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Sensorsoft Alert User Manual

Figure 14: Configuring pager alerts for a scalar variable

Notice that for a scalar variable, you can configure pager alerts to be sent in the following alert states:

 Page on Scalar Critical – The page that will be sent when the variable reading breaches the scalar

critical low limit or the scalar critical high limit.

 Page on Scalar Warning – The page that will be sent when the variable reading breaches the scalar

warning low limit or the scalar warning high limit.

 Page on Return to Normal. – The page that will be sent when the variable reading returns to

normal after exceeding breach limits.

For a Boolean variable, you can configure pager alerts to be sent in the following alert states:

 Page on Boolean Critical – The page that will be sent when the variable reading is in the Boolean

critical state.

 Page on Return to Normal. – The page that will be sent when the variable reading returns from

Boolean critical state to normal state.

5. For each pager alert that you would like to enable, check the corresponding Enable checkbox.

6. In each Message field, specify the pager message to be sent for the corresponding alert condition. You

may want to use dollar variables (e.g. $L, $R) to bind live information such as the current reading into

your message. This is described in Appendix A.

7. In each Interval field, specify the paging interval for the corresponding breach condition. As long as

the variable is in a particular breach condition, pager alerts will be repeatedly sent at the interval

corresponding to the breach condition.

8. When you are finished, click the Save Changes button.

9. It is highly recommended that you test all of your pager alerts to ensure that they are properly setup.

You can test each pager alert by clicking on its Send Test Page button. It is important to note that

most SMS providers impose a maximum limit on the number of characters that a message may

contain, and will truncate the message to fit the maximum length. It is therefore important to test each

message to ensure it does not exceed the maximum allowed length.