Setting up alarm instructions
Alarm instructions provide immediate assistance to the system operator regarding how to recover from an alarm condition. You
add instructions to individual points so that when the point goes into an alarm condition the instruction is available to
guide the operator.
- Access the Instructions Manager view.
The screen capture above shows an example of one point and one master instruction selected.
- Add or edit point instructions using the control buttons in the Point Instructions pane.
- Add any master instructions in the Master Instructions List pane.The master instructions list allows you to enter instructions that are available to be assigned to any point.
- Select the points that require instructions.You may hold the Shift and Ctrl keys to select multiple points that receive the same instructions.NOTE: If you are selecting multiple points to edit their assigned instructions, all must have identical instructions for the instructions to appear in the Point Instructions pane. If there are differences between instructions for the selected points, nothing appears in the pane.
- In the Master Instructions List pane, select the master instruction(s) to associate with the selected point(s) and click Add From Master List.You may hold the Shift and Ctrl keys to select multiple instructions to assign.
- Click Save.ATTENTION: Click Save immediately after making any change. If the screen refreshes and you have not saved, you lose any instructions you are in the process of entering.
Once you add the instructions text to an alarm, the instructions appear in the Alarm Record window (accessible from the Open Alarm Sources window) for any new alarms associated with the point.