In addition to alarm areas, you can also select the alarm and message format for Alarm Printer, Alarm File, and Alarm History services. iFIX uses the common message format by default. If you want to use a different format, you can define a custom format for these services.
Creating a custom format is similar to creating a common format. For more information about the common message format, refer to the section Defining a Common Alarm and Message Format.
