The Alarm Priority drop-down list enables you to select the priority of the alarm for this tag, should it enter an alarm state. The available priorities are:

0 – Event

1 – Critical

2 – High

3 – Warning

4 – Notice

The Delay field enables you to enter the amount of time (in seconds or fractions of a second) that the system will wait before triggering an alarm for this tag. This tag must therefore be in an alarm state for the amount of time specified in the Delay field before an alarm will be indicated.

The Sound field enables you to identify what sound will be played when this alarm is triggered. The Sound field can be set to a 0, 1, or to the name of a .WAV sound file to be played.

If the Sound field is set to 0, no sound will be played when this alarm is triggered.

If the Sound field is set to 1, an alarm sound whose properties are configured on the associated alarm priority tag will be played (see Alarm Priority Tags).

If the Sound field identifies the name of a .WAV sound file, it will override any alarm sound configured for the associated alarm priority tag. When specifying a sound file, you must enter its name and extension (e.g. MySound.wav). The specified sound file must be a .WAV file, and must be stored in the application directory. If the specified sound file is not found, the alarm will revert to using tones as specified in the associated alarm priority tag.

The Alarm Disable checkbox enables you to disable and enable the alarm for this tag. Alarm disabling is typically used in situations where routine maintenance is being performed, or when you are aware that another interruption in communications will occur for a period of time. In such a situation, an alarm can be disabled until the maintenance is complete and communications are reestablished.

If the configuration variable AlarmPopupsEnable is set to 1, then checking Popup Enable will result in a popup dialog being displayed whenever the alarm is triggered.  It is strongly suggested that this feature be used sparingly.