VPIV State Tag

All Alarms and Processes have a state depending in their status. A state tag delivers the state of a specific Alarm or Process in the form of a value. Below is a chart of the values and states: Value Alarm Process 0 Non-Active State Non-Active State 1 Active State (Set) Active State (Started) 2 Acknowledged State N/A

The example below shows a state tag for a maintenance alarm and for production status. A. Use the explanation of the fields below to fill out the tag.

1. Name – enter a name for the tag being created. 2. Type – select State from the drop down list. 3. Data Source – select either Monitoring Point or Device. i. Monitoring Point – allows the user to select a specific alarm or process on a specific module. ii. Device – allows the user to select a device. 4. Device – if Device was selected in Data Source, select the device from the drop down list. 5. Monitoring Point – if Monitoring Point was selected in Data Source, select the Device from the drop down list then select the alarm or process. 6. Result – all options will be available, but for a state tag this can only be an integer.