Alarm Extension Manager

The alarm extension manager presents alarm extensions in a table format to make it easy to see all the alarm extensions that are associated with the points in a station. To view this manager, right-click AlarmService in the Nav tree and select Alarm Ext Manager from the drop-down list of views.
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Extension manager display features include:

  • Color coding: A colored background on a row in the alarm extension manager table indicates that the alarm state of the parent component is not Normal.
  • Hyperlinking: Double-click on any row in the alarm extension manager to change to the property sheet view of the selected alarm extension.

As with other tables, you can show or hide columns and use other standard table controls and options that are provided in the Table Options menu, which is located in the top right corner of each table. Also, the export toolbar icon is available on the toolbar when the alarm extension manager view is open.

Column Value Description
Point text Identifies the point that is the parent of the listed alarm extension.
Extension text Identifies the type of extension, for example: OutOfRangeAlarmExt, StatusAlarmExt, and others..
Alarm State text Identifies the status of the extension, for example, High Limit or Normal.
toOffnormal Enabled true or false Indicates if the toOffnormal property of the extension is enabled (true) or not (false).
toFault Enabled true or false Indicates if the toFault property of the extension is enabled (true) or not (false).
Alarm Class read-only used in Lists, console columns, or %alarmClass% on a report.
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.