The Edit Alarm Description dialog box

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Use

From the Edit Alarm Description dialog box you can:

Define the alarm text and operator instructions to appear in the Alarm List during supervision
Define the importance of the alarm (alarm priority)
Define colors and blinking for IGSS objects in the alarm and acknowledged states
Attach sound to the alarm
Trigger events when the alarm occurs
Copy existing alarm texts

How to access

Double-click the symbol of the IGSS object whose alarm text you want to define or edit.
Click the Edit Mapping tab.
Do the following:

To create a new alarm text, click New.
To edit an existing alarm text, select the appropriate alarm text in the drop-down list, then click Edit.

The Edit Alarm Description dialog box appears.

What’s This? Help

For an explanation of the individual items in the dialog box, click the $images\ico_help.gif$ in the upper right hand corner of the dialog box, then click the item you want information about.