Status indications, messages that indicate the status of plant systems but are not intended to alert the user to the need to take action, generally should not be presented via the alarm system display because they increase the demands on the users for reading and evaluating alarm system messages.
Additional Information:
While status information is important to operators, status indications are not alarms and should be presented to operators via a non-alarm display, e.g., on process displays. If the presentation in the alarm display of status indications is justified on the basis of the unique aspects of the design, such status messages should be designed so that operators may readily distinguish them from true alarm messages.