Notes Required on Ack

This option, when set to true, causes the Notes dialog box to open whenever you initiate an alarm acknowledgement from the alarm console.

Sounds Enabled

When set 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

Sets the path to the default sound file.

Continuous Alarm

When set to true, causes an alarm to repeat continually, until it is acknowledged or cleared. 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

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

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).

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

This property 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

Provides a way for you to create alarm classes and map specific alarms to classes.

Alarm Ack Responses

Use this property to create one or more text entries that you can use to populate the Notes dialog box when acknowledging an alarm. When the Notes Required on Ack is set to true, the Notes dialog box displays an additional option list containing any entries you create with this property. Use the >> button to open the associated Edit dialog box 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

When set to true, this property causes the alarm Instructions pane to display across the bottom of the Alarm Console. Instructions display in the pane for any single selected alarm that has associated instructions.