National Instruments BridgeVIEW User Manual
Appendix A
HMI Function Reference
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Get Alarm Summary Status
Use the Get Alarm Summary Status VI to check the status of alarms in the BridgeVIEW
system. You can call this VI multiple times from your HMI.
system. You can call this VI multiple times from your HMI.
group/tag names determines the tags for which alarm status is to be read.
Use group <ALL> to get the status of all of the tag alarms in the system.
Use group <ALL> to get the status of all of the tag alarms in the system.
read parameters is a cluster of parameters for filtering out the alarms for
which status is checked.
which status is checked.
min priority is the minimum priority of alarms to read. If left
unwired, alarms corresponding to priority level 1 and above are
reported.
unwired, alarms corresponding to priority level 1 and above are
reported.
max priority is the maximum priority of alarms to read. If left
unwired, alarms corresponding to priority level 15 and below are
reported.
unwired, alarms corresponding to priority level 15 and below are
reported.
filter ACK alarms? determines whether acknowledged alarms
are read.
are read.
alarm summary status contains information about the alarms currently in
the BridgeVIEW system.
the BridgeVIEW system.
# active alarms is the number of alarms currently in the
BridgeVIEW system.
BridgeVIEW system.
any alarm? is an indication of any tag in the system that is in
alarm, irrespective of its acknowledgement status.
alarm, irrespective of its acknowledgement status.
# unack alarms is the number of unacknowledged alarms in the
system.
system.
any unack alarm? is an indication of any tag in the system that is
in alarm and unacknowledged.
in alarm and unacknowledged.