If an alarm does not appear to be operating as designed, or is determined to be unnecessary, an operator can disable it. A disabled alarms is ignored by the alarm system until it is returned to an enabled state (see Enable a Disabled Alarm).
Note: If the parameter
If your project uses the StruxureWare or Tab Style templates (accessible via a starter project), you can disable alarms during runtime from the Active Alarms page.
In a standard project, you need to define a command that uses the
Note: You can also "shelve" an alarm, which will temporarily disable it for a specified period of time. In a Situational Awareness project, only shelving is supported. You are not able to permanently disable an alarm. See Shelve Alarms.
To disable selected alarms:
The selected alarm(s) will be removed from the Active Alarms page.
To disable all alarms on the Active Alarms page:
To disable selected alarms:
To disable all alarms on a page:
If the Action tab is not available, it means the page was created using an early version of the alarm page template. If this is the case, the Disable Page command will available via the Control Tasks panel.
Note: In projects based on the StruxureWare or Tab Style templates, the ability to disable alarms may be restricted by the privilege level set in the parameter
Published June 2018