Acknowledge Alarms

Alarms are acknowledged in the HMI/SCADA system.

About this task

Alarms are displayed based on the applied filter conditions. You have the option to acknowledge,
  • all the alarms at once
  • only the specific number of alarms listed per page
  • only the selected alarms

Before you begin

Configure iFIX or CIMPLICITY to be able to acknowledge alarms.

Procedure

  1. To acknowledge only selected alarms:
    1. Select the rows for the alarms in the table.
      To unselect, select the row again.
    2. Select Acknowledge Selected.
      A confirm dialog appears.
    3. Select Acknowledge to confirm.
  2. To acknowledge all the alarms listed on a page:
    1. Select Acknowledge Page.
      A confirm dialog appears.
    2. Select Acknowledge to confirm.
      Only alarms on the specific page are acknowledged.
  3. To acknowledge all the alarms at once:
    1. Select Acknowledge All.
      A confirm dialog appears.
    2. Select Acknowledge to confirm.
      All the displayed alarms for the applied filter condition are acknowledged.

Results

A check mark appears for the acknowledged alarm in its Ack column. The alarm severity icon also indicates a check mark if successfully acknowledged in the HMI/SCADA system.