The alarm portal tool allows you to view and acknowledge alarms from many different stations using a single viewer (portal). The alarm portal, shown in Figure 354, is divided into two resizable panes, and a set of buttons along the bottom of the alarm portal window: You can add alarm consoles from different stations by right-clicking in the Alarm Console Monitor (top pane) and choosing the menu selection to initiate the Add Alarm Console wizard.
From the Alarm Portal, double click on any alarm listed in the Open Alarm Sources pane to see the Alarm Details dialog box and the alarm record dialog box, as described in About the alarm console.
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Alarm Console Monitor
This pane displays information about the consoles that are being monitored and contains the following information areas:
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Title bar
Displays “Alarm Console Monitor” title on the left and the number of consoles that are connected to the alarm portal on the right side of the title bar.
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Column headings
Displays the title of each of the columns that are displayed in the alarm console monitor.
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Alarm console list
Each row in the alarm console listing contains information about alarm consoles that are currently listed as available to monitor from the alarm console. Station identity information is displayed, as well connection status (connected or disconnected) and connect and disconnect times.
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Open Alarm Sources
This pane displays information about individual alarm sources, as described below. If you double- click on a single alarm source, the Open Alarm Sources view opens. This view is described in About the alarm console.
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Title bar
Displays “Open Alarm Sources” title on the left and the total number of points that are displayed in the list on the right side of the title bar.
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Column headings (click column heads to sort)
Displays the title of each of the columns in the open alarm sources list, as follows:
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Timestamp
displays the latest time that the point generated an alarm.
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Source State
displays the current state of the point (for example, Normal or Offnormal).
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Ack State
displays how many alarms have been generated at the point and how many of those alarms have been acknowledged.
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Ack Required
displays “true” or “false” indicating that an acknowledgement is or is not required for that alarm.
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Source
displays the path to the point that is generating the alarm.
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Alarm portal buttons
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Acknowledge
Acknowledges all alarms at the selected source when an alarm is selected in the alarm source pane.
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Hyperlink
is active when an alarm extension property (refer to About alarm extension properties) is set to allow hyperlinking. When clicked, displays the alarm source.
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Notes
displays a dialog box that allows you to add notes to an alarm record (see About the console recipient for more details about alarm record notes).
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Silence
when clicked, this button quiets the alarm sound for the selected point.
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Filter
displays the alarm filter dialog box for limiting the alarms that are displayed. See About the alarm console for more details about the alarm filter dialog box.
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The alarm portal tool, when enabled, also places the alarm icon in your system tray and an alarm popup window, as shown in Figure 355.
You can set options for the alarm portal in the Tools Options menu, as described in Alarm Portal options.
