alarmOrion-OrionAlarmService

The alarmOrion provides a way to handle a large number of alarms (i.e more than 200,000). It requires Orion database system. The alarmOrionService supports the RDBMS platform. The rdb provides database ords used to configure exported data in the RDBMS database.

The OrionAlarmService component is available in the alarmOrion palette.

Figure 8. OrionAlarmService Properties

In addition to the standard properties (Status, Enabled, and Fault Cause), this component provides these properties.

To access, expand Config > Services and right-click OrionAlarmService > Views > AX Property Sheet.

Type	Value	Description
Alarm Db Config	1–250,000 records	Defines the number of alarm records to store in the histories database. When the capacity is reached, newer alarm records overwrite the oldest records.
Alarm Class	drop-down list (defaults to Medium)	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.
Master Alarm Instructions	additional properties	Click the icon to open a window for adding and managing alarm instructions. Following are the instructions: Add creates a new instruction. Edit edits a existing instruction. Remove deletes the selected instruction from the list. Move Up/Down changes the order of the instructions in the list.
Coalesce Alarms	`true` or `false`	When `true` is selected and saved, this property combines alarm notifications, which may improve system performance and lower network traffic. However, by combining alarm notifications, in some cases (when an alarm is initiated and quickly cleared), you may only see the “alarm cleared” notification and not the original alarm. To see all alarm notifications individually, select false. When `false` is selected and saved, the Coalesce Alarms does not combine the alarms, but sends individual alarm notifications. NOTE: If sequences or notifications in the Supervisor station are triggered by alarms, you should not coalesce alarms. You do not coalesce alarms if you may need to document security incidents.
Database	ord	Provides the ord path to the database that is used by the Orion Alarm Service.
RdbAlarmDatabaseConversion	additional properties	Configures additional parameters to convert a RDBMS to an Orion database.

alarmOrion-OrionAlarmService

Figure 8. OrionAlarmService Properties

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