Each "Alarm indicator" as defined by the Event Logger will appear to InTouch as a DDE Integer item which can have the following values/states:
State | Tag | Default |
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Normal (no alarm) | 10 - 19 | Solid Gray |
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Alarm Active - Unacknowledged | 20 - 29 | Red Blinking |
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Alarm Active - Acknowledged | 30 - 39 | Solid Red |
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Alarm Reset - Unacknowledged | 40 - 49 | Solid Yellow |
(alarm occurred but later went off before being |
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acknowledged) |
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Alarm Disabled | 0 | Dark Gray |
(Event Logger has disabled this alarm indicator) |
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Each panel button displays one of five different colors, based on the states defined above. A fill color animation link controlled by an indirect integer tag is used to change colors. The fill color link is set as follows:
<= 9: Dark Grey
10
30
>= 40: Yellow
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