Disable or Enable Alarms

The ability to disable or enable an alarm is controlled by a security privilege that might not have been granted to you. See your VTScada manager.
Disabling or enabling an alarm is a tag configuration change, not an operational change. It cannot be done with the tools in any alarm list. It can be automated using a tag parameter expression to monitor a condition that you define.

You must have tag configuration privileges to disable an alarm. Disabling alarms is considered a configuration task, not an operational task.

There may be times when equipment must be taken offline. Rather than have alarms occur as a result, you may prefer to disable the associated alarms. The Alarm Page includes a list of disabled alarms, thus making it easy for you to find all the alarms that need to be re-enabled when the time comes. Procedures at your location may require that alarms be shelved rather than disabled. (Shelve Alarms)

To disable or enable an alarm directly from the tag

1. Right-click on the widget representing the tag that has an alarm.
   A Navigator menu opens.
2. Click the appropriate line to enable or disable the alarm.
   The same line is used for both enabling and disabling. You are adding or removing a check mark to set which option is selected.

You can also use the tag's configuration panel. This provides more options in an Alarm tag than for a built-in alarm.

Troubleshooting:

• The navigator menu does not open when the widget is right-clicked.

The navigator menu can be enabled or disabled by developers. It is likely disabled for this instance of the tag's widget.