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Overview

As each alarm item must belong to a group, the settings pertaining to the set of alarm items are made here and applied to all items belonging to the same group.

There are three available groups by default, but the user can create as many as necessary.

A Group defines several general characteristics of the alarm, such as:

  • Whether user acknowledgment is required.

  • Whether it will have sound.

  • Minimum time for the condition to trigger the alarm.

  • Type of notification.

The Alarms Groups properties allow users to define and manage collective behaviors of alarm items bundled into specific groups. Each group can have unique characteristics, such as whether acknowledgments are required, how they're visually or audibly represented, and the notification methods employed. The properties also facilitate categorization and provide metadata to track group modifications.

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Creating And Managing

AlarmGroup Configuration

AlarmGroup are a way to group together alarms that share common characteristics, such as the same priority, area, or notification method. In FrameworX, AlarmGroup are created and managed using the "Group" tab.

To create a new Alarm Group, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Alarm in the Designer.

  2. Click on the "AlarmGroup" tab.

  3. Click the "New item..." button.

  4. Give the group a name, description, and choose the desired settings for that group, such as the priority level, notification method, etc.

  5. Click "Ok" to create the new group.

Once an Alarm Group has been created, it can be edited, disabled, or deleted. To edit an existing Alarm Group, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Alarm in the Designer.

  2. Click on the "AlarmGroup" tab.

  3. Select the group you want to edit from the list of groups.

  4. In the selected row, edit the desired properties.

  5. Make the desired changes to the group settings.

  6. Click "Save" to save the changes.

To disable an Alarm Group, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Alarm in the Designer.

  2. Click on the "AlarmGroup" tab.

  3. Select the group you want to disable from the list of groups.

  4. Click the "Disable" button.

  5. Confirm that you want to disable the group.

To delete an Alarm Group, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Alarm in the Designer.

  2. Click on the "AlarmGroup" tab.

  3. Select the group you want to delete from the list of groups.

  4. Click the "Delete Selected Item" button.

  5. Confirm that you want to delete the group.


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Deleting an Alarm Group will also delete all of the alarms associated with that group.


Alarms Groups Properties

Name

Name of the alarm group.

AckRequired

Acknowledgment necessity status. If an alarm goes off, it remains active until acknowledged by the user, even if operating conditions return to normal.

ActiveTimeDeadband

Duration within which active alarms are ignored.

AckTimeout

Timeout period for acknowledgment.

AutoAckTime

Automatic acknowledgment time setting.

Sound

Sound alert linked to the group. When running a Rich Client, if the application has an alarm window and an alarm goes off, this client will play the configured sound until the alarm is acknowledged.

For more information, please see the AlarmGroup Sounds page.

Show

Display status of alarms from this group.

LogEvents

Logging status for group events.

Colors

Color codes associated with alarms in the group.

NotificationMethod

Method used for sending notifications.

For custom applications, there is a way to call a Class method from the Script module to perform any automatic process like sending emails, SMS or anything that can be programmable

Category

Category designation for the group.

LockState

Current lock status of the group.

LockOwner

User or system that locked the group.

DateModified

Date the group was last modified.

DateCreated

Date the group was created.

XRefInfo

Cross-reference information for the group.

Description

Detailed description of the alarm group.


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