Alarm Console columns

An event related to a device or point occurs. If the event generates a value that is outside of normal, the event triggers an alarm. The table provides a set of basic columns of information about the event, which triggered the alarm.

Clicking the down arrow to the right under the control buttons provides a list of data items. The ones with check marks next to them are the ones currently in view on Alarm Console. To include or exclude columns, click the column name in the list. This toggles column inclusion on and off.

To display additional or different information in the table, select data items from the drop-down list, Add Alarm Data Column.

To sort the information in any alarm console, click a column title.

Column/data item Description
Info These icons indicate visually the current state of the alarm. Refer to Alarm Console Info icons.
Timestamp Shows the most recent date and time when the system updated this alarm in the Alarm Console.
Source/Source Name (sourceName) Identifies the device point that generated the alarm.
Message Text (msgText) Describes the condition that generated the alarm.
Source State Indicates the status of the entity at the time the event occurred, which generated the alarm.
Priority Indicates the significance of the alarm. The lower this number the more significant the alarm.
Ack State Indicates if the alarm has been acknowledged.
Alarm Class Reports High, Medium or Low. The configuration of these designators determines the alarm recipient.
UUID Universally Unique Identifier
Ack Required Indicates if an acknowledgment is required.
User Identifies the person that acknowledged the alarm. An unacknowledged alarm displays “unknown.”
Alarm Data Provides information about the alarm including its status, the state the device transitioned to and from when the event occurred, and other information.
Alarm Transition Identifies the initial reason for the alarm. This may not be the current state of the entity.
Add Alarm Data Column Opens a drop-down list with additional data to add to the table.
Remove Alarm Data Column Opens a drop-down list with currently-included data that can be removed from the table.
Reset Table Settings Automatically returns the columns included in the table to the factory default.
Alarm Value (alarmValue)  
Controlled Value (controlledValue)  
Count  
Deadband (deadband) Identifies the value that is the difference between a minimum value as configured for a point and the actual reading. In building automation applications, events that occur within the deadband do not generate alarms. This configurable grace period minimizes the number of frivolous alarms.
Error Limit (errorLimit)  
Fault Value (faultValue)  
Feedback Numeric (feedbackNumeric)  
Feedback Value (feedbackValue)  
From State (fromState) Indicates the state the entity before the event transition generated the alarm.
High Limit (highLimit)  
Hyperlink ORD (hyperlinkOrd) Displays a path associated with the alarm in the station.
Icon Identifies an icon graphics file associated with the current state of the alarm.
Instructions Provides procedures to follow when the event that generated the alarm occurred.
Low Limit (lowLimit)  
New Value (newValue)  
Notes Provides a mechanism for adding unique information to the selected alarm.
Notify Type (notifyType)  
Numeric Value (numericValue) The value for the point generated by the event.
Offnormal Value (offnormalValue)  
Present Value (presentValue)  
Set Point Value (setptValue)  
Sound File (soundFile) Displays the path to the file used to sound the alarm
Status Reports the condition of the point at the time of the alarm event.
Time Zone (timeZone) Identifies the current time zone.
To State (toState) Indicates the state the entity transitioned to after the event that generated the alarm.