Alarm Filter window
This window defines the criteria used to include or exclude alarms from the Alarm Console view.
Figure 11. Alarm Filter window
You open this window by clicking the Filter button (
) on the Alarm Console view.
Alarm Filter search criteria
| Criterion | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Timestamp, Time Range | drop-down list and time chooser | Sets up start and end dates and times, days of the week or a schedule to use as filter criteria. The time in each alarm record identifies when the point’s status changed from normal to offnormal. |
| Source Name | text |
Reports the name of the alarm source. If you use the default script setting (%parent.displayName%), the source name property
shows the display name of the alarm extension parent. You can edit this script, or type in a literal string.
|
| Source State | read-only |
Reports the component state transition: Offnormal (normal to offnormal) Alert (normal to alert) Fault (normal to fault) Normal (offnormal, alert, or fault to normal) |
| Ack State | text |
Reports the state of the alarm (unacknowledged, acknowledged).
|
| Priority | number for each of four component states |
Define the priority level to assign to the alarm class for each component state transition (from normal to offnormal, from
normal to fault, from normal to alert, from offnormal to fault and from alert to normal.
The lower the number, the more significant the alarm. The highest priority alarm is number 1. |
| Alarm Class | text |
Defines alarm routing options and priorities. Typical alarm classes include
High, Medium and Low. An alarm class of Low might send an email message, while an alarm class of High might trigger a text message to the department manager.
|
| Message | text | Limits the search based on the customized message created for this alarm. The result reports only alarms that contain this specific message text. |
| Badge | text | Limits the search to specific badge number(s). |
| User | text | Limits the search to specific user(s). |