The alarm banners with _XP in the name have icons denoting the priority of the alarms. All alarm priorities are mapped as outlined in the AlarmIconPriority table (in frsVariables).
DeltaV Alarm Priority Level |
Alarm Priority Name |
Alarm Banner Value |
|---|---|---|
4 |
Advisory |
1 |
5 |
Advisory |
2 |
6 |
Advisory |
3 |
7 |
Advisory |
4 |
8 |
Warning |
5 |
9 |
Warning |
6 |
10 |
Warning |
7 |
11 |
Warning |
8 |
12 |
Critical |
9 |
13 |
Critical |
10 |
14 |
Critical |
11 |
15 |
Critical |
12 |
The default configuration of the (_XP) alarm banners has all the Advisory alarms using the same icon; all the Warning alarms using the same icon; and, all the Critical alarms using the same icon. However, you can change the icons for each alarm priority by inserting new bitmaps in place of the existing ones on the XP alarm banners. Each icon in the (_XP) alarm banner is a bitmap that has been saved in the GRF file, assigned a number (the Alarm Banner Value) and through the AlarmIconPriority table (in frsVariables) associated with a DeltaV Alarm Priority Level Value.
Modifying the default (_XP) alarm banners is not recommended because every upgrade will replace the default files, erasing your changes. Therefore, you must save the alarm banner as a new file and modify your UserSettings.grf (or Layout Templates) to configure your system to use your modified alarm banner.
When changing the bitmaps for the alarm banner icons, the following apply:
Do not change the size of the bitmaps. All bitmaps used as icons on the alarm banner must be 15×15 pixels. The alarm banner forces the graphic to be that size so any other size will be stretched or shrunk to fit in the allocated size.
Save the source bitmap for your archival purposes only. The source file is not needed by DeltaV Operate once it is loaded into the alarm banner GRF file. All objects loaded into the GRF file are saved as part of that picture. They are not linked to a source file.
Do not modify the existing bitmaps in the PIC\frsFactoryData\Bitmap folder as these files are overwritten on upgrades. It is recommended that you save the files to another location if you wish to modify them.