Alarm notification
In QuickHMI, you can view notifications and define alarm variables.
Adding alarm variables
It is possible to add an alarm to external variables, internal (global) variables and system variables specific to the data sources.
To turn a variable into an alarm variable, select the type of alarm in the "Alarm type" combo box when creating or editing the variable.
Here you can choose between "Message", "Warning" and "Error". By default, "No alarm" is selected here and therefore no alarm variable.
By clicking on the button that activates afterwards, you will be taken to the further alarm settings. Here you have the following options:
- Make the alarm variable "Linkable". This will be made available for rules and actions.
- Another feature is the option to use "Messages" from translation texts. To do this, you can use the corresponding button, or you can write before and after the text "%" in order to use translation texts manually.
- It is also possible for you to specify a "Location". This is just a text for information about where the alarm is triggered.
- Determine a "Navigation target". This navigates when selecting the alarm directly to a component (for example, a control) on the surface or to a desired view.
- A sound created under "Audio resources" can be selected, which will be played when the alarm variable is triggered.
- Select a created e-mail template that you want to link to the alarm. >> E-mail function
- Decide whether the alarm variable is triggered by "True" or "False".
Created alarm variables can be edited, updated, and deleted. They can then be used by control elements.
The Alarm control element
As of QuickHMI Hawk, there is the alarm control element. This can be placed in the editor at the desired position via drag & drop and functions
as a table in which alarms are clearly displayed during the runtime mode.
You can find it in the editor in the controls under "Displays". It is called "AlarmTable".
If the runtime is executed, the table is initially empty. If alarms are now received, they are displayed continuously in the alarm table.
Alarms can be filtered and displayed differently in the alarm table and individual color highlighting is possible.
For example, a specific color can be defined for active alarms and for inactive alarms. In addition, it is possible to determine how many variables are displayed
per table page and a search field can be integrated. All this can be defined in advance in the properties of the alarm control element.
A detailed description of all element properties can be found in our online documentation in the " Settings and actions of the control elements" chapter.
