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The Alarm Portal allows you to view and acknowledge alarms from the alarm consoles of multiple stations. You access it from the main menu
by selecting .
Figure 15. Alarm portal
The alarm portal has two resizable panes, and a set of buttons along the bottom of the window:
Alarm Console Monitor
This pane displays information about the consoles that are being monitored and contains the following information areas.
- The title bar displays Alarm Console Monitor on the left and the number of consoles that are connected to the alarm portal on the right side of the bar.
- Column headings identify the information about each alarm console included in the portal.
- The alarm console lists the alarm consoles that are currently available to monitor, including station identity, connection status (connected or disconnected), and connect and disconnect times.
Open Alarm Sources
This pane displays information about individual alarms. To learn more about a specific alarm, double-click the alarm source. The system opens the Open Alarm Sources view.
| Column | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Timestamp | hours:minutes:seconds%timestamp% (on a report) |
Reports the date and time the event occurred.
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| Source State or sourceState | NormalHigh Limit | The status of the entity at the time the event, such as an alarm, occurred. |
| Ack State | Acked or Unacked |
Indicates if the alarm has been acknowledged.
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| Ack Required | true or false |
Indicates if the alarm must be acknowledged (
true) or not (false).
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| Source | %alarmData.sourceName% | Displays the path to the point that is generating the alarm.
NOTE: For how to format this information on a report, click on the help icon to the right of the field.
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Buttons
The alarm portal has two resizable panes, and a set of buttons along the bottom of the window:
Acknowledge recognizes the selected alarms. Acknowledging an alarm tells the system that a human being is aware that the alarm exists.
Silence, when clicked, quiets the alarm sound for the selected point.
Hyperlink is active when an alarm extension property. When clicked, opens the alarm source.
Notes displays a window for adding notes about the alarm to the alarm record.
Filter allows you to limit the number of alarms displayed. Clicking this button opens the Filter window.