User Guide

Remote Notifications
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Remote Notification Messages Workspace
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Siemens User Guide Version 2.1
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This command is available when you select the original recipient
group, and the escalation has not yet started.
Clear manual
procedure
Visible but dimmed. Clears the selected message.
This command is available
once sending is completed or
monitoring is stopped.
Message Status Area – Unexpanded Remote Notifications
Alarm-based remote notifications are listed with the following details:
 Remote notification procedure name
 Alarm ID
 Type of sending (Automatic/Manual)
 Remote notification outcome
For example,
test – Alarm ID 29 Automatic Completed .
 New remote notification messages are listed with the following details:
 Type of sending (always Manual)
 Date and time
 Remote notification outcome
 For example, Manual 1/24/2013 Failed
Remote Notification Outcome
The outcome listed alongside an alarm-based remote or new notification indicates
the end result (for example, Completed or Failed) of the notification as a whole:
 Completed: depending on configuration, this may mean only that the remote
notification was successfully sent, or it may mean that the remote notification
was successfully sent and acknowledged by the recipients.
 Partially failed: the remote notification was successfully sent, but at least one of
its recipient groups failed to acknowledge the message.
 No response: the remote notification was successfully sent, but all the recipient
groups failed to acknowledge the message.
 Failed: the system was unable to send any of the messages.
 Aborted: the operator stopped the remote notification.
Message Status Area – Expanded Remote Notifications Details
When you expand a remote notification in the list, you can see additional details
about the notification itself (these vary depending on whether it is alarm-based or
new) and its recipients. This lets you monitor:
 Progress and outcome of the notification for each recipient group
 Escalation of the notification for any recipient group
 Progress and outcome of the notification for individual recipients
Alarm-based Notification Details
Item
Description
Procedure Data Expander at shows additional details about the remote notification
as a whole.
Type Type of message sending (Manual/Automatic).
Starting in For automatic notifications, the time left before the remote
notification message is sent (delay).
Trigger Details about the condition that triggered the notification:
 Trigger: type of trigger (for example, Alarm)
 Category: event category (for example, Life Safety)