String Points

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String Points

String points have 6 alarm types (Alarm 1 through Alarm 6). Alarm 6 has the highest precedence. The alarms are listed in the table below in order of precedence. See the PNT Editor - String Page for configuration information.

Alarm	Alarm Calculation Type	Calc Value 1	Calc Value 2		Configurable Bit
Alarm 6	String Filter	Setpoint Value	N/A	Red	06
Alarm 5	String Filter	Setpoint Value	N/A	Red	05
Alarm 4	String Filter	Setpoint Value	N/A	Yellow	04
Alarm 3	String Filter	Setpoint Value	N/A	Yellow	03
Alarm 2	String Filter	Setpoint Value	N/A	Red	02
Alarm 1	String Filter	Setpoint Value	N/A	Magenta	01

Default alarm colors may determine which alarms you use.

Example

If you have a setpoint that represents a "warning" condition, you may want to use Alarm 3 or Alarm 4 since the default color for these alarms is yellow.

String alarm setpoints are case sensitive and allow the use of the single character (?) or multi-character (*) wildcards.