We have always ended up including all of our process indicators as alarms in DeltaV so that operators have a convenient place to see them. If we keep them out of the alarm banner, the operators always end up not seeing them (sicne they are located on a specific graphic, etc). The downside is that our alarm banner is cluttered up with process indicators.
I would like to separate these process indicators out of the alarm banner and place them in another area where operations will be sure to see them. I am considering using the extra space on a wide screen monitor to list these process indicators (as a priority 4 alarm). I would then have to modify the alarm banner to exclude alarm priority 4. Has anyone done something like this before?
Is there a better/easier way to do it?