The Define / Alarm screen allows the creation and maintenance of alarms and the trigger threshold(s).
The field Disable this Alarm provides the ability to turn-off or prevent the processing of the record without deleting it.
The field Alarm Name is used to give the alarm a unique identification. This name appears on the Active Alarm screen and should provide a general idea of what the alarm represents. Existing alarms are selected in the drop-down box.
The Alarm Name field may contain the characters [ ] to enclose text that will not display on the Active Alarm screen. This may be used to cause the Alarm Name to appear more generic if needed. Examples:
Alarm Name What displays on Active Alarm
PROCESS - NOT RUNNING $FRED PROCESS - NOT RUNNING $FRED
PROCESS - NOT RUNNING [$FRED] PROCESS - NOT RUNNING
The description field provides free form text to explain the nature of the definition.
The Entity Type column provides a list of general categories available. A selection is this column determines the contents of the Entity Sub Type column.
The Entity Sub Type column is a list of the alarm-able items under an Entity. A selection in this column determines the contents of events just to the right. Events are specific to each Sub Type. Place the mouse over events for additional information.
Sounds may be associated with an active Alarm. The available options are 1) speak the alarm, 2) a default or pre-selected message, 3) a user specified sound or 4) speak a user specified text string.
The ability to generate sound requires sound card capability in the PC. See Speech for additional information concerning the ability to speak.
The Times drop-down box selects the monitor times for the alarm. By default, if no selection is made, monitoring is continuous.
The Action drop-down box selects what should occur in the event an alarm occurs. By default, if no selection is made, the Alarm appears on the Active screen in red.
The Entity Name field is used to enter CPU numbers, file and process names.
Creating an Alarm or a Change (i.e. update) of an existing alarm causes all current Alarms (if any) to clear.