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Alarm Management
15 AlarmManagement
An ala rm is used to call attention to an event that requires immediate action. An
alarm is set when a certain condition is met. An alarm condition is designed as a
logical evaluation of a tag value. Alarms can be divided into groups to create an
order of priority.
Alarm notification can be made in the following ways:
Alarm Indicator
Alarm Viewer
DistributionviaSMS,e-mailo r printerviatheAlarm Distributor
The alarm server database can be exported in csv format using the Database
Export action.
Relatedinformation
Database Export
15.1 AlarmConditions
Alarms can assume the following conditions:
Alarmcondition Description
Active Thealarmcondition ismet,andthe alarmisnot
acknowledged
Inactive Thealarmhasreturnedtonormal condition,buthasnot
beenacknowledged
Acknowledged Thealarmconditionisstillmet, b
utthealarmis
acknowledged
Normal Thealarmhasreturnedtonorm
alcondition andhasbeen
acknowledged
15.2 AlarmServer
The alarm server function is predefined in the Project Explorer. Clicking on it
opens the alarm server configuration pages in the desktop.
General alarm server properties are available by clicking the Settings button.
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