Alarm history Summary window

This window displays detailed information for a single alarm history row.

Figure 80.   Alarm History Summary window
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You access this window from the main menu by clicking Reports > Alarm History, followed by selecting an alarm history record and clicking the Summary button (Image).

Alarm Details properties

Property Description
Timestamp
Reports when the record was written to the database.
Uuid Reports the Universally Unique Identifier.
Source State
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
Reports the state of the alarm (unacknowledged, acknowledged).
Ack Required
Indicates if the alarm must be acknowledged (true) or not (false).
Source Reports the ORD that created the alarm.
Alarm Class Reports the routing information for the alarm.
Priority
Reports the priority level assigned to the alarm class for each component state transition (from normal to Offnormal, from normal to Fault, from offnormal, fault or alert to Normal, and from normal to Alert).The lower the number, the more significant the alarm. The highest priority alarm (most significant) is number 1.The lower the number, the more significant the alarm. The highest priority alarm (most significant) is number 1.
Normal Time
When displayed, shows a null value until the point returns to a normal state, then it displays the time that the point status returned to normal.
Ack Time
Displays the time that the alarm was acknowledged (if applicable).
User Reports several pieces of information about the system user who was logged in when the system generated the alarm, including: name, timezone, badge number and if the alarm has been referred up the management hierarchy (escalated).
Alarm Data Reports additional information about the alarm, including any message text configured for the alarm, the user, and abbreviated information about the component that generated the alarm.
Alarm Transition
Shows the initial source state that caused the alarm to be generated. The Alarm Transition may not be the current state of the alarm source. Once an Alarm Transition is created, it does not change for a single alarm record. For example, if the source state returned to “Normal” after an “Offnormal” status, this value remains at “Offnormal”.
Last Update
Displays the time the system most recently updated the alarm.