Responding to Alarms on a Station Page (VTScada)

When an alarm has been triggered for a station, the centre of the associated station symbol will flash red to notify operators of the alarm condition. Additionally, an alarm siren will sound.

To respond to alarms for a given station, follow the instructions below.

1.   Ensure that your application is in operational mode (i.e. the Configuration Toolbox is closed, or its No Tool is selected). You cannot respond to alarms while in development mode.

2.   Open the station page of the station for which one or more alarms is being indicated (as indicated by a flashing red station symbol). As you can see from the example below, three alarms associated with this station have been triggered, are highlighted in the alarm list, and are indicated on the drawing methods for the associated tags (these flash red to indicate unacknowledged alarms).

3.   Click the Ack Shown button. All alarms for the selected station will be acknowledged, and the alarm siren will cease.

As shown in the example above, the alarms have been acknowledged; they are no longer highlighted in the alarm list, and the drawing methods for the associated tags have ceased flashing in red, indicating that the alarms have been acknowledged but are still active (i.e. the condition that caused them to trigger still exists).

In order to remove active alarms from the alarm list, you must remedy the situation that caused the alarms to trigger.

Information on responding to alarms using the Alarm page is provided in Managing Alarms.