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Siemens EMC manual – Events module CM110902en_01
Building Technologies Introduction 02.08.2009
2 Introduction
2.1 Possible applications
Along with energy consumption and other process variables, alarms are an integral
part of modern energy and operational optimization measures.
The Events module in EMC enables fast and efficient responses to problems
arising in customer systems. An interactive, dynamic user interface provides a
quick overview of all connected customer systems.
Besides presenting alarms in a clear overview, they can be analyzed and provided
with additional information.
Moreover, alarms can also be analyzed jointly with other variables at the same
time.
2.2 Architecture
The Events module is closely connected with the alarm function of the building
management systems. It logs alarms for subsequent presentation in a standardized
format in EMC. This enables alarms from different systems to be uniformly
presented in EMC.
Figure 1: Principle using DESIGO INSIGHT as an example
The architecture comprises three main levels.
Routing groups
Alarm receiver
file (EMC)
Alarm receiver
printer
Alarm router
Printer
DESIGO INSIGHT
and
SoftwareProxy
Subsystem
EMC