Suppress. Remote Automation Solutions Alarm Condition

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Alarm Condition Configuration

4.3 Suppress

Checking this optional tick box will cause this specific alarm condition to be automatically suppressed when the alarm is generated. Note that suppression only affects the display of the alarm in the Alarm

View client. A suppressed alarm will still exist in the Alarm Summary table.

4.4 Suppression Groups

Clicking on this optional button will display the Suppression Group Association Dialog.

4.5 Alarm Redirection Button

This button is disabled when an alarm condition is being created, because Alarm Redirection can only operate on alarm conditions that already exist.

If you want to apply Alarm Redirection, first create the Alarm Condition, then refresh the Alarm

Condition List on the Main Dialog, and select the new Alarm Condition. Finally, select the [Modify] button. The Alarm Redirection button will then be enabled on the Modify Alarm Condition dialog, and when selected will display the Alarm Redirection Dialog.

It is possible to configure a .WAV sound file to be played when an alarm appears in the Alarm

Summary table on a per alarm condition basis. Selecting this [Configure] button opens the Sound

Configuration dialog which allows a sound file to be associated with this alarm condition.

4.6 Help Text

This is a simple text entry field into which the user may enter text which could help in understanding the nature of the alarm. The Help Text field can be made to appear in the Alarm Client as an attribute.

Up to 46 characters may be entered into the Help Text field.

4.7 Condition Field

This is a mandatory drop-down list which displays all of the available alarm condition types for this alarm condition table. The available alarm condition types for the RealAnalogLimit table are Low

Range, LowLow, Low, High, High High and High Range. For the available alarm condition types for other alarm conditions, see the Alarm Condition Lookup Table or the Alarm Condition Tables topics.

4.8 Signal

Type the signal name directly into this mandatory field if it is known, or use the [Browse] button to the right of the field to browse for the signal.

4.9 Limit Field

This is the mandatory value attached to the limit. When the signal reaches this value it will be placed in alarm.

4.10 Dead Band In Field

This optional field represents a value higher or lower than the alarm limit value (depending on whether the limit is higher or lower than the normal value range for the signal), which will delay the signal going into alarm as the signal's value passes the alarm limit value. See the diagram below.

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