Communicating Alarm Trigger Status

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by at least one data processor forming part of at least one computing system causes the at least one data processor to perform operations that comprise:

• receive data characterizing an operational state of a machine and an associated timing information;
• access, based on the operational state, an alarm trigger of a plurality of alarm triggers, the alarm trigger comprising predefined properties comprising an alarm threshold;
• and
• display a graphical object representing the alarm trigger, the graphical object displayed in a graphical display space having a first axis and a second axis for displaying a plot over time of operational parameter associated with the machine, the graphical object having a first visual characteristic indicating the alarm threshold
• wherein the graphical object comprises:
• a first triangle;
• and
• a second triangle connected by a line to the first triangle, an edge of the first triangle, an edge of the second triangle and the line oriented parallel to the first axis.

A method comprising:

• receiving data characterizing an operational state of a machine and an associated timing information;
• accessing, based on the operational state, an alarm trigger of a plurality of alarm triggers, the alarm trigger including predefined properties including an alarm level, the alarm level representative of a severity associated with the alarm trigger;
• and
• displaying a graphical object representing the alarm trigger, the graphical object displayed in a graphical display space having a first axis and a second axis for displaying a plot over time of an operational parameter associated with the machine, the graphical object having a color representative of the alarm trigger,
• wherein the graphical object comprises:
• a first triangle;
• and
• a second triangle connected by a line to the first triangle, an edge of the first triangle, an edge of the second triangle and the line oriented parallel to the first axis.