Specifications

Configuring Alarms for Points
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The priority determines whether the server treats a change as an event or an
alarm:
Alarm Sub-Priorities
Within each alarm priority level, you can classify alarms as having sub-priorities
between 0 and 15, where 0 represents the lowest sub-priority and 15 the highest.
Alarm priorities (and their sub-priorities) are used in determining which alarms
will take precedence in the alarm line of a Station display (see below).
Elevating the Alarm Priority
You can specify a change in alarm priority for a alarms that are unacknowledged
for a configured amount of time.
To elevate the alarm priority:
1 On the System Configuration Menu display, click Alarm & Point Processing.
The Alarm & Point Processing display opens.
2 Click the Alarm Priorities tab.
3 Select the Alarm Priority Elevation enabled checkbox.
4 In the Low to High field specify the time period after which
unacknowledged low priority alarms are elevated to high priority.
5 In the High to Urgent field specify the time period after which
unacknowledged high priority alarms are elevated to urgent priority.
Property Description
Journal The change is written to the event file, where it can be accessed for
alarm and event reports, or event displays on a Station. Journal priority
alarms do not appear in the Alarm Summary.
Low, High or
Urgent
The change is displayed in the alarm line at the bottom of a Station
display to bring new alarms to the attention of operators and/or
directed to an alarm/event printer. It also appears in the Alarm
Summary.
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