# Set up alarm conditions for an alarm list

Use the Display tab of the Alarm List Properties dialog box to show the alarms in any or all of the following conditions:

- Active and acknowledged
- Active and unacknowledged
- Inactive and acknowledged
- Inactive and unacknowledged

  Tip: | If you assign the connections on the Connections tab of the Alarm List Properties dialog box, at run time, those settings will override the settings on the Display tab.

## To set up what alarms will be shown

1. In the Graphics Display editor, double-click the alarm list to open its Properties dialog box.
2. On the Display tab, specify the alarm conditions to be shown in the alarm list at run time.
3. Specify whether the alarm will blink, and what colors will be used to show the alarms.

## See also

Alarm list

Options on the Display tab of the Alarm List Properties dialog box

Create an alarm trigger

Create an alarm message

Specify the graphic display and system-wide alarm options