# Alarm Notification Utility

Configuring Operator Alert

Enabling or Disabling Operator Alert

Responding to an Alert

Starting the Utility

  The alarm facility notifies you when certain alarm conditions arise. You can configure this utility to sound an alarm each time a unit reports a specified error. In some cases, you may only want this utility to notify you of critical alarms, while at other times, you may want it to notify you when any alarm, critical or informational, occurs.

Starting the Utility

  Open the management program's program group, then select Operator Alert. The program launches in minimized mode.

Enabling or Disabling Operator Alert

  1. Select the Operator Alert icon on the task bar, or desktop, depending upon which operating system you are running, then click your right mouse button to bring up the control menu.
  2. From the menu, select Enable or Disable. The active option is ghosted.

Configuring Operator Alert

  1. Select the Operator Alert icon on the task bar, or desktop, depending upon which operating system you are running, then click your right mouse button to bring up the control menu.
  2. From the menu, select Configure Operator Alert. The Operator Alert Configuration dialog will display.
  3. From the Alert Mechanism area, select how you want to be notified of an alarm. Only one option can be selected.
  4. In the Repeat Alarm Every __ Seconds field, enter a value between 1 and 255. This is the interval at which the notification repeats if it is not acknowledged.
  5. In the For Status __ Or Greater field, select the type of alarm for which you want to be notified. All other alarm types will be ignored.
  6. Select the Auto Start Operator Alert option if you want several beeps to sound each time the workstation connects with a configured unit.

Responding to an Alert

  The operator alert icon indicates the status color of the highest level alarm that has not been acknowledged.
  To acknowledge an alarm, select the icon from the task bar or desktop, click your right mouse button, then press <Enter>.
  The icon will turn green until another alert occurs.