Alarm Configuration Expander

In Object Configurator, the Alarm Configuration expander lets you create and configure alarms for the property currently selected in the Properties expander. Specifically, you can:

Edit a field system alarm
Create, edit, or delete a management platform alarm

For related procedures, see Creating Alarms.

Alarm Configuration Expander
	Name	Description
1	None	Defines no alarm functionality for this data point property.
2	Valid	Displays, based on the color code, the source used for inheriting the information (see Presetting Behavior).
3	Field system	Defines the alarm configuration for the field system.
4	Management Station	Defines the alarm functionality on the management station.
5	Alarm kind	Discrete: When the alarm value is located within a defined range (for example, between 100 and 200) or a set of predefined values (for example, 10, 20, 30). Continuous: When the entire value range is monitored for limits (for example = 50, = 75, or >= 199).
6	Alarm flags	None: All alarms are reported and logged. This is the standard behavior for integrated subsystems No alarm on driver invalid: No alarm is generated for objects when there is no connection to the integrated subsystem. This applies also to system startup where alarms are not created before a connection to a subsystem can be established. In case a connection to a subsystem is lost, existing alarms from the subsystem are set back to normal. Depending on the chosen acknowledgment model such alarms are closed immediately. No alarm on source time invalid: No alarm is triggered when a source time stamp is invalid (01.01.1970). NOTE: Desigo CC databases are set to 01.01.1970 by default before any other value is written to them.
7	New	Opens an input mask for defining the alarm condition in a row. Multiple alarm conditions can be defined.
8	Delete	Deletes the highlighted alarm condition.
9	Clear	Deletes all alarm conditions from the alarm table, (except the entries for Normal and Alarm).

Entry Mask for Management Platform Alarm

	Name	Description
1	Alarm Class	Defines the alarm class to be enabled for an event.
2	Operand	Defines the condition (operand) for reporting the event.
3	Value Range	Defines the value at which an event is reported.
4	Event Text	Displays the alarm text for incoming event.
5	Normal Text	Displays the alarm text for outgoing event.
6	Alarm config. activated	When the check box is selected, the alarm is set to active.

Supported Operands
Operand	Meaning	Example
\| \|	Or
!\| \|	Nor
..	In the range of two values
!..	Not in the range of two values
>	Greater than
<	Less than
>=	Greater than or equal to
<=	Less than or equal to

Fault indication

The first value must be less than the second value. A valid value must be less than or equal to 30.
The value sequence is not ascending. A valid value must be less than 50.