We have upgraded OIS 43 series consoles with 800xA on Infi90 we are facing problems regarding alarm displays:

1. we are trying to sort alarms for each display but it is not working. Instead either we see blank page or we are getting alarms of whole functional area. How do we sort it pagewise?

2. We are trying to blink alarm text in alarm display but it is not working, we want alarm text to blink when it appears and after Acknowledge by operator it become stable "no text blinking". It shows blinking text in preview but it does not work in alarm display. How do we blink alarm text in alarm display.

 

>1. we are trying to sort alarms for each display but it is not working.<

You don't directly create alarms for a single display.

Alarms are grouped by their location in a <b><i>Structure</i></b>. Control objects will always be found in the <i>Control Structure</i> ordered by their controller location. So the default Alarm List order or grouping will be according to their controller location.

If you want to create different groups or lists according to Graphics or Plant Areas, insert the control objects into another Structure. Normally, the Functional Structure is used to group and order control objects according to their plant function. (hence the name Functional Structure).

In your case, create one branch in the functional structure for each graphic and insert the objects for that graphic below that branch. Then place an Alarm List aspect at the top of each branch of the structure. This is also the best place for the operator graphic.

With some controller products (like MOD300 for 800xA) there is a special structure for this and the job is done automatically.

>2. We are trying to blink alarm text in alarm display but it is not working, we want alarm text to blink when it appears and after Acknowledge by operator it become stable "no text blinking". It shows blinking text in preview but it does not work in alarm display. How do we blink alarm text in alarm display.<

Check your Alarm List and Alarm Color configuration. The default is for Unacknowledged Alarms to blink as you described.

800xA is a powerful system, but can be confusing for a beginner (especially Alarm Handling). I strongly recommend that somebody from your plant attends a training course which will cover these kinds of questions.

Good Luck

Rob
www[.]lymac.co.nz

 

>With some controller products (like MOD300 for 800xA) there is a special structure for this and the job is done automatically.<

For the Harmony application, the "automatic" Harmony sychronize application will group in these two ways:

(a) Control structure - by loop, pcu (node) and module
(b) Functional structure - by Composer database fields Area, Equipment, and Unit.

As Rob stated you can use the Location or other structure if/as required to group tags to fit your needs. This is optional above and beyond the Composer database grouping.

One very basic thing you need to know is that you can select "all alarms" or "object and descendants" which will probably answer the core of your question. You get to this configuration mode via a right click on the alarm list aspect. Sounds like you have the default (all) and you want objects and descendants.

>>2. We are trying to blink alarm text in alarm display but it is not working, we want alarm text to blink when it appears and after Acknowledge by operator it become stable "no text blinking". It shows blinking text in preview but it does not work in alarm display. How do we blink alarm text in alarm display.<<

>Check your Alarm List and Alarm Color configuration. The default is for Unacknowledged Alarms to blink as you described.<

In the alarm list configuration, Color tab, check the color definition to make sure it is pointed to the proper definition file. Also you might want to use all text colors and all background colors.

Something to consider, however, is how difficult it might be for some to read blinking text. We configure ours to "blink" only the "ackstate" column shown on the extreme left hand side 2 characters wide. Here are the details:

(a) AckState left most column, width of 2.
(b) color definition:
(i) make the "activeunackedtext" blinking between two variant shades of the same color
(ii) make the "activeunackedbg" one of the shades
(iii) make the "activeAckedbg" the same shade.
(c) use all background colors
(d) use a single color (black) text

John