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SECS Message Detail 4-33
4.2.48 S5F1 - Alarm Report
S5F1 [W] * H<-E
<L [3]
<B [1] ALCD> * ALCD - Alarm On/Off and
Severity
<U4 ALID> * ALID - Alarm ID
<A [40] ALTX> * ALTX - Alarm Text
> .
This message is the “normal
” message that the Equipment uses to report alarms. In order for this
message to be used, the equipment constant “ConfigAlarms” must be set to “0”. If “ConfigAlarms” is set
to “0”, the Equipment sends S5F1 instead of the normal S5F73 Alarm Notification Send. The Equipment
reports that an alarm condition has changed.
ALID identifies the Alarm.
The high-order bit of ALCD will be “1” if this alarm is currently On (Unsafe), or “0” if it is currently Off
(Safe). The low-order seven bits of ALCD contain the severity code for this alarm.
ALTX contains up to 40 bytes of Alarm Text. Refer to Appendix C for a table of possible alarms.
Equipment constant “WBitS5” controls whether the Equipment sends S5F1 with W-Bit “1” (Reply
Expected) or “0” (No Reply Expected).
4.2.49 S5F2 - Alarm Acknowledge
S5F2 * H->E
<B [1] 00>. * ACK5 - Alarm Acknowledge
The Host acknowledges the Alarm Report. This Equipment ignores the ACKC5.