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The global alarm button serves three purposes. It can be used as a display item, it can be used as a button, and it can be used as an alarm button.
Global alarm button shapes, can also be text
Display Only:
The global alarm button can be configured in 7 different shapes. The shapes are rectangle, rounded rectangle, Ellipse, Diamond, Triangle, Line and Text. To use the component as a display only, don't enter a show form name and select none for the data source. You can change the shapes and colors of the component to show the effect needed.
Display and Button Only:
The global alarm button can be configured to open any form or window that has been created. Just select one of the form.ffr names in the Show Form selection box. Now when you click on it, you will bring a new form to the front of the screen.
Display, Button and Alarm:
The global alarm button can be configured to have a sensor address that changes colors when the value is greater than, or less than, or not equal to a set point.
In many systems, there is an alarm word that is divided into 16 bits. Each bit is an individual sensor alarm for that site. If all the bits are off, the word will have a value of zero (0). If any bit is on or in alarm, the bit will be non zero and the data will be a value greater than zero (>0). By selecting a sensor and the operator (< >) and a set point, the global alarm button will change colors when the sensor is not equal to the set point.
This feature can be used with any analog value. The global alarm button is handy on system maps or overviews where you want to see if there are any alarms in the system, if there is an alarm, the button will change to the On Color and you can click on it to go to the selected form.
To add a global alarm button to the current form, click on the Add Global Alarm Button on the Controls tab of the toolbar.
Once a sensor is assigned to the component, along with the operator (< or >) and set point, the component will display the On Color and Off Colors. The normal button color is the Off Color.
To modify the properties of any component, double click it, and the Property Form will open.
Global Alarm Button property screens
Show Form - select which form will be brought to the front when this button is clicked in Run Mode
On Color - this property is for Global Alarm Buttons. The component will be this color when the specified alarm is on.
Off Color - this property is for Global Alarm Buttons. The component will be this color when the specified alarm is off.
Shape - set the shape for the global alarm button (Circle, Diamond, Ellipse, Rectangle, Round Rectangle, Triangle, Line, Text).
Border Width - set the width of the outline of the button.
Operator - this operator is used to determine an analog alarm. Choose whether the alarm state of the component is when its value is less than the set point (<), or greater than the set point (>) or (<>) not equal to the set point.
Set Point - the analog value with which the current value will be compared to determine alarms.
The alarms are for display only. Use the file and alarms to log historical alarms.
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