alarmOrion-OrionAlarmService
The alarmOrion provides a way to handle a large number of alarms (i.e more than 200,000). It requires Orion database system. The alarmOrionService supports the RDBMS platform. The rdb provides database ords used to configure exported data in the RDBMS database.
The OrionAlarmService component is available in the alarmOrion palette.
In addition to the standard properties (Status, Enabled, and Fault Cause), this component provides these properties.
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| Type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alarm Db Config | 1–250,000 records | Defines the number of alarm records to store in the histories database. When the capacity is reached, newer alarm records overwrite the oldest records. |
| Alarm Class | drop-down list (defaults to Medium) | 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. |
| Master Alarm Instructions | additional properties | Click the  icon to open a window for adding and managing alarm
instructions. Following are the instructions:Add creates a new instruction. Edit edits a existing instruction. Remove deletes the selected instruction from the list. Move Up/Down changes the order of the instructions in the list. |
| Coalesce Alarms | true or false | When true is selected and saved, this property combines alarm notifications, which may improve system performance and lower network traffic. However, by combining alarm notifications, in some cases (when an alarm is initiated and quickly cleared), you may only see the “alarm cleared” notification and not the original alarm. To see all alarm notifications individually, select false. When false is selected and saved, the Coalesce Alarms does not combine the alarms, but sends individual alarm notifications. Note: If sequences or notifications in the Supervisor station
are triggered by alarms, you should not coalesce alarms. You do not
coalesce alarms if you may need to document security incidents. |
| Database | ord | Provides the ord path to the database that is used by the Orion Alarm Service. |
| RdbAlarmDatabaseConversion | additional properties | Configures additional parameters to convert a RDBMS to an Orion database. |