Process Monitoring System and Method for Operating the Process Monitoring System

A process monitoring system comprising:

• a server having (i) a visualization service for monitoring an automation system, said visualization service being configured with a variable household for process values from a process image, (ii) an alarm list including alarm messages and an alarm household;
• at least one first control unit connected to the server, the visualization service being configured to supply the at least first control unit with the process values and the alarm messages, the at least one first control unit being configured to indicate a process object via the process values in an input/output window, the at least one first control unit being further configured to indicate a message sequence display with alarm messages from the alarm list, and the input/output window including an input field for short messages and furthermore includes an activation means;
• a management component for managing process objects, said management module being configured to create an alarm instance for a process object assigned to the input field when a short message is input and an activation means is activated, and being further configured to store an assigned short message as a further alarm message in the alarm list;
• wherein the message sequence display is extended to indicate further alarm messages from the alarm list as short messages.