Super Systems SDStatus - Manual (Page 22)

SDStatus View and Workstation Operations Manual
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Watchdog Alarm: A Watchdog Alarm alerts the
user when the value of a selected slot (defined in
SDStatus) does not change within a certain
amount of time. The following fields are set up in
the Watchdog Alarm setup window (Figure 30):
• Alarm Name: A user-defined name for the
alarm.
• Cause: The cause of the alarm (typically
used by operators). This field is optional.
• Action: The corrective action
recommended (typically used by
operators). This field is optional.
• Channel: The channel number of the slot
that SDStatus will monitor (0 through 127).
• Slot: The slot number that SDStatus will
monitor (0 through 79).
• Time before slot value must change: The
amount of time that a slot value must
remain the same before an alarm state is
generated. This amount of time can be set
in days, hours, minutes, and seconds.
For example, assume that the Watchdog
Alarm is set to monitor channel 70, slot 5
and the “Time before slot value must
change” is set to 2 minutes. Also assume
that, when the Watchdog Alarm starts
monitoring slot 5, slot 5’s value is 50. In
this instance:
o
If slot 5’s value changes to 49 after
one minute, 48 seconds, an alarm
state will not exist.
o
If 2 minutes pass and slot 5’s value
is still 50, an alarm state will be
created.
• Server: The server to be monitored. (This
is a drop-down menu; servers must be
defined before one can be selected.)
The Red Alert checkbox causes the alarm to
generate a System Tray notification and also
causes the alarm to appear in red in the alarms
notification area.
Figure 30 - Watchdog Alarm setup window