Alarms

View active alarms at a site on the Alarms tab of the Site Details screen. You can also see a count of active alarms for a site on the Site List.

  1. Site alarm count
  2. Tag details - select to view more alarm details
  3. Acknowledgement status
  4. Alarm priority

Alarms for a site

Filtering the alarm screen

Tap the Filter icon to set filters for the alarm list. You can filter by priority and by acknowledgement status. The selected filters will be displayed at the top of the list. Delete a filter to remove it from the alarm list.

  1. Select one or more filters
  2. Click Apply to filter the list

Alarm filter tool

  1. Selected filter - delete the filter to reset the list

Alarm list with filter applied

Viewing alarm details

Select an individual tag to see the alarm details for that tag.

The following properties are shown by tapping on the alarm to show extended details.

Property Description
Tag Update Time Time and date when the tag value was last read
Alarm Set Time Time when the alarm was set
Duration Length of time for which the tag stayed in an alarmed state
Alarm Ack Time Time when the alarm was acknowledged (for acknowledged alarms)
Alarm Ack By User who has acknowledged the alarm (for acknowledged alarms)
Alarm Count Number of times that this tag has triggered an alarm.
Priority

Alarm priority. Alarms are colour coded to show priority. This is an indicator of the alarm urgency.

  • High priority alarms are highlighted in red
  • Medium priority alarms are highlighed in orange
  • Low priority alarms are highlighted in yellow

Acknowledging Alarms

Note

You must have appropriate authority to acknowledge alarms.

The Ack checkbox shows whether an alarm has been acknowledged. Select the checkbox to acknowledge an unacknowledged alarm.

Once an alarm has been acknowledged it cannot be unacknowledged.