the Action tab. In the Press action box, type the AlarmOn command. When thebutton is pressed, alarm monitoring starts.• In the Graphics editor, create a graphic object and then attach touch Animation theAlarmOn command as the action. When the object is touched, alarm monitoring starts.• In the Events editor, type the AlarmOn command in the Action box for an event.11-39