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Printing event alarms

Prepare the Event List for printing

1. In the Customize menu, select Alarm Print Format.
2. Do the following:

• In the Columns Displayed list, remove all unwanted columns.
• In the All Columns list, select the columns specific to the Event List one-by-one and click the Add button.
  These fields will be printed when a new event occurs. For all other alarms, the fields will be empty.
• In the Columns Displayed list, use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to adjust the order.

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3. Click the OK button.

Print the Event List

1. In the File menu, select Print.
2. If required, change the print settings.
3. Click Print.

• The list will now be printed according to the setup in the Alarm Print Format dialog box.

Print events on the alarm printer

In order to have all events printed on the alarm printer as soon as they occur, set up the following:

1. In the System Configuration program, click the Reports tab.
2. In the Alarm printer section, select Direct (one line at a time on a matrix printer) or Windows (the page is printed when the page is filled).
3. Click the Printer button and select the relevant printer.
4. Close the program and save changes.
5. Open the Definition program
6. In the Edit menu, select Alarm Texts.
7. Select alarm text number 98 named Event and click Edit.
8. In the Edit Alarm Description dialog box, select the To Print check box.

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9. Click OK and then Close.
10. In the File menu, select Install Configuration.

• If you select Online Update in this case, the change will not be applied. The Data Collection must be restarted for the change to take effect.

4. From the IGSS Starter program start the configuration again.

• New events will now be printed on the alarm printer. The alarm number will be 98 and the alarm text will be “Event”.

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