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Supported alarm containers and format files

The following table lists the alarm containers in a DeltaV system and indicates if alarm help bulk edit is supported for that container. The third column lists format files (if any) included in DeltaV software that supports bulk editing alarm help. Not all sample format files are listed.

Alarm Container

Alarm Help Supported by Bulk Edit?

Example Format Specification File that Supports Bulk Editing of Alarm Help

Process Alarms

Control modules created from DeltaV module templates

Yes

Module_AlmHlp.fmt

Other control modules

Yes

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Equipment module

Yes

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Unit module

No

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Phase Logic module

No

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SIS module

Yes

SIS_Module_AlmHlp.fmt

Operator Statistics module

Yes

Module_Alarm.fmt

Hardware Alarms

DeltaV node (System Hardware Alarms)

Yes

Hardware_Alarms_AlmHlp.fmt

SIS Logic Solver

Yes

CSLS_AlmHlp.fmt

Device Alarms

FF Device

Yes

FF_Device_AlmHlp.fmt

HART Device

Yes

Hart_Device_AlmHlp.fmt

charmHART.fmt

LsCharmsHART.fmt

WirelessHART Device on Wireless Gateway

Yes

Wireless_Hart_Device_AlmHlp.fmt

WirelessHART Device on WIOC

Yes

WIOC_HartDevice.fmt

SIS HART Device

Yes

Hart_Device_AlmHlp.fmt

External Asset

No

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For supported alarm containers that do not have format files, you can create your own format specification files to bulk edit alarm help.