Custom alarm types

Custom alarm types display additional columns in the Alarm Grid. For example, create an additional alarm property to have the Alarm Grid display the name of the mechanical system affected by the alarm.

Creating custom alarm types provides efficiency and consistency through reuse. Reuse alarms by creating instances of an alarm type. For example, you may have a machine with several temperature detectors. Instead of configuring individual alarms for each detector, configure a TemperatureAlarm alarm type and create a DetectorID property for the alarm type. Connect the detector to the monitored variable.

When you create instances of the TemperatureAlarm alarm in the Alarm Grid, you can filter the alarms by a specific DetectorID for the machine.