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Property Description
The priority level currently assigned to the data point (0-255).
The priority level of a data point determines which applications
can write to its value. You can modify the value of this property
with the Write or ResetPriority functions.
The name of the alarm notifier in which the log entry is stored in
the following format: <network/channel/device/functional block>.
A timestamp indicating the time that the alarm occurred. You
must enter this timestamp in local time, with an appended time
zone indicator that shows the difference between local time and
UTC.
The name of the user who acknowledged the alarm. Alarms can
be acknowledged with the Write function.
The status of the alarm. The status can initially be AUTO_ACK,
AUTO_ACK, or AUTO_CLEAR, depending on the flags that
were set.
The status can be changed to MANUAL_ACK,
MANUAL_CLEAR, MANUAL_ACK_MANUAL_CLEAR,
MANUAL_ACK_AUTO_CLEAR,
AUTO_ACK_AUTO_CLEAR or
AUTO_ACK_MANUAL_CLEAR.
You can clear or acknowledge alarms manually with the Clear
function. For more information, see Using the Clear Function on
an Alarm Notifier Log File.
Alarms may be cleared or acknowledged automatically depending
on how the
Notifier when it was created.
• This element contains the following properties:
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specify this text with the Set function.
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Notifier application is using to update the value of the data
point. The Alarm Notifier will only successfully update the
value of the data point if it is using a priority level higher than
(or equal to) the priority assigned to the data point in the Data
Server.
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may be useful when sorting alarms.
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whether the alarm was an active or passive alarm. The
conditions that determine this are defined when the Alarm
Notifier is created. For more information, see Active and
Passive Alarm Conditions.