Alarm Classes views

Alarm classes allow you to group alarms into categories and assign them alarm priority levels.

This view opens when you click the Alarm Classes submenu, under the System Setup > Alarm Setup menu.

In addition to the standard buttons: Column Chooser, Filter, Manage Reports, and Export these control buttons manage this view:

Add opens a view or window for creating a new record in the database.
Hyperlink links to the edit view or window for the selected item. It is the same as double-clicking the table row. This button is available when a single record is selected.
Edit Priority changes the numerical priority level of any selected alarm class.

NOTE: To configure multiple alarms with the same priority, select and edit more than one alarm class record at a time.
Delete removes the selected record (row) from the database table. This button is available when you select an item.
Rename opens the Rename window with which to change the name of the selected item.

The following are the columns in the Alarm Classes table.

Column	Description
Display Name	Displays the name associated with the priority.
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.
Total Alarm Count	Displays the total number of alarms assigned to the alarm class from all sources.
Open Alarm Count	Displays the total number of current alarms. An alarm is considered to be open when it is not acknowledged and normal or not acknowledged and in alarm.
In Alarm Count	Displays the total number of alarm sources.
Unacked Alarm Count	Displays the total number of unacknowledged alarms.
Time of Last Alarm	Displays the time that the system generated the last alarm assigned to this alarm class.