Alarm Database Maintenance view
This view presents alarm data in a table to make it easy to monitor and edit the alarm database.
The alarm database resides in a station file system under the station’s alarm folder.
The upper portion of the window contains the alarm history table. As with other tables, you can show or hide columns and use other standard table controls and options that are provided in the Table Options menu. The Table Options menu is located in the top right corner of the table and the export toolbar icon is available on the toolbar.
The lower portion of the screen provides controls for managing the history database.
Alarm History columns
| Column | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ack Required | true or false | Indicates if the alarm must
be acknowledged (true) or not (false). |
| Ack Time | hours:minutes:seconds | Displays the time that the alarm
was acknowledged (if applicable). |
| Ack State | Acked or Unacked | Indicates if the alarm has been
acknowledged. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Normal Time or NormalTime | date and time | Displays the date and time
(if applicable) that the alarm state returned to normal. |
| Priority [alarm] | four fields for configuring importance | Reports the alarm ranking
on a pre-defined importance scale. The lower the number, the higher
the priority. |
| 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. |
| Source State or sourceState | NormalHigh Limit | The status of the entity at the time the event, such as an alarm, occurred. |
| Timestamp | hours:minutes:seconds%timestamp% (on a report) | Reports the date and time the
event occurred. |
| User [provisioning] | text | The station user that requested the job. This column displays unknown if job was triggered by a linked schedule. |
| Uuid | read-only | Displays the Unique Universal Identifier
(UUID) the system uses to identify the alarm record. |
| Last Update | read-only | Displays the time the system most recently updated the alarm. |
Alarm History maintenance
| Option | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clear Old Records and Before property | selection bullet | Deletes alarm records before the date and time you define in the Before property. |
| Clear All Before Selected Record | selection bullet | Deletes all records with a timestamp that is earlier than the timestamp of the currently-selected record in the table. |
| Clear All Records | selection bullet | Deletes all records regardless of the date. |
| Run Maintenance | button | Executes the maintenance action. |