Add extended properties to an alarm message

In the

Controller Organizer

, expand the

Alarm Manager

folder.

Right-click

Alarms

and select

New Alarm

, or right-click an existing alarm, select

Alarm

Properties

, and select

Editor

.

In the

Alarm Message Editor

dialog box, on the

Variable

menu, select

Select Tag Extended Properties

.

Select the tag browser button to open the tag browser. The tag browser displays controller tags, tags of the same scope as the input for tag-based alarms, and tags of the same scope as the instruction backing tag for instruction-based alarms.

Select the tag that carries the properties to include.

For instruction-based alarms, when a program scoped tag is selected, the program name is removed from the tag. For example, for the tag \MyProgram.MyTag, MyTag appears in the dialog box. Because an instruction-based alarm is the backing object of the alarm tag, the scope of the extended properties tag is assumed from the alarm tag.

For tag-based alarms, when a program scoped tag is selected, the program name is displayed with the tag. For example, for the tag \MyProgram.MyTag, \MyProgram.MyTag appears in the dialog box. Because tag-based alarms are controller scoped components, the scope of the extended properties tag needs to be recorded.

Select an extended property from the

Extended Property

menu, or type an extended property that does not appear in the list. Extended properties typed into the box are not verified by the

Logix Designer

application, but are sent to the HMI.

(Optional) To limit the width of the message to a specific number of characters, select

Use Fixed Width

. Characters beyond the width limit are displayed on the next line on the display. After selecting the check box, enter the number of characters or select a number using the up and down arrows.

Select

Add

. The extended properties are added to the alarm message.