Vaisala viewLinc-4.1-M211518 - Manual (Page 94)

Chapter 5: Alarms
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What Happens When an Alarm is Triggered?
When an alarm is triggered, several things can happen:
• A pop-up can appear showing a description of the
condition, and an alarm message. If pop-ups are blocked
in your browser, an error message appears, prompting you
to enable pop-ups for viewLinc.
• An email can be sent. If configured, emails are
automatically sent to the address, addresses, or user
specified when threshold limits are exceeded,
communications are interrupted, or an event log or device
alarm condition is present. Alarm emails can be sent
repeatedly based on how alarm properties have been set.
• An application can be launched or an external device
turned on. If configured, an external device (such as a light
or buzzer) or a computer application (such as batch file
which can page or phone a particular number) can be
triggered when an alarm condition occurs.
• All of the above. You can also set up a tree alarm
hierarchy, a method of notifying different individuals of an
alarm if the first notification is not acknowledged within a
specified time frame.
Alarms should be dealt with as soon as possible by
acknowledging them in viewLinc. All transactions are
recorded in the Event Log and Historical database and can
be viewed in an Event Log or Alarm report.
Creating Alarm Templates
viewLinc provides you with six default alarm templates, one
each for threshold alarms, communication alarms, event
tampering alarms, and three types of device alarms
(calibration, validation, and configuration). You can modify
the parameters of these templates as you need, or create
your own.
Templates are a great way to save time when you want to
define similar alarm settings for multiple device channels
(applies to the general parameters - color code, alarm
message, delay, acknowledgement, as well as notifications
and comments).