About an Alarm Event Notification

Alarm Conditions

Alarm conditions are based on alarm rules that compare data to product-based specification limits in real time. They are used to set alarms on critical variables where acknowledgement of a violation is required. Alarms capture key events that require an immediate action from an operator. You can also enter the cause reasons and the corrective actions based on the alarm condition.

Access Alarm Notifications

• Float alarm notification: Appears for a short duration in the main navigation bar in the Plant Applications Web Client. These notifications appear only when an alarm event is created for a variable and the Notifications pane is not already displayed. You can select Show more in the float alarm notification window to access the Notifications pane. A Float alarm notification appears in the main navigation bar in the Plant Applications Web Client for the duration of time set in the Dismiss Float Alarm Notification in of Settings pane.
  Note: In the Activities application, you enter or modify the value of an Autolog variable value for an activity in the window displaying the Autolog sheet. If you refresh an application page and an alarm is triggered when the page is being refreshed, the float alarm notification for that alarm condition does not appear. Instead, the alarm notification appears in the Notifications pane only.
• Notifications pane: Appears when you select in the Plant Applications Web Client. The pane lists all the new and modified unacknowledged alarms associated with a variable. In the Notifications pane, you can directly acknowledge a notification, or enter the cause and action reasons using the Perform button in the notification, and then acknowledge a notification. For more information, refer to the Acknowledge an Alarm Notification topic.
  Note: To acknowledge a notification, your role must have appropriate rights configured in Plant Applications Administrator.

  You can also manage settings for the alarm notifications that appear in the Notifications pane and float notifications. For more information, refer to the Configure Alarm Notification Settings topic.

  After you acknowledge all alarms in the Notifications pane, is replaced with .

Plant Applications Administrator Settings for Alarms

To access notifications, you must assign the Alarm Display to a Security Group that includes your role in Plant Applications Administrator. For more information, refer to the Proficy Plant Applications Help.