Disable and enable alarm(s)

[motley]

Hi,

Is it possible to disable / enable alarms individually or in groups ?

For example generating an engine oil pressure warning makes no sense and is a 'nuisance' warning when the engine is not running - so can I disable this warning by using the state of on an 'Engine Running Tag'

Thanks,

Chris

[mark.monroe]

There is no way to disable individual alarms or groups. You will have to structure your project in such a way that it will not fire an alarm when you do not want it to.

You can do that by using the ValueChange event on the tags that you are using to trigger the alarm and a "do not fire alarm" tag. Then create an if statement that sets the alarm tag to a non-alarm state if "do not fire alarm" tag is high. When the "do not fire alarm" tag is low, just let the alarm tag take on its normal value. Just keep in mind that the ValueChange event will only fire when the value of a tag changes.

There are numerous other ways to do what you want, they all have to do with adding logic to a script to alter the value of the tag that is associated with an alarm.

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[motley]

Mike,

Thanks for the help - sounds good.

Btw - is there any way to change the Alarm Icon that pops up?

Thanks,

Chris

[mark.monroe]

Hi Chris,

There is no way to change the alarm notifier icon that pops up.