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Alarm Sources |
Alarm Sources define all information regarding alarm conditions. In each Alarm Source, users can configure its limits, a message regarding an event and its severity, as well as whether this event needs acknowledgment or not. All Alarm Sources have general properties described on the next table.
General properties for Alarm Sources
Property |
Description |
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Message text |
This is a text linked to that alarm condition, which appears on a view object (E3Alarm), a Database, etc. It can contain up to 255 text characters |
Severity |
Indicates an alarm severity, which can be Low, Medium, or High. A severity is used for filtering and sorting messages |
Need Ack |
Indicates that this alarm must be acknowledged by an operator to be removed from an E3Alarm's alarm list, or else if it is automatically acknowledged when a variable leaves an alarm condition |
Return message |
Whenever an Alarm Source leaves an alarm condition, this message is displayed on view objects |
There are several types of Alarm Sources that can be inserted into an Alarm Area, described on the next topics.