Alarm conditions for PMTR
Use the
Alarms
tab on the PMTR Properties
dialog box to set the values that define alarm conditions for Process Motor (PMTR) instructions.Define alarm conditions for PMTR instructions
- On the instruction in the routine, perform one of these actions:
- On the Ladder or FBD instruction, select .
- In the Structured Text editor, right-click the tag name and selectConfigure <tag name>.
- SelectAlarms.
- Configure these settings:
- Use Alarm. Select to use an alarm. Alarm conditions are not evaluated when an alarm is not in use.
- Alarm. Enter descriptive text that appears for the alarm.
- State. The state of the alarm. Hover over the state icon to see a tool tip that describes the alarm state or fault status.An alarm can be in more than one state at a time. For example, an alarm can be in alarm, acknowledged, and suppressed; or normal, unacknowledged, and suppressed.Alarm state icons include:
- Normal, acknowledged (no icon).
- Normal, unacknowledged -
- In alarm, acknowledged -
- In alarm, unacknowledged -
- Suppressed -
- Shelved -
- Disabled -
- Alarm fault -
- Select to open theAlarm Propertiesdialog box for an alarm.
- Select theSettings for all alarmscheckbox to configure settings for all pre-defined alarms for a PMTR instruction. When this box is checked, changes made to these settings are applied to all pre-defined alarms:
- Class. A group name for related alarms. The class does not limit the alarms that an Alarm Summary object subscribes to. UseClassto filter the alarms that are displayed to the operator.
- Alarm group. A group name to help classify and sort alarms.
- . AFactoryTalk ViewcommandFactoryTalk Viewcommand that can be run on the operator station when the alarm notification appears. Enter the exact syntax for theFactoryTalk Viewcommand.
- SelectAllow operator to shelve alarmto allow an operator to shelve an alarm.
- SelectAllow maintenance to disable alarmto allow maintenance technicians to disable an alarm.
- When online with the controller, monitor theDevice stateandDevice issuesindicators at the bottom left of the dialog box:
- Device state. Displays the current device state, such asRunning,Stopped, orOut of service.
- Device issues. Displays fault conditions, such asFail to startorConfiguration error.
- SelectApply.
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