WinCC Professional V13 SP1 – Simple Sample: Discrete Alarm – alarm alerts (horn, warning lamp) controlled by PLC

“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 demands that an alarm would be signalized by means horn or a warning lamp activated by a controller.

In this sample project, an alarm (“Alarm 0 active”) could be monitored by a single variable (HMI_Tag_4 - e.g. PLC tag, but in this example a internal tag) so that the controller could act a horn or warning lamp.

Requirements:

WinCC Professional V13 SP1.

Minimal project with alarm handling (see “WinCC Professional V13 SP1 – Simple Sample: Discrete Alarm https://support.industry.siemens.com/tf/br/en/posts/135058/).

From WinCC Professional help, topic “Configuring Alarm Alerts”

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Requirements

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Example of VB script with QuitHorn method:

Sub OnClick(ByVal item)

Dim aaa

Set aaa = ScreenItems("Alarm view_1")

aaa.QuitHorn

End Sub

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

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:

Project attached to a zip archive (data.zip).