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Managing Alarms
An alarm is triggered when a process temperature or other value
moves beyond limits set by the user. In addition to setting the condi-
tions that will trigger an alarm, you can use WatView to provide the
operator with information about the alarm and what action should
be taken ( View menu > Alarms).
By default, when an alarm occurs, the alarm screen is automati-
cally displayed. You can disable this feature ( System menu >
Preferences > Alarms tab). The alarm button in the upper right of
each screen will turn red to indicate an alarm condition, whether the
alarm screen is displayed or not.
The alarm screen lists when the alarm occurred and other alarm information ( View Menu >
A
larms).
You can customize the messages displayed on the alarm screen
when an alarm occurs. You can add an additional message that will
appear when you click the alarm message in the alarm screen.
Information about each alarm event is logged automatically into
the Event Log ( Logs menu > View).
Editions: The Alarm screen and Event Log are not available in
the Configurator edition.
Help Topics: Managing Alarms