Saving Alarms to External Storage

You can configure alarm groups to save alarm data to a CSV or TXT file so you can view the alarm output on your computer.

Example Operation

Setting Workflow

Add Variables

Add Alarm Groups

Add Alarms

Set up Parts

Set up Scripts

Add Variables

Project Explorer : [Variables] ➞ [All Variables]

Add the following variables.

Variables properties :

[Name]	[Data Type]
Var1	[BOOL]
Var2	[INT]
Var3	[UINT]
Var4	[UINT]

Add Alarm Groups

Project Explorer : [Alarm/Events] ➞ [All Alarms]

Add the following alarm group.

[All Alarms] properties :

Tab	Property		Value
[Basic]	[Export Data]	Enable
		Data Storage	USB Storage
		Append Date/Time
		Detect Modification
		Folder Name	\Alarm
		File Name	Alarm
	[Export Status]	Enable
		Save Status	[Variable] [Name]: Var3
		Error Status	[Variable] [Name]: Var4

Project Explorer : [Alarm/Events] ➞ [All Alarms]

Add the alarm group.

Alarm Group (AlarmGroup1) Properties :

Initial Value

Add Alarms

Project Explorer : [AlarmGroup1] ➞ [Bool Alarm]

Add the following BOOL alarms.

Bool Alarm properties :

Row	Tab	Property	Value
1	[Basic]	[Alarm Type]	[HiHi]
		[Trigger Condition]
		[Variable]	[Variable] [Name]: Var1
		[Message]	Pressure is abnormal.

Project Explorer : [AlarmGroup1] ➞ [Level Alarm]

Add the following LEVEL alarm.

Level Alarm properties :

Row	Tab	Property	Value
1	[Basic]	[Message]	Temperature is abnormal.
		[Alarm Type]	[Hi]
		[Value]	80
		[Deadband]	0
		[Variable]	[Variable] [Name]: Var2

Set up Parts

Project Explorer : [Screen Design] ➞ [Screens] ➞ [Screen1]

Drag and drop the following objects from the [Tool Chest] to the screen.

Switch object (Name: Switch1) properties :

Initial Value

Set up Scripts

Project Explorer : [Screen Design] ➞ [Screens] ➞ [Screen1]

Set the following script on the object.

From the [Tool Chest] drag and drop the script to the Script editor.

Legend	Block
1	[Triggers] ➞ [Touch] ➞ [Touch]
2	[Values] ➞ [Screen Object]
3	[Operations] ➞ [HMI Functions] ➞ [Export Alarm Data]