Using the Transmitter

In the Status window:

Alarms are organized into three categories: Critical, Informational, and Operational. Each category is displayed on a separate panel.

If one or more alarms is active on a panel, the corresponding tab is red.

On a panel, a green LED indicates “inactive” and a red LED indicates “active.”

Note: The location of alarms on the Status panels is pre-defined, and is not affected by alarm severity.

To use the Status window:

1.Click ProLink > Status.

2.Click the tab for the alarm category you want to view.

Alarm Log window

The Alarm Log window selects information from alarm history, and lists all alarms of the following types:

All active Fault and Information alarms

All inactive but unacknowledged Fault and Information alarms Ignore alarms are never listed.

You can acknowledge alarms from the Alarm Log window. In the Alarm Log window:

The alarms are organized into two categories: High Priority and Low Priority. Each category is displayed on a separate panel.

On a panel, a green LED indicates “inactive but unacknowledged” and a red LED indicates “active.”

Note: The location of alarms on the Alarm Log panels is pre-defined, and is not affected by alarm severity.

To use the Alarm Log window:

1.Click ProLink > Alarm Log.

2.Click the tab for the alarm category you want to view.

3.To acknowledge an alarm, click the Ack checkbox. When the transmitter has processed the command:

-If the alarm was inactive, it will be removed from the list.

-If the alarm was active, it will be removed from the list as soon as the alarm condition clears.

7.6.3Using a DeviceNet tool

Using the Diagnostics Object (0x66), you can view the status of a group of preselected alarms, view information about a specific alarm, acknowledge an alarm, and retrieve information from alarm history. For detailed information on the Diagnostics Object, see Table C-7,or see the manual entitled Micro Motion Model 2400S Transmitters for DeviceNet: Device Profile.

To view the status of a group of preselected alarms, execute a Get for Attributes 12–17, 40, or 41.

Note: These are the same alarms that are displayed in the ProLink II Status window.

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Emerson Process Management 2400S manual Alarm Log window, Click ProLink Status, Click ProLink Alarm Log