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13.16 Alarm Display
The Alarm Display opens a window to display messages registered in the
Alarm Scan
list via alarm trigger
conditions. All active alarm messages are sorted by time. As new alarms are displayed on the top line, older ones
are scrolled down.
Note:
Refer to the Alarm Scan section for more details about alarm messages.
Procedure to add Alarm Display
1. Click Alarm Display icon or select
Alarm Display
from
the
Parts
menu.
2. Fill in General Tab Items:
Description:
A reference name (not displayed) that you
assign to the Alarm Display.
Read Address:
The Read Address controls the
scrolling, up and down, of the alarm display window. It
has nothing to do with triggering alarms.
Device type
is the word prefix.
Device address
is the word number.
Data format:
Defines data from the controller as
binary (
BIN
) or binary coded decimal (
BCD
).
See Word Lamp 13.2 for format description.
No. of words
is restricted to 2 Words for this part.
Tag
is used to select the Read address from a list of
predefined Tags.
Aux.
directs the Read address to be retrieved from the Auxiliary Port.
Attribute:
Display line
: Specifies the height of the window in Font 16 high lines. (Font size 24 takes up two lines)
Char. length
: Specifies the width of the window in Font 16 characters, extra characters past this length are truncated.
Note:
Font 16 characters are 8 pixels wide by 16 pixels high.
3. Click
OK
to place and position the Alarm Display where desired.
Note:
Resize an Alarm Display part by adjusting the
Display Line
and
Char. Length
attributes.
Note:
Refer to Section 2: Software Reference Guide for details about completing each tab item
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