Alarm Record window
This window shows additional detailed information about a specific point alarm.
Information
| Name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Timestamp | hours:minutes:seconds%timestamp% (on a report) | Reports the date and time the
event occurred. |
| Uuid | read-only | Displays the Unique Universal Identifier
(UUID) the system uses to identify the alarm record. |
| Source State or sourceState | NormalHigh Limit | The status of the entity at the time the event, such as an alarm, occurred. |
| Ack State | Acked or Unacked | Indicates if the alarm has been
acknowledged. |
| Ack Required | true or false | Indicates if the alarm must
be acknowledged (true) or not (false). |
| Source | %alarmData.sourceName% | Displays the path to the point that is generating the alarm. Note: For how to format this information on a report, click on the help
icon to the right of the field. |
| Alarm Class | read-only used in Lists, console columns, or %alarmClass% on a report. | Defines alarm routing options
and priorities. Typical alarm classes include High, Medium and Low. An alarm class
of Low might send an email message, while an alarm
class of High might trigger a text message to the
department manager. |
| Priority [alarm] | read-only | Reports the alarm ranking
on a pre-defined importance scale. The lower the number, the higher
the priority. |
| Normal Time or NormalTime | date and time | Displays the date and time (if applicable) that the alarm state returned to normal. |
| Ack Time | hours:minutes:seconds | Displays the time that the alarm
was acknowledged (if applicable). |
| User [alarms] | Drop-down list | Identifies the person that acknowledged the alarm. An unacknowledged alarm displays “unknown.” |
| Alarm Data | read-only | Presents a detailed list of
alarm data, including this information: Status, toState, msgText,
Count, fromState and Timezone. |
| Alarm Transition | text | Shows the initial source state that
generated the alarm. This value may not reflect the current state
of the alarm source. Once the framework creates an Alarm
Transition, it does not change for a single alarm record.
For example, if the source state returned to normal after an offnormal
status, this value remains at offnormal. |
| Last Update | read-only | Displays the time the system most recently updated the alarm. |
Buttons
| Button | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| left and right arrows | buttons | If multiple records exist for an alarm, which can happen
if repeated alarm transitions occur unacknowledged, arrow buttons
may be enabled at the bottom corners of this dialog box:
|
| Acknowledge | button | Recognizes each selected alarm. |
| Hyperlink | button | Changes the current view to the hyperlinked target associated with the selected alarm. If no hyperlink is associated with the alarm, the Hyperlink button is not available. |
| Notes | button | Displays the Notes dialog box for the purpose of adding a note to the selected alarm or alarms. |