About the Alarms Module
Alarms module provides a range of features that enable users to configure and manage alarms based on different parameters, such as process values, system performance, and equipment status. It allows users to set up alarm thresholds and conditions, such as high and low limits, time delays, and hysteresis, to trigger alarms when specific events or conditions occur.
This module also provides various notification options, such as email, SMS, and pop-up messages, to alert users of any critical events or conditions. It supports escalation procedures, enabling users to define and manage different levels of alarm escalation, ensuring that critical events are addressed promptly and appropriately.
Moreover, the alarm module includes a range of diagnostic tools and features that enable users to monitor and analyze alarm performance and history. It provides real-time alarm status and performance data, allowing users to identify patterns and trends in alarm behavior and optimize alarm management accordingly.
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Real-time Alarm Processing
The Alarm module was created using pure .NET managed code, with multi-threading and exception control, for maximum performance and reliability. Combining the Alarm, Dataset, and Script modules, you can log and bookmark process execution events, such as downtime, startup, shutdown, batch control, and continuous process analysis.
Storage and Replication
Users can save Alarm Historian data in any local or remote SQL database. When using redundancy, the platform provides automatic synchronization of the database. The replication guarantees the accuracy of the same data on both servers, even when using different providers.
OSIsoftTM PI EFTM Event Frames
The system also has seamless, SDK-level, connectivity with PI BatchTM and PI EFTM for data presentation, charts, and custom data management.
Universal Time and Daylight Saving
The platform leverages UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) on all logging and online date-time objects; so that Alarms, Events, and Historical data are accurately time-stamped for when they happened, no matter where the user is or any daylight saving settings.
Audit Trail and Alarm Areas
We provide a one-click configuration to enable audit trail on Operator Actions, Database and Reports Events, User logon and logoff, System events, and custom tag events. Data is archived in SQL tables with project-defined encryption.
Alarm Visualization Component
We provide a built-in graphical visualizer for alarms, whether on a PC, web browser, or iPad.
Filtering, SQL queries, grouping, printing, saving, acknowledging, and exporting are some of the included built-in features.
Notification Subscription
Project scripts with access to the entire Microsoft .NET Framework can subscribe to alarm events to implement custom actions, such as notification and calculation methods.
Store and Forward
When using remote databases, a store and forward option is provided, so a local cache is created while the connection is not available and forwards the data when the database connection is re-established.
Localization
It is possible to translate online messages and query results from the Alarm Historian database on the fly to local languages based on automated dictionaries.
Learn more at Alarms, Audit and Notifications.
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