Introduction to Alarms Module
The Alarms module is a powerful tool designed to monitor and manage alarm events within your solutions, providing alerts for critical events, and storing data for future analysis.
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Configuring the Alarms Module
Configuring an alarm involves creating an AlarmsItem object. Creating an AlarmsItem involves selecting a system Tag and associating a condition to generate an alarm event. Once done, it is necessary to specify which alarm group this item belongs to. The alarm item will inherit properties and attributes defined in the alarm groups. Finally, based on your process hierarchy defined on AlarmsAreas, you can specify which place the alarm item belongs to. So, to create and manage alarm items, go to Alarms/Items; to customize and fine-tune the groups of alarms, go to Alarms/Groups; and to define the process hierarchy and organize your alarm systems, go to Alarms/Areas.
Device Module Configuration Workflow | ||
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Action | Where | Comments |
Create Channels | Devices → Channels | Identify the required field devices and protocols the project requires, create channels accordingly. Learn more at Device Channels. |
Create Nodes | Devices → Nodes | Identify the Network addresses and relevant information to all stations and devices that need connectivity. Learn more at Devices Nodes. |
Map Tags to Point addresses | Devices → Points | Optionally, you can Copy Tags from Excel/CSV from Excel or execute Import Wizards. Learn more at Device Points. |
Create or Customize AccessTypes | Devices → AccessTypes | Optionally, you can optimize the communication, grouping Points with similar requirements to the same AccessType. Learn more at AccessType. |
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