Alarm Classes views
Alarm classes allow you to group alarms into categories and assign them alarm priority levels.
Figure 298. Alarm Classes view
This view opens when you click the Alarm Classes submenu, under the menu.
Buttons
In addition to the standard buttons: Column Chooser, Filter, Manage Reports, and Export these control buttons manage this view:
Add opens a view or window for creating a new record in the database.
Hyperlink links to the edit view or window for the selected item. It is the same as double-clicking the table row. This button
is available when a single record is selected.
Edit Priority changes the numerical priority level of any selected alarm class.NOTE: To configure multiple alarms with the same priority, select and edit more than one alarm class record at a time.
Delete removes the selected record (row) from the database table. This button is available when you select an item.
Rename opens the Rename window with which to change the name of the selected item.
Columns
The following are the columns in the Alarm Classes table.
Alarm Class columns
| Column | Description |
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| Display Name |
Reports the name that describes the event or function.
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| 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.
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| Total Alarm Count |
Displays the total number of alarms assigned to the alarm class from all sources.
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| Open Alarm Count |
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.
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| In Alarm Count |
Displays the total number of alarm sources.
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| Unacked Alarm Count |
Displays the total number of unacknowledged alarms.
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| Time of Last Alarm |
Reports the time that the system generated the last alarm assigned to this alarm class.
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