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To create an Alarm Bar Object
1. From the Objects menu, click Alarm-Alarm Bar. Or click the Alarm Bar icon in the Part2
toolbar. The Create Alarm Bar Object dialog box appears.
2. Include categories: to include all categories (there can be up to four categories), set this at 0
to 0.
3. Select scroll speed from the drop down menu to adjust the speed at which the message scrolls
across the alarm bar.
4. Select frame and background colors from the drop down menus.
5. Sort the order in which the alarms will appear - either ascending or descending.
6. Check the Event trigger time checkbox if you'd like the time the event was triggered to
appear in the alarm listing, and then select the format you'd like the time listing to appear.
7. Click the Shape tab to configure a background shape, if you'd like one.
8. Click the Font tab to configure the font.
9. Click OK. The Alarm bar appears on the work area of EasyBuilder. Drag it to place it where
you'd like on the display.
The Alarm Bar Object scrolls through each character of an alarm string at a predefined rate. You can change the
rate at which the characters scroll by doing the following.

Us ing Events

EasyBuilder has two parts that are used to perform Event functions: the Event Log object and the Event Display
object. The Event Log object monitors events and alerts the Event Display when an event is triggered. The Silver
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