Alarm Worksheet Body

The following table describes the Body settings on an Alarm worksheet:

Field	Remarks	Syntax
Tag Name	Name of the tag associated with the alarm.	Tag
Type	Type of the alarm: HiHi: Activates the alarm if the tag value is equal or higher than the limit. Hi: Activates the alarm if the tag value is equal or higher than the limit. (For Boolean tags, if the value is 1.) Lo: Activates the alarm if the tag value is equal or lower than the limit. (For Boolean tags, if the value is 0.) LoLo: Activates the alarm if the tag value is equal or lower than the limit. Rate: Activates the alarm if the tag value varies faster than the rate specified to the alarm. (For Boolean tags, if the value changes.) DevP: Activates the alarm if the tag value is equal or higher than the Set Point tag plus the limit. DevM: Activates the alarm if the tag value is equal or lower than the Set Point tag minus the limit. When using the types Rate, DevP and DevM, it is necessary to configure additional settings by the Tag Properties dialog (Properties on the Home tab of the ribbon).	Combo-box
Limit	Limit associated with each alarm. The limits can be modified dynamically during runtime, by the tag fields HiHiLimit, HiLimit, LoLimit, LoLoLimit, Rate, DevP and DevM (e.g., TagLevel->HiLimit).	Number
Message	Message associated to the alarm. The message can be displayed on the Alarm/Event Control object and/or stored in the Alarm History and/or sent by Email, depending on the settings configured in the Header of the Alarm group.	Text and/or {Tag} (up to 256 chars)
Priority	Priority number associated to the alarm. When displaying alarms on the Alarm/Event Control object , the operator can filter and/or sort the alarms by priority.	Number (from 0 to 255)
Selection	Alias associated to the alarm (e.g., AreaA, AreaB, etc). When displaying alarms on the Alarm/Event Control object, the operator can filter and/or sort the alarms by their selection value.	Text (up to 7 characters)