In order for the device alarms to participate in the DeltaV system, make sure that:
for fieldbus device alarm support, the H1 fieldbus card is a Series II card. Earlier cards do not support device alarms.
the HART or fieldbus device follows DeltaV module naming conventions. If the device name does not conform to the module name rules, device alarms cannot be enabled and the system notifies the user.
device alarms are enabled.
Also:
Review the Plant Areas topic in order to understand in which area the device is assigned.
Assign the area that contains the device to the Alarms and Events subsystem of the appropriate workstations
Download the workstation setup data for the workstation.
Many fieldbus devices have configurable properties that enable/disable conditions detected within the device from contributing to causing a device alarm. Conditions that should cause an alarm should be enabled within the device. These properties can be accessed through the Configuration properties of the device in DeltaV Explorer.
Fieldbus devices that support PlantWeb alerts have configurable properties that can suppress communication of each device alarm. If the device is to communicate that device alarm to the DeltaV controller, that device alarm must not be suppressed within the device. These conditions can be accessed through the Conditions dialog for the device in DeltaV Explorer.
HART device alarms can be suppressed through the HART device detail displays. Certain HART devices from Emerson companies have unique detailed displays. All other HART devices (those that use the standard status information for their alarms) use the HARTgeneric_dt.grf picture. Detail displays show all the active conditions.