The following describes how to handle an alarm, from occurrence in the plant overview, to detailed analysis on the plant device.

  • You are logged on to the portal and have opened the plant overview.
  • On one plant, an error is displayed with the red alarm symbol.
  1. Click the red alarm symbol .
  • The "Alarms" menu opens a detail view of the plant.
    "Active alarms" lists pending errors with time stamp and error text.
  1. Write down or remember the timestamp.
  1. Consult the "Alarm history" to estimate the times and frequency of faults.
  1. In secondary navigation, go to "Web access".
  1. Click the red alarm zone in the top right on the web interface.
  • The most serious error is displayed on each device.
  1. Compare the timestamp from the portal and the web interface (column "Fault info") to ensure that you are researching the same fault.
  1. Click the red eye symbol on the far left of the error line.
  • You go to the device causing the error.
  1. Eliminate the error if possible over remote access.