Description Section 3 Parameter Interface34 3BSE042835-600• If the object is an alarm owner, its Name should be used as source name whenalarms are generated, and must therefore be unique. The Name parameter willthen appear in the alarm list as the Source Name of an alarm. In such cases theName parameter of the type should not have any initial value to force theapplication engineer to enter a name.• If an interaction window is opened while the Control Builder is in on-linemode, the Name parameter is displayed in the window title bar. See Figure 3.• Control module types having graphical connections and a Name parameter,should have the name visible in layer 1 together with the node names, Figure 5in Point-to-Point Connection using ControlConnection Data Type on page 38.DescriptionThe Description parameter is a string of 40 characters, and is a short description ofthe object instance.• When performing a Name Upload in the Control Structure of the PlantExplorer Workplace, the instance's Description parameter is passed to theName aspect's description field.• If the object generates alarms the Name aspect's description, which is theinstance's Description parameter after a Name Upload, will appear as theObject Description in the alarm list.• The Description parameter is displayed in some operator graphics windows forclarifying purposes.