Typically customers choose to implement something like: Priority 1 - Safety or emergency alarms (e-stop, etc.) Priority 2 - Alarms indicating loss of product or product quality Priority 3 - Alarms that may lead to loss of product or product quality Priority 4 - General alarms Priority 5 - Information-only alarms (i.e. accumulator target reached, etc.) Hope this helps Ben -----Original Message----- From: Steve Elwart [mailto:steve.elwart@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 8:26 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [foxboro] Alarm Priorities We are in the process of taking another look at our alarm priorities. What is the experience out there with priorities? What have you set up as the levels? What do each mean? thanks! Steven P. Elwart, P.E Director of Systems Engineering Ergon Refining, Inc. 2611 Haining Road Vicksburg, MS 39180-0309 601-638-4960 (O) 601-630-8311 (FAX) _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave