Alarm Console

Alarm Console

Alarm Console options allow you to customize both the appearance and behavior of the alarm console.

Figure 96. Alarm Console

Alarm Console options include the following:

Property	Value	Description
Notes Required on Ack	`true` or `false` (defaults to `false`)	Causes the Notes window to open whenever you initiate an alarm acknowledgement from the alarm console, if this option is set to `true`.
Sounds Enabled	`true` or `false` (defaults to `true`)	Causes a sound to accompany an alarm. You can also set this value under the Alarms menu in the Workbench main menu when the Alarm Console view is active.
Default Sound File	file path	Sets the path to the default sound file.
Continuous Alarm	`true` or `false` (defaults to `false`)	Causes an alarm to repeat continually, until it is acknowledged or cleared, if this option is set to `true`. This option works together with the `Continuous Alarm Delay` property. You can also set this value under the Alarms menu in the Workbench main menu when the Alarm Console view is active.
Continuous Alarm Delay	hours, minutes, and seconds	When `Continuous Alarm` is enabled, this property causes a pause time between in the continuous alarm sound. The continuous alarm is interrupted for a time equal to the value of this property.
Alarm priority coloring	color	The following properties work together in combination to produce a range of colors that are assigned to the possible range of alarm priorities (1 - 255). Low Priority Color Choose a color to designate a low priority alarm. Mid Priority Color Choose a color to designate a mid priority alarm. High Priority Color Choose a color to designate a high priority alarm. The highest priority (priority 1) is assigned the color of the High Priority Color setting. The Mid-Priority and Low Priority colors are assigned likewise, to Mid and Low Priority alarms. Alarm priorities that fall between these priority levels are assigned colors on a color-scale along a path defined by the three assigned colors.
Time Zone Display	drop-down list (defaults to Console)	Allows you to choose to display alarm record timestamp values in the time zone of the alarm console view (Console) or in the time zone of the alarm source (Source).
Alarm Class Mapping	path	Provides a way for you to create alarm classes and map specific alarms to classes.
Alarm Ack Responses	text	Creates one or more text entries that you can use to displays the Notes window when acknowledging an alarm. When the Notes Required on Ack is set to `true`, the Notes window displays an additional option list containing any entries you create with this property. Use the button to open the associated Edit window and add, edit, or remove response options, as desired. When the `Notes Required On Ack` is set to `false`, these Alarm Ack responses are not visible.
View Instructions	`true` or `false` (defaults to `false`)	This property causes the alarm Instructions pane to display across the bottom of the Alarm Console, if this option is set to `true`.. Instructions display in the pane for any single selected alarm that has associated instructions.