WinCC Advanced V13 SP1 – Simple Sample: Discrete Alarm - Group Acknowledgment

“Simple Samples” are small projects that demonstrate simple features. The target is give a quick overview about the theme and be used as start point for related discussions. Follow there are a short description and the configuration main steps.

Description:

Many applications needs that a group of alarms would be acknowledge with a simple action. It is possible to setting the related alarms to a same “Alarms group”.

In this sample project, acknowledge alarm 2 will also acknowledge alarm 3 (and vice-verse) – alarm 1 is not acknowledged by alarm 2 / alarm 3 acknowledgment.

Requirements:

WinCC Advanced V13 SP1.

Project with a minimum configuration ( “WinCC Advanced V13 SP1 – Simple Sample: Discrete Alarm” https://support.industry.siemens.com/tf/br/en/posts/135059/).

Configuration main steps:

Create a group alarm (HMI Alarms → Alarm Group → <add new> → Alarm_group_1 was created).

For each alarm that should be acknowledge together:

Setting the alarm to alarm group (HMI Alarm → Discrete alarms → select alarm → properties → General → Alarm Group → select “Alarm_group_1”).

References:

Manual

WinCC Professional V13.0

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/br/pt/view/92323076/en

Online helps system

WinCC Professional V13.0 SP1

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/br/pt/view/109096785/en

Application and tools

Demo projects for HMI operator panels under WinCC V13 (TIA Portal) for Basic Panels (2nd generation) and Comfort Panels

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/br/pt/view/96003274/en

FAQ

Which VBS information and VBS programming tools are there in WinCC (TIA Portal)?

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/br/pt/view/59885894/en

Tips and tricks for creating scripts in WinCC (TIA Portal)

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/br/pt/view/57132412/en

Project:

As project.zip