KB-32344: Setting up a delay time to activate a digital alarm.
Question: How can I set up a delay time to activate a digital alarm? Solution: To do so, right-click the alarm in E3Studio and select the option Properties. On Digital…
Question: How can I set up a delay time to activate a digital alarm? Solution: To do so, right-click the alarm in E3Studio and select the option Properties. On Digital…
Question: How can I set up a bit’s change in status as an event, and not as an alarm? Solution: To do so, set it up normally as an alarm…
Question: How can a digital alarm be set up to be activated when the values of two different tags are both TRUE? Solution: To do so, just write an AND…
Question: Can alarms be acknowledged via Viewer Only? Solution: No, this is not possible. A Viewer Only does not allow sending commands to the server, and the Alarm Server, which…
Question: Is it possible to insert more than one Alarm Server in a Domain? Solution: No, it is not. You can only insert a single Alarm Server in the Domain.
Question: When the alarm source’s delay is configured, which value is saved as the alarm: the one that started the count, or the one after the delay? Solution: The tag’s…
Question: What is the purpose of an analog alarm’s dead band? Solution: This feature allows monitoring an analog variable by specifying a maximum difference limit (Dead Band value), relative to…
Question: When storing alarms on the Database, does E3 create the tables automatically? Solution: Yes, it does. To do so, just click the Create Table button on the Alarm Server’s…
Question: Can I record alarms and events on different tables in the Database? And how can I tell them apart in E3Alarm? Solution: You cannot record alarms and events on…
Question: How can I edit the properties of alarms that are in a Library at runtime? Solution: To do so, you must insert a property in the XObject for each…