The new Alarm Handling: Reacting reliably
and quickly to disturbances and failures
SPPA-T3000 Cue – success starts in the control room
Control System
Instrumentation, Controls & Electrical
SPPA-T3000 Cue Alarm Handling
supports smooth power plant operation
by helping operators easily detect and
respond to plant disturbances on time.
Your benefits:
Efficient and effective
power plant operation
even in critical situations
thanks to optimized,
operator-centric Alarm
Handling:
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Proven, user-friendly
one-click navigation
Classified, color-coded,
counted alarms
Broad, transparent view
of the current alarm
situation
Clear operating
instructions for rapid
resolution
Built-in condition
monitoring
Built-in alarm
management
The Task
In power plant operation, even routine
tasks are sometimes impeded by
unavoidable incidents. Often, these
incidents are random and unforeseeable.
In these cases, it’s the operator’s job to
manage the unexpected and keep the
plant up and running.
Our Solution
With its new release SPPA-T3000 Cue,
Siemens has further optimized the
SPPA-T3000’s Alarm Handling by enabling
operators to efficiently manage even the
most critical of situations.
In addition to its proven user-friendly
one-click navigation and clear structure,
the SPPA-T3000’s operator-centric approach
comprises alarm features that support
your operator’s work processes in the
control room, including:
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Alarm Counts
New alarm classes: Trip Stop,
Trip Warning, and Diagnostic
Recommended (DR)
Group Alarm Indicators
Wake-up Alarms
Alarm Management & Analysis (AMA)
The integrated condition monitoring can
even help prevent alarms from occurring.
That’s why Siemens introduced the new
alarm class Diagnostic Recommended (DR).
It helps operators analyze situations
before they go critical.
But when control room operators have
only a few seconds to react, Trip Stop and
Trip Warning alert them right on time.
An alarm control window provides
targeted cues and clear instructions for
immediate, precise action.
Direct access to the corresponding plant
display by clicking on the alarm class in
the Upper Frame allows operators to react
quickly. Individually definable alarms also
give users optimal flexibility.
From the clearly structured and easy-to-read
Alarm Sequence Display (ASD), operators
can easily access the root cause analysis
and directly transfer data to create a shift
event – with one mouse-click. Finally, the
AMA software assists in the optimization
of alarm situations and prevents alarm
flooding.
SPPA-T3000’s new alarm handling ensures
that operators can reliably and predictively
control their power plant and respond
quickly and deliberately in any situation
to keep the plant up and running.
With SPPA-T3000’s Alarm Handling, the
operator has everything under control:
Classified, counted, and color-coded
alarms graded by their level of importance
help operators focus on what really
matters.
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SPPA-T3000 Cue Alarm Handling – highlights
New alarm classes:
Trip Stop (TS), Trip Warning (TW)
Diagnostic Recommended (DR)
is a new message class that detects the status of
availability-relevant components by using modelbased condition monitoring. It reports subtle
changes long before DCS limit values are reached.
Alarm Counts
provides transparency about the plant’s situation and
allows for quick and targeted reaction. Each alarm class
is shown with the numbers of raising, unacknowledged,
and pending alarms; double-clicking opens the alarm
class-specific Alarm Sequence Display (ASD).
Group Alarm Indicators
reduce reaction time in critical situations. When an
alarm is shown in a Plant Display, it will be indicated in
the Group Alarm Indicator. By clicking the alarm class
of the Group Alarm Indicators, the operator has direct
access to the corresponding Plant Display.
Wake-up Alarms
By clicking on the Wake-up Alarm class, the operator
can individually define conditions which should be
specifically monitored. An alert at the right time then
gives the operator optimum awareness of the situation.
Alarm Management & Analysis (AMA)
AMA indicates the alarm situation and displays various
alarm statistics, like the top 20 alarms or the sum of
all triggered alarms by alarm type. It is configurable
to your needs. And AMA brings a clear view of your
conformity status relating to standards like EEMUA191
or ISA18.2.
Clear structure: color-coded and easy to read –
the Alarm Sequence Display (ASD)
Fast and uncomplicated: The ASD is accessed by clicking
on large, easy-to-read buttons in the Upper Frame.
The header column shows the urgency of the alarm
and the notification class. The text is clearly legible,
just what operators expect from an ASD.
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Clear color coding in the header column
User-friendly one-click-navigation:
from ASD to root cause analysis with
just one mouse-click
Double-clicking on the text line in the
ASD allows the fault to be analyzed
with the help of the plant detail diagram.
It could not be quicker or easier.
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SPPA-T3000 Cue Alarm Sequence Display
SPPA-T3000 Cue plant detail
Published by
Siemens AG 2015
T3R72_FS_Alarming_e_V1-1
Article No. PGIE-B10013-01-7600
Power and Gas Division
Freyeslebenstrasse 1
91058 Erlangen, Germany
Printed in Germany
Dispo 05401
For more information, please contact
sppa-t3000.energy@siemens.com
siemens.com/energy/sppa-t3000
Subject to changes and errors.
The information given in this document only contains
general descriptions and/or performance features
which may not always specifically reflect those
described, or which may undergo modification in the
course of further development of the products.
The requested performance features are binding
only when they are expressly agreed upon in the
concluded contract.