Numeric Display Options—Alarms

Options can be set for one cell or multiple cells by selecting the cell(s) and then clicking Options.

Enable Alarms

Determines whether alarms are enabled. Select the check box to enable alarms. Clear the check box to disable alarms.

High Alarm

Select Color

Displays a list of colors from which to select a color that the data cell will turn if a high alarm condition is triggered.

Trigger Value

Sets the value that will trigger the alarm. For a high alarm to be triggered, the value must be equal to or greater than this value.

Enable Sound

Indicates whether a sound file will be executed when an alarm is triggered. Select the check box to execute a sound file. Clear the check box to disable execution. You can select a sound file by pressing the … button and browsing to the desired file.

Low Alarm

Select Color

Displays a list of colors from which to select a color that the data cell will turn if a low alarm condition is triggered.

Trigger Value

Sets the value that will trigger the alarm. For a low alarm to be triggered, the value must be equal to or less than this value.

Enable Sound

Indicates whether a sound file will be executed when an alarm is triggered. Select the check box to execute a sound file. Clear the check box to disable execution. You can select a sound file by pressing the … button and browsing to the desired file.

Sound Alarm Interval

Determines the frequency at which the audible alarm will be repeated during an alarm condition. Use the arrows to the right of the field, or type in a number directly, to specify this value.

NOTE: An alarm can also be set for a Port or a Flag for those dataloggers that represent ports and flags as floating point numbers (CR200 and CR9000). The value to use when setting the alarm for a True (or High/On) state is 1; the value to use when setting the alarm for a False (or Low/Off) state is 0.

NOTE: An alarm is triggered based on the value retrieved from the datalogger. If the Number of Decimal Places field from the Numeric Display Options Display tab is set so that incoming values are rounded up or down, the display may show what appears to be the data value meeting the alarm condition when, in fact, the condition is not yet met. The alarm is not triggered until the actual condition is met.

Sound files come in a variety of formats, sample rates, etc. Not all varieties are playable on all versions of Windows. Therefore, you should test your sound file on all systems you intend to support.