Properties

The AlarmArea module has the following properties:

NameDescriptionIDFlags
AckRequiredBy disabling this property, alarms generated by this module will be sent with acknowledge not required.3400Persisted, ExpertPage
AlmSeverityOfInactiveThe severity of events when going from active to inactive.1670Persisted, Enumerated, ExpertPage
AlmSeverityStepThe step in severity when moving from one subcondition to another e.g. from HI to HIHI.1650Persisted, ExpertPage
AreaNameThe name of the process area this module represents. Several areas can be listed using ';' (semicolon).1010Persisted
AreaPathThe path to the area this module represents. A hierarchical is specified using '.' (dot).1020Persisted, ExpertPage
DefaultAlmSeverityThe default value of the AlmSeverity attribute for new alarm items.1600Persisted, ExpertPage
DefaultWatchdogPeriodsThe default value of the AlmWatchdogPeriods attribute for new watchdog category items.1700Persisted, ExpertPage
EnableAlarmEvaluationThis is used to disable alarm evaluation3300Persisted, ExpertPage
EnableEvaluationItem If set, this item's value will enable (true) or disable (false) alarm evaluation. 3310 Persisted, ApisItem, ExpertPage
EnableInitialNormalReport By default, the first evaluation of an alarm condition is not reported if the alarm is in normal state. This property, when set, makes the AlarmAreaBee always report the result of the initial alarm evaluation. 3330 Persisted, ExpertPage
FreshestValue When TRUE, all items will be read directly from their physical source to receive the freshest possible values. 2010 Persisted, ExpertPage
InhibitAllSupress all alarm generation from this module.3200Persisted
InhibitQualitySupress alarms when quality is equal or worse than this.3100Persisted, Enumerated, ExpertPage
InvertInhibitSignalsInvert the value read from the inhibit signals, so that a 'false' inhibit value will prevent the alarm.1710Persisted, ExpertPage
PriorityLevelSpecifies the priority level for the working thread of this ApisAlarmAreaBee instance.3000Persisted, Enumerated, ExpertPage
ResetAlarmsBy setting this property to true all alarms will be reset if either EnablealarmEvaluation or EnableEvaluationItem is FALSE3320Persisted, ExpertPage
ScanPeriodThe scan period in milliseconds for testing the event conditions.1300Persisted
TimeReferenceItemAn item who's value will be used as the time reference for this module instead of the system time, when timestamping items.200Persisted, ApisItem, ExpertPage
UseSourceTimestampsIf set to 'true', the timestamps of the monitored items will be used as event timestamps when they occur. If set to 'false', the time the event was detected by this AlarmArea module is used.1400Persisted, ExpertPage
WatchdogQualityEvaluationSet this property to true to include evaluation of the different quality OPC_QUALITY_GOOD3550Persisted, Enumerated, ExpertPage

Informational properties:

NameDescriptionIDFlags
AlmAttributeIDThe global alarm attribute ID assigned from Apis Hive.301200InfoPage
ApisConditionEventSinkCookieThe value of the cookie assigned to this module from the Apis Event Server.301800InfoPage
AreaNameThe name of the process area this module represents. Several areas can be listed using ';' (semicolon).1010Persisted
ConfigObserverCookieThe cookie identifying this module amongst the configuration aware clients of Apis Hive.301400InfoPage
Server compatibilityStatus about which version of interface supported301600InfoPage
TimeSrvEventIDThe time client event ID assigned from the Apis time server.301100InfoPage

Performance properties:

NameDescriptionIDFlags
AlarmEvalTimeThe time in milliseconds used to evaluate alarms.101007PerformancePage
HiveLastUpdCountThe number of items reported as updated at the previous request.101006PerformancePage
NumAlmItemsNumber of items this ApisAlarmArea instance stores to its database.101000PerformancePage
UpdSinceQueryTimeThe time used when requesting updated items from the Hive.101005PerformancePage

See also Module Properties