GregPLC
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Ok, so I'm just finishing up a program for a brine system, and when I got to configuring the alarms in the panelview, I got a little tripped up. This is the first time I actually want to use an alarm reset on the screen, to write back to the PLC as an alarm reset. Typically for alarms, I just have a PB on the panel for alarm reset. This instance I want to use the Panelview
I have the alarm logic in my PLC (5/05), setting a bit based on an event....nothing fancy, basic alarm logic. Well, I have actually never used "alarm ack" with the panelview. It's not as straightforward as I expected. All I want to do is be able to configure the button in the alarm banner to set a bit on the plc (reset).
In panelbuilder, all of my alarm triggers are "bit". Everything works great with the alarms. Under the "alarm triggers" tab, if you right click and then choose "use optional fields", you now have a place to create an "ack tag", for a given alarm trigger. How do I assign that "ack tag", to the button in the alarm banner??? And, the "ack tag", tag cannot be bit...must be BCD, INT, SINT, etc... The 2 manuals I have "panelbuilder32 quickstart" and "getting results" guide don't mention the configuration of the "ack tag". I called our local tech support and they couldn't answer my question, he set up a PV, but he didn't have a whole lot of of experience with this. He's getting back to me with an answer......There's something simple I'm missing...I just want to toggle a bit back at the PLC with the alarm ack. I can cheat and create another button on the alarm list or something, but there's gotta be a different way.
TIA,
Greg
I have the alarm logic in my PLC (5/05), setting a bit based on an event....nothing fancy, basic alarm logic. Well, I have actually never used "alarm ack" with the panelview. It's not as straightforward as I expected. All I want to do is be able to configure the button in the alarm banner to set a bit on the plc (reset).
In panelbuilder, all of my alarm triggers are "bit". Everything works great with the alarms. Under the "alarm triggers" tab, if you right click and then choose "use optional fields", you now have a place to create an "ack tag", for a given alarm trigger. How do I assign that "ack tag", to the button in the alarm banner??? And, the "ack tag", tag cannot be bit...must be BCD, INT, SINT, etc... The 2 manuals I have "panelbuilder32 quickstart" and "getting results" guide don't mention the configuration of the "ack tag". I called our local tech support and they couldn't answer my question, he set up a PV, but he didn't have a whole lot of of experience with this. He's getting back to me with an answer......There's something simple I'm missing...I just want to toggle a bit back at the PLC with the alarm ack. I can cheat and create another button on the alarm list or something, but there's gotta be a different way.
TIA,
Greg