Alarm class mapping is available using the alarm class mapper dialog box. This dialog box, shown in Figure 237, provides a way for you to assign one or more alarm classes to a common set of alarm-handling parameters. One benefit of this type of mapping is that you can import alarms from a variety of alarm classes and have them display, link, or sound in a common manner. You do this by creating a alarm class definitions and then “mapping” existing alarm classes to these definitions. Open the alarm class mapper dialog box by choosing from the menu. You can also open this dialog box in the Alarm Console window inside the Workbench Options dialog box.
The menu is available when you are in the alarm console view.
The alarm class mapper dialog box has two primary windows, as shown in Figure 239 and described below:
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Alarm Class Definitions window
This window is located at the top of the alarm class mapper dialog box. You can create, delete, or edit alarm mapper definitions in this window and then assign any existing alarm classes to these definitions, as shown in Figure 239. Click on the button to display the Edit dialog box (shown in Figure 238) where you can configure the mapper alarm definition.
The icons, hyperlinks, and sounds in the alarm mapper definition do not override those that are assigned in the alarm extension
itself. If these parameters are assigned in both the alarm extension and in the alarm class mapper definition, the alarm class
mapper definition parameters are ignored.
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Alarm Class Definitions Mapping window
This window is located at the bottom of the alarm class mapper dialog box. You can map any existing alarm classes to alarm mapper definitions. To do this, click the button to display the Map Alarm Class dialog box, as shown in Figure 239. Choose an available alarm class in the upper option box and assign it to the mapper alarm class definition in the lower option box. Click the button to complete the assignment. The mapping appears in the lower window. Remove mapping assignments by selecting the mapping in the lower window and clicking the button.
