Add Cause and Response Information to Alarms

You can add cause and response information to an alarm that describes the circumstances that would cause the alarm and the most appropriate course of action to take. This information can be presented to an operator at runtime. See Provide Cause and Response Information to Operators.

You can configure up to eight alarm responses for each alarm tag.

To add cause and response information for alarms:

1. In the Setup activity, select Alarming.
2. On the menu below the Command Bar, select Cause and Response.
3. Add a row to the Grid Editor.
4. Type the required information in each column, or in the fields in the Property Grid (see below for a description of the fields).
5. Click Save.

Cause and Response Properties

General Properties

Field	Description
Cluster	The name of the cluster that runs the alarm. This field needs to be defined if your project has more than one cluster.
Alarm Tag	The alarm tag associated with the cause and response information.

Cause and Response Properties

Field	Description
Cause	A description of the cause of the alarm (maximum of 254 characters).
Response	A description of the appropriate response to the alarm (maximum of 254 characters).
Response Time	A description of the period of time in which the specified response should be acted upon (maximum of 254 characters).
Consequence	A description of the likely outcome if the suggested response is not acted upon within the specified response time (maximum of 254 characters).

Project Properties

Property	Description
Project	The project in which the cause and response information is included.

See Also

Published June 2018