FactoryTalk Alarms and Events System Configuration Guide

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5 9 Logix 5000 controllers .. 10 Compatible firmware .. 12 Older controllers .. 12 How to get the information you need .. 12 Chapter 2 Choose between HMI Tag Alarm Monitoring and FactoryTalk Alarms and 17 Where to start .. 19 FactoryTalk Alarms and Events components .. 19 About monitoring for alarm conditions .. 23 About device-based alarm monitoring .. 23 Device-based alarm monitoring workflow .. 23 About server tag-based alarm monitoring .. 24 server tag-based alarm monitoring workflow .. 24 Choose between device-based and server tag-based alarm monitoring .. 26 Graphic objects in FactoryTalk Alarms and Events .. 26 Chapter 3 Decide what type of application you are building .. 27 Decide what type of alarm monitoring you need .. 28 Follow these steps .. 29 What you need.

6 29 Install and activate FactoryTalk software .. 29 Typical stand-alone System .. 30 Install FactoryTalk 30 Install Microsoft SQL server .. 31 Chapter 4 Alarm buffering during loss of connection to the controller .. 34 Before you begin .. 34 What you need .. 34 Follow these steps .. 34 Define a Logix tag-based alarm .. 35 Create an alarm definition .. 36 Download the program to controller and test the alarm .. 37 What you need to get started Overview of FactoryTalk Alarms and Events services Plan your System Define device-based Alarms in Logix 5000 controllers Table of contents 4 Rockwell Automation Publication FTAE-RM001J-EN-E -February 2018 Define an instruction-based alarm: digital.

7 37 Configure the digital alarm and download to the controller .. 37 Define an instruction-based alarm: analog .. 41 Configure the analog alarm and download it to the 41 Chapter 5 Before you begin .. 45 What you need .. 45 Follow these steps .. 46 Add a device server .. 46 Chapter 6 Before you begin .. 57 What you need .. 57 Follow these steps .. 58 Add an OPC data server to an application .. 58 Chapter 7 Before you begin .. 61 What you need .. 61 Follow these steps .. 61 Create an application .. 62 Add a data server .. 65 Add a Tag Alarm and Event server .. 67 Define alarm conditions .. 68 Next steps .. 71 Chapter 8 Before you begin .. 73 What you need .. 73 Follow these steps .. 74 Create a graphic display .. 74 Create an Alarm and Event Summary .. 76 Create an Alarm and Event Banner display.

8 79 Create a startup macro for the Banner display .. 85 Use color animation to indicate alarm state changes .. 88 Next steps .. 97 Add a device server for Logix 5000, PLC-5, or SLC 500 controllers Add an OPC data server for third-party controllers Add a tag-based alarm server for Logix 5000, PLC-5, SLC 500, or third-party controllers Set up graphic displays Table of contents Rockwell Automation Publication FTAE-RM001J-EN-E -February 2018 5 Chapter 9 Before you begin.

9 99 What you need .. 99 Follow these steps .. 100 Create and then run a FactoryTalk View Client Configuration .. 100 Monitor Alarms and Events .. 108 Security for Alarms and Events .. 110 Acknowledge an alarm .. 110 Acknowledge the selected alarm .. 110 Acknowledge the selected alarm and enter a comment .. 111 Acknowledge all of the Alarms displayed on the page .. 112 Acknowledge all of the Alarms in the event list .. 113 Disable or enable an alarm .. 113 Disable selected Alarms .. 114 Enable selected Alarms .. 115 Suppress or unsuppress an alarm .. 116 Suppress an alarm .. 117 Unsuppress an alarm .. 117 Shelve or unshelve an alarm .. 119 Shelve an alarm: .. 119 Unshelve an alarm .. 121 Chapter 10 Before you begin .. 126 What you need .. 126 Follow these steps .. 127 Confirm that the SQL server software is installed.

10 127 Add a database definition to your FactoryTalk System .. 128 Associate a database definition with an alarm server .. 131 Create an Alarm and Event Log Viewer display .. 136 Create a button to open the Alarm and Event Log Viewer display .. 139 Create a startup macro for the Menu Bar display .. 145 View historical alarm data in a FactoryTalk View SE Client .. 147 Run the application .. 147 Start the FactoryTalk View SE Client from within FactoryTalk View Studio .. 147 Chapter 11 FactoryTalk server redundancy .. 151 Develop and test your application without redundancy .. 151 Before you begin .. 152 What you need .. 152 Follow these steps .. 154 Monitor and interact with Alarms at run time Set up historical alarm and event logging Configure redundancy for Alarms and Events Table of contents 6 Rockwell Automation Publication FTAE-RM001J-EN-E -February 2018 Upgrade an existing device-based alarm server .