VT3000 - Add Contact Alarm - Tri-State w/Reason on Acknowledge

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Overview Once you have a contact wired to an input on the IO as a Transition (Alarm), you will need to set up the Monitoring Point in the device configuration. This guide explains how to setup a Tri-State w/Reason on Acknowledge Contact Alarm. When the Contact is On the Alarm will be set/active on the Touch Screen. The Operator will be able to select a Specify button on the Touch Screen to respond to the Alarm and select a Reason from a list. When the Contact is Off the Alarm will be cleared/removed from the Touch Screen. If the Operator does not select to Acknowledge/Specify a Reason on the alarm before the contact turns Off, there will be no way for the Operator to acknowledge/specify the alarm.

Requirements See Requirements Here 1. The VT3000 Core Software installed and running on your system. 2. A Coordinator must be setup, powered and communicating with the VT3000 Core Software. 3. Switch Contact, TIM or PSM - the device must be powered and communicating with the system. 4. Contact Wire from your machine must be wired into one of the Inputs on the I/O (Part 1). 5. The Input for the contact must be setup in the configuration for the device (Part 2).

Completion Steps

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Step 1. Open the VT3000 web interface – select VT3000 Core Software - log in – select Configuration – select Devices. Configuration Devices

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Step 2. Select the Device that you wired your contact from the machine into the IO (Part 1) and setup the input on (Part 2) - select Edit.

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Step 3. Select the Monitoring Points tab.

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Step 4. Contact alarms must be Root Alarms, they cannot be a subordinate of a Process. Select Root - select the add Alarm icon.

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Step 5. Alarm Properties - select the options shown below: Alarm Name – enter a name for the Alarm. Mode – select Switch Contact - Tri-State w/Reason on Ack. Color – select Red.

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Step 6. Select the Add Alarm icon from the Monitoring Points toolbox with your new switch contact alarm selected.

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Step 7. Alarm Properties - select the options shown below: Alarm Name – enter a name for the Reason. Mode – select Reason on Ack. Color – select Red.

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Step 8. Repeat step 6 & 7 to setup multiple Reasons.

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Step 9. Select Save & Exit button.

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Step 10. Select the Device that you added the Alarm to in the steps above - select Edit.

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Step 11. Select Discrete Inputs tab.

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Step 12. Select the Discrete Input that you wired your machine into (Part 1) and setup as a Transition (Part 2).

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Step 13. Transition Properties - select the down arrow on the Linked To field - select the Switch Contact - Tri-State w/Reason on Ack alarm that you added in Step 5 (our example shows Machine Down).

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Step 14. Select Save & Exit button.

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Step 15. Select Save & Exit button. You will need to update the TIM/PSM, CLICK HERE for instructions.

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Select a Guide Here Add an Alarm with a Reasons (Root Cause) Add an Alarm as a Label Add an Alarm to a PSM Add Communications to an Alarm How to Wire an Input Setup a Wired Contact (Input) as a Dual State Alarm Setup a Wired Contact (Input) as a Tri-State Alarm]] How to Turn an Input On/Off with a Process

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