Alarm History report
This report contains a table of time-stamped alarm records that include a listing of activities, such as alarm acknowledgments,
alarm descriptions, as well as associated sources, credential numbers, and owner names.
Figure 79. Alarm History report
Control buttons
In addition to the standard control buttons (Auto Refresh, Column Chooser, Filter, Manage Reports and Export), this report includes these control buttons:
Show Alarm Details opens the Alarm Details window, which provides additional information about the selected alarm.This button is available on the Alarm History view.
Purge Config opens the Purge Config window for setting up when and how to remove history records from the database.
Review Video plays back a video associated with an alarm. The alarm video icon (
) next to the alarm identifies alarms with associated videos.
Columns
Alarm History Report columns
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Alarm Time | Reports when the alarm condition occurred. |
| 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.
|
| Source Name |
Reports the component that transitioned from normal to offnormal, fault, or alert. If defining search criteria, you can use
wild cards here.
|
| Alarm Class |
Reports the
Display Name of the alarm class associated with the point, recipient or other component.
|
| Source State |
Reports the component state transition:
|
| Ack State |
Reports the state of the alarm (unacknowledged, acknowledged).
|
| 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.
|
| Message |
Describes how to handle an alarm.
|
| Badge |
If the alarm was triggered by an access control violation, identifies the responsible badge.
|
| User |
If the alarm was triggered by an access control violation, identifies the person associated with the badge. If the alarm was
generated by malfunctioning equipment, identifies the system user, if known.
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