Download the Solution Example here: AlarmsAreas.dbsln
Name: Logical Alarm Areas
Software Version: 10.0.6
Keywords: Alarms. Area. Alarm management.
Summary
The sample shows how to set up Logical Alarm Areas and how to use them to filter Alarms. It aims to demonstrate how your solutions can be enhanced with additional features in the alarming system to fit your needs. We will run through those features on this page. Going to Alarms/Areas, you'll find the Alarms Areas configuration interface.
Technical Information
In the Alarms Areas configuration interface, users can define logical areas to group Alarms, enhancing organization and alarm management.
In the Alarms Items configuration interface, there is the AuxValue column, which allows for displaying additional tag info alongside the one triggering the alarm in the alarm message.
Within the Alarm Namespace, various attributes facilitate interaction with these defined areas. The users can manage areas through attributes such as categories, descriptions, IDs, and names. Check out how to access the Alarm Area attributes in the Alarm namespace in the image below:
Also, it includes counts for the total number of Alarms within an area (including or excluding child areas) and the number of unacknowledged Alarms. It also offers functionalities to acknowledge all Alarms within an area, with or without including child areas, and to turn Alarms on or off for specific areas.
The solution example shows how to display these areas in a tree view during runtime using the AlarmAreas graphical component, allowing users to see and select different alarm areas.
This feature enables the monitoring of Alarms in real time, showing active and unacknowledged Alarms within selected areas. Users can acknowledge Alarms directly from this view, and they can turn off Alarms for specific areas, preventing them from appearing in the interface. However, the system continues to process and store them as usual.
Additionally, the interface allows for selecting specific sub-areas to filter the displayed Alarms, demonstrating the flexibility and depth of control available in managing and monitoring Alarms across different areas of an operation.
Reference Information
Check out the Alarms Areas documentation to leverage this feature's potential.