Sensaphone SCADA 3000 Users manual - Manual (Page 97)

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Chapter 11: Programming for Phone Line Applications
ALARm NOTIFICATION
Figure 10: Alarm Notification Screen
On this screen you establish which alarms call which dialout destinations and assign any custom
messages you’ve created into the alarm message that will be spoken. Any of the 64 (or 32) Voice
messages you create can be assigned to any of the 64 specific alarms as well as status messages.
Custom Voice Message: Check the box to use a custom message with the selected
alarm.
Select: Select the message number to assign to this alarm. You can either type the
number of the message or use the up and down arrows to scroll through the list.
Select Dialout Destinations: Click in the small checkbox beside each programmed
destination that you wish to have notified should this specific alarm occur.
Repeat this process for each alarm.
When you’re finished, click OK.
The SCADA 3000 has the capability to alarm on 64 events. An alarm event can be set from an
input, output, variable or any value that has a UAF. Each alarm has a programmable recogni-
tion time which must be met before the alarm truly exists. In addition, each alarm also has
programmable high and low limits, alarm reset time and the option of speaking a custom voice
message.
There are three stages to complete an alarm event: 1) Alarm recognition, 2) Alarm notification,
and 3) Acknowledgment of the alarm. Note that not all alarm conditions will go through each
stage. For example, some may not meet the recognition time.
Alarm Recognition
Each I/O point or value that is monitored for an alarm condition has user-programmed lim-
its to determine when an alarm exists. When the status of this monitored value changes or
exceeds the programmed limits, it causes a first-stage alarm condition. At this stage the alarm
recognition timer starts running but no dialout occurs. If this condition lasts long enough to
meet its programmed recognition time, the alarm becomes active and the SCADA 3000 begins
the alarm notification sequence.
Alarm Notification
SCADA 3000 can make 6 types of phone calls: Voice, Fax, E-mail, Modem, Numeric Pager,
and Alphanumeric pager.