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Options on the Print tab of the Print Alarm Status Button Properties dialog box

The following table shows the options on the Print tab of the Print Alarm Status Button Properties dialog box.

Options

Descriptions

Column

 

Select a column

By default, all the columns in the alarm status display are selected for printing. If you want to omit a column or columns from the print, select the column and clear the Print check box.

  • Trigger label. Prints the trigger label associated with the alarm
  • Trigger value. Prints the trigger value of the alarm
  • Alarm quantity. Prints the number of times the alarm has been triggered
  • Accumulated time. Prints the total time the alarm has been in alarm since the last reset
  • Alarm state. Prints the alarm status. At run time, an asterisk (*) indicates the alarm is active. If the column is blank, the alarm is off.
  • Message. Prints the alarm message

Print

Check this box for each column that you want to print. Clear this box for each column that you do not want to print.

Width

Type the number of characters for the width of the selected column. This property applies only to the Trigger label and Trigger value columns.

Heading

 

Title

Type a title for the printed report, up to 80 characters long. The default title is Alarm Status.

Print type

 

All Alarms

Select to print the status of all the alarms set up in the Alarm Setup editor.

Active alarms

Select to print the status of only those alarms that are currently active.

Past alarms

Select to print the status of all the alarms that have been active since the alarm status was last reset.

See also

Set up print options for a Print Alarm Status button