Apparatus and method for advanced alarming in field device protocols

摘要

A method includes providing (625) an identification of multiple device-specific parameters to a user, where the device-specific parameters are associated with a field device (102a-102b). The method also includes receiving (630) a selection of at least one of the device-specific parameters from the user. The method further includes, upon receipt of the selection of the at least one device-specific parameter, providing (635) an identification of multiple bits associated with the at least one selected device-specific parameter to the user. The method also includes receiving (640) a selection of at least one of the bits from the user. The method further includes saving (665) the at least one selected device-specific parameter and the at least one selected bit as a custom alarm condition. A selected criticality option or a selected priority option can be saved as part of the custom alarm condition. The custom alarm condition can be loaded into a controller (104a-104b) of a process control system (100).