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Alarm List
Pressing the F4 key while in the main menu causes the ACTIVE ALARM LIST to appear on the Panel display:
Key LEDs:
Alarms are displayed according to an alarm bit field that is found in memory location %M001 through %M016 in the PLC. For example, if %M008 is changed from 0 to 1 in the PLC, alarm 8 is entered in the alarm list. (More information about the alarm bit field structure in the PLC can be found in chapter 4.) Also, see the PANELWARE™ Configuration Software Reference Manual
An entry in the list contains the following information:
Alarm time |
| When the alarm occurred |
Alarm number | Number of the alarm (corresponds to the bit number in the alarm bit field) | |
Alarm text |
| Short description of the alarm |
Information |
| Information about the type of alarm |
Priority |
| Priority of the alarm |
The following functions are assigned to keys F1 – F3: | ||
F1 | Acknowledgment for the selected alarm. |
F2/F3 Scroll through the alarms in the alarm list (F2=Up; F3=Down). Scrolling through the list selects an alarm (inverse display), which can be acknowledged by pressing the F1 key.
Pressing the F4 key returns you to the main menu.
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