Appendix A HMI Function Reference
BridgeVIEW User Manual A-8 © National Instruments Corporation
max priority is the maximum priority of alarms to read. If left
unwired, alarms corresponding to priority level 15 and below are
reported.
filter ACK alarms? determines whether acknowledged alarms
are read.
group/tag names determines the tags for which alarm conditions are read.
timeout (secs) (1) specifies how many seconds to wait before reading the
tag alarms. If timeout is 0, the alarms are read immediately. If it is wired,
the VI waits indefinitely until a new alarm occurs or the Real-Time
Database shuts down, whichever occurs first.
format allows you to compose the alarm message you want to display for
the tags.
Date determines whether to display the date.
Date Format determines the format of the date, if it is selected for
displaying.
Time determines whether to display the time.
Time Format determines the format of the time, if it is selected
for displaying.
Tag Name determines whether to display the name of the tag
in alarm.
Group Name determines whether to display the name of the
group that the tag in alarm belongs to.
Alarm Value determines whether to display the value of the tag
that caused the alarm.
Alarm State determines whether to display the type of alarm
(HI_HI, LO, etc.).
Alarm Ack State determines whether to display the status of the
user who acknowledged the alarm.
Alarm Priority determines whether to display the priority of the
alarm state.
Alarm Limit determines whether to display the alarm limit.
Operator Name determines whether to display the operator
name.