HMI alarm controls
One of the main reasons for an HMI to be included in a project is so that alarms can be relayed to an operator or end user. TIA Portal has a ready-made control for alarm management called the alarm control:
The Alarm control option can be found in the Controls section of the toolbox. Alarm control can simply be dragged and dropped onto a screen as with any other object.
Alarm control connects to many different areas and has many different configuration options for customizability. In most cases, for a quick setup, the preset options are enough to display and interact with alarms.
Note
The HMI used in this chapter is an MTP1500, running V17 Firmware.
Configuration of HMI alarms
In the Project tree and under the HMI object, an object called HMI alarms exists. It is within HMI alarms that the alarm...