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Figure 29: Message assigned to a button
SET/RESET structure
The SET/RESET structure of alarms is complex; you can Set an Alarm and wait for a Reset,
or you can Set an Alarm from an Input Module to a Device. In the following section, the various
aspects of the SET/RESET structure is explained.
• SENT
The type SENT is the simplest type of alarming. Figure 30: Sent Alarm structure on
page 103 shows the structure.
Figure 30: Sent Alarm structure
In this figure, there is an input module that generates an alarm as a sent. Therefore, the
alarm is sent to the eKERNEL, and stored in an alarm database (data table). Immediately
after sending, the input module withdraws the alarm, so the alarm condition is only present
in the database table, with a fixed reference to the device for which the alarm message
is meant. If the device acknowledges this alarm, the alarm condition is removed from the
database. The acknowledgment from the device differs for each device type. If the device
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