The alarm extension manager view presents alarm extensions in a table format to make it easy for you to see all the alarm extensions that are associated with points in your station. As with other tables, you can show or hide columns and use other standard table controls and options that are provided in the menu. The menu is located in the top right corner of the table and is described in Table controls and options. Also, the export toolbar icon is available on the toolbar when the alarm extension manager view is displayed.
An example of the alarm extension manager is shown in Figure 225.
The alarm extension manager view provides the following data fields:
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This field indicates the point that is the parent of the listed alarm extension.
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Extension
This field identifies the type of extension that is listed (for example: “OutOfRangeAlarmExt”, StatusAlarmExt”, or others).
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Alarm State
This field displays the status of the listed alarm extension; for example, “High Limit” or “Normal”.
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toOffnormal Enabled
This field indicates (as True or False) if the toOffnormal parameter of the extension is enabled (true) or not (false).
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toFault Enabled
This field indicates (as True or False) if the toFault parameter of the extension is enabled (true) or not (false).
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Alarm Class
This field identifies the name of the alarm class that the extension is assigned to (defaultAlarmClass or other class).
Extension manager display features include:
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Color coding
A colored background on a row in the alarm extension manager table indicates that the alarm state of the parent component is not Normal.
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Hyperlinking
Double-click on any row in the Alarm Ext Manager view and the view will change to the property sheet view of the alarm extension that you clicked on.
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Alarm extension editing (and batch editing)
Select one or more (for batch editing) alarm extensions and use the popup menu (shown in Figure 226) to edit the extension(s).
Edit alarm extensions from the alarm extension manager in the following ways:
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and settingsYou can toggle ON and OFF the and parameters of each selected alarm extension using the popup menu.
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Edit Alarm Class
You can change the alarm class assignment of the alarm extensions. Select single or multiple (for batch editing) and from the popup menu select the menu item. Choose the desired alarm class from the option menu and click the button to change the alarm class setting for the selected alarm extension(s).
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