The following alarm controls and indicators are common to several alarm views:
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Alarm control buttons
The following buttons appear in one or more alarm views:
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Use the button to acknowledge all selected alarms.
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Use the button to change the current view to the hyperlinked target associated with the selected alarm. If no hyperlink is associated with the alarm, the Hyperlink button is not available.
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Click the button to display the Notes dialog box and add a note to the selected alarm or alarms.
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Click the button to stop the audible notification associated with the selected alarm.
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Click the button to display the Filters dialog box for setting the filter parameters. Starting in NiagaraAX-3.4, the “Filter” text displays in the color red, as a reminder, to indicate that alarms are being filtered.
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Click the button to cancel the current interface actions without saving changes.
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Alarm icons
Alarm icons appear with color coding and symbolic images:
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A red alarm icon in the table indicates that the current state of the alarm source is “offnormal” and “not acknowledged”.
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An orange alarm icon in the table indicates that the current state of the alarm source is “alert” and is “not acknowledged”.
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A yellow alarm (gold) icon in the table indicates that the current state of the alarm source is “offnormal” but is “acknowledged”.
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A green alarm icon in the table indicates that the current state of the alarm source is “normal” and “not acknowledged”.
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A white alarm icon in the table indicates that the current state of the alarm source is “normal” and “acknowledged”.
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A note alarm icon (it may be any color) in the table indicates that there is a note associated with the alarm
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A link icon in the table indicates that the alarm has a link associated with it. When an alarm displays this icon, the button is also active.
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An optional icon may display if it is setup in the alarm properties. If included, this graphic appears at the left end of
the alarm record row.
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