Procedure
- Start the tool and open the controller application.
- Click the Advanced tab.
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In the Advanced Object tree, click Intrinsic Alarming. Three tabs appear in the Intrinsic Alarming dialog box:
- The Network Inputs/Outputs tab. See Network Inputs and Outputs Tab.
- The Inputs/Outputs tab. See Inputs and Outputs Tab.
- The Parameters tab (used for Setpoint/Miscellaneous, State Generation, and Output Control objects). See Parameters Tab.
Note: Click the columns to sort the information in these tabs. - Click the tab you want and click Edit. The fields that you can edit appear in white.
- To turn on intrinsic alarming for a point, click True in the Intrinsic Alarming field for the point you want. When you set a point’s Intrinsic Alarming field to True, the system allows you to edit the alarm attributes for the point.
- Edit the remaining alarm attributes for the point and click Apply.