Alarms
The alarms are used to notify (un)defined users about a specific behavior that has been defined beforehand and is currently happening in the Flexy.
The Flexy is capable of triggering and handling alarms based on different tag-based parameters:
- Value of tags retrieved from third-party devices.
- Status events such as booting, shutting down, …
- Status of a key switch.
- …
Alarm notifications can be customized for each tag or can be based on a template (for email and/or SMS).
Types of Notifications
The alarm notifications can be of different forms:
- publishing on a dedicated web page,
- email or SMS to a user or a list of users,
- file transfer through FTP,
- SNMP traps sent to a management station.
Alarm-based Labels
Based on the tag value, the Flexy recognizes four states:
- ALM stands for Alarm.
The alarm has been triggered based on the tag settings (Alarm level LowLow / Low / High or HighHigh).
- ACK stands for Acknowledgement.
As the alarm has been triggered, user can manually check in and confirm he is aware of the abnormal status of a tag. This recognition can also be configured to be automatic when RTN is reached (without human intervention).
- RTN stands for Return to Normal.
This occurs when the value of the tag which has a triggered alarm comes back into normal range (outside of the defined alarm level).
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END stands for End of Alarm.
This state is met when ACK and RTN have both occurred.