Alarm instructions provide immediate assistance to the
system operator regarding how to recover from an alarm condition.
You add instructions to individual points so that when the point goes
into an alarm condition the instruction is available to guide the
operator.
Access the Instructions Manager view.
The screen capture above shows an example of one point and
one master instruction selected.
Add or edit point instructions using the control buttons
in the Point Instructions pane.
Add any master instructions in the Master Instructions
List pane.
The master instructions list allows you to enter instructions
that are available to be assigned to any point.
Select the points that require instructions.
You may hold the Shift and Ctrl keys to select multiple points that receive the
same instructions.
Note: If you are selecting multiple points to edit
their assigned instructions, all must have identical instructions
for the instructions to appear in the Point Instructions pane. If there are differences between instructions for the selected
points, nothing appears in the pane.
In the Master Instructions List pane,
select the master instruction(s) to associate with the selected point(s)
and click Add From Master List.
You may hold the Shift and Ctrl keys to select multiple instructions to assign.
Click Save.
Attention: Click Save immediately
after making any change. If the screen refreshes and you have not
saved, you lose any instructions you are in the process of entering.
Once you add the instructions text to an alarm, the instructions
appear in the Alarm Record window (accessible
from the Open Alarm Sources window) for any new
alarms associated with the point.
