The dialog Alarm configuration settings opens on the command 'Extras' 'Settings' in the Alarm Configuration:

Category date/time

Here you set the formatting for the representation of the alarms in the log-file. Define the format according to the following syntax. Dashes and colons are to be set in inverted commas:

for date: dd'-'MM'-'yyyy  -> e.g. "12.Jan-1993"

for time: hh':'mm':'ss (12-hours format) -> e.g. "01:10:34" or HH':'mm':'ss (24-hours format) -> e.g. "13:10:34"

Language

The usage of this dialog corresponds to that used for doing the language settings of a visualization object⮫ “Language switching”.

Choose here a language file (*.vis or *.tlt) which should be used for the alarm configuration texts when the Option for the desktop is changed⮫ “Options for the desktop”. Make sure that for this purpose the language file i.a. contains the translations for the text strings of the alarm configuration. See also: 'Project' 'Translate into another language'⮫ “'Project' 'Translate into another language'”.

Alternatively you can define dynamic language switching by specifying a special language file in xml-format, like it is used for visualization elements. Note however that the actual settings only concern the display of the alarm messages. If the alarm configuration is visualized by an alarm table element in a visualization object, there the separate visualization language settings will be valid!

Online

Deactivate alarm evaluation in online mode: If this online setting is set, there will be no alarm handling in online mode. This means that no alarm evaluation corresponding to the current alarm configuration will be done and no alarms will be displayed. This might be desired in certain environments in order to save computing time.