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Using the Transmitter
7.5.2
Using ProLink II
ProLink II provides two ways to view alarm information:
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The Status window displays the current status of all possible alarms, including Ignore alarms.
A green LED indicates "inactive" and a red LED indicates "active." The acknowledgment
status bit is not shown, and you cannot acknowledge alarms from the Status window. Alarms
are organized into three categories: Critical, Informational, and Operational.
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The Alarm Log window lists all active and all inactive but unacknowledged Fault and
Information alarms. The transmitter automatically filters out Ignore alarms. A green LED
indicates "inactive but unacknowledged" and a red LED indicates "active." Alarms are
organized into two categories: High Priority and Low Priority. You can view and acknowledge
alarms from the Alarm Log window.
Note: The term "alarm log" as used in ProLink II is not the same as the alarm log maintained by the
Communicator. In ProLink II, the alarm log lists active and unacknowledged alarms. In the
Communicator, the alarm log contains alarm history, independent of current alarm status.
Note: The location of alarms in the Status window or the Alarm Log window is not affected by the
configured alarm severity. Alarms are predefined as Critical, Informational, or Operational, or as
High Priority or Low Priority.
To use the Status window:
1. Click
ProLink
2. Select
Status
3. Alarms are displayed on three panels: Critical, Informational, and Operational.
To view the indicators in a category, click on the tab.
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A tab is red if one or more status indicators in that category is on.
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Within the tabs, active status alarms are shown by red status indicators.
To use the Alarm Log window:
1. Click
ProLink
2. Select
Alarm log
Low Priority, corresponding to the default Fault and Information alarm severity levels. Within
each category:
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All active alarms are listed with a red status indicator.
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All alarms that are "cleared but unacknowledged" are listed with a green status indicator.
3. For each alarm that you want to acknowledge, check the
7.5.3
Using the Communicator
To view or acknowledge alarms with the Communicator, see the menu flowchart in Figure C-5. Note
the following:
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To view all active Fault and Information alarms, use the Test/Status menu. (You can also use
the Process Variables menu shown in Figure C-4.) The transmitter automatically filters out
Ignore alarms.
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To acknowledge a single alarm, use the Config Alarms menu. You must enter the alarm code.
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To acknowledge all alarms with one action, use the Perform Diagnostic Action menu. You do
not need to enter alarm codes.
Configuration and Use Manual
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.
.
. Entries in the alarm log are divided into two categories: High Priority and
checkbox.
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