Configure an alarm log

An alarm log displays the date and time alarms occurred in your system as well as the state of each alarm.

Viewing the alarm log at runtime requires a database, a configured logger, and the Alarm Grid or Alarm History Grid widget. The Alarm log grid widget displays the alarm event log. The Alarm Event Log grid displays data for each alarm event and alarm state. Each row in the grid depicts a change of state for an alarm event.
  1. In the main toolbar, select Template Libraries and then select Misc.
  2. Under Components, drag the Alarms Events Logger object into the Loggers folder of Project view.
    AlarmsEventerLogger# appears.
  3. In Template Libraries, select Close.
  4. In Project view, drag the desired database object to the value of the logger Database property. The database is associated with the logger.
  5. Select Template Libraries and then select Widgets.
  6. Drag Alarm Grid or Alarm History Grid with filter widget into the folder in Project view.
    The new widget appears.
  7. From Project view, drag the logger into Properties in AlarmsEventLogger.
    Data that the log records at runtime will now be visible.
  8. (optional) To customize the graphical appearance of the widget, customize the data grid, date and time, button, and text color on the widget.