Add New (or edit) Alarm Class view

Alarm classes manage alarm priority and which alarm requires acknowledgment. This view configures, name and save alarm classes. You link alarm classes with alarm recipients.

Figure 299. Add New Alarm Class

To access this view, click Controller (System) Setup > Alarm Setup and click the Add control button () at the top of the Alarm Classes view or double-click an existing alarm class (to edit its properties).

You can move among tabs without losing unsaved data, however, you must click the Save button before leaving the view or data is lost and no new record is added to the database.

NOTE: When you create a new alarm class, you must assign at least one alarm recipient and one alarm class to it before saving it.

Links

A Save button and an Alarm Classes view links are located directly above a Display Name property at the top of the view. This property provides a unique name for the alarm class.

Properties

Property	Value	Description
Ack Required	`true` or `false`	Indicates that any alarm assigned to this alarm class requires acknowledgment. Only selected component state transitions (normal to offnormal, fault or alert) require acknowledgment.
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.
Total Alarm Count	read-only	Displays the total number of alarms assigned to the `Alarm Class` from all sources.
Open Alarm Count	read-only	Displays the total number of current alarms. An alarm is considered to be open when it is not acknowledged and normal or not acknowledged and in alarm.
In Alarm Count	read-only	Displays the current total number of alarms that are unacknowledged and normal or unacknowledged and an alert.
Unacked Alarm Count	read-only	Displays the total number of unacknowledged alarms.
Time of Last Alarm	read-only	Displays when the system generated the last alarm assigned to this `Alarm Class`.
Escalation Level1n Enable, where n is 1, 2 or 3	`true` or `false`	Turns on (true) and off (false) escalation of the alarm at this priority level.
Escalation Leveln Delay, where n is 1, 2 or 3	hours and minuets (One minute is the smallest increment you can set.)	Defines the amount of time to allow an unacknowledged alarm to remain unacknowledged before the system escalates it to the next level.