Set up process impact alarms

After the process impact signals are connected into the Power Monitoring Expert system, or Power Monitoring Expert is set up to detect the process impact independently, process impact alarms need to be set up.

To set up process impact alarms:

1. Launch Software Alarms from Management Console > Tools > Web Tools, or from Web Apps Settings > Alarms.
2. Select Add Alarm Rule.
3. Select the Realtime Setpoint template if the alarm is based on an analog value. Select Realtime Digital Setpoint template if the alarm is based on a digital value.
4. Select the Measurement that will be used to determine a process impact event (e.g. Current Avg if using the current drops to signify the process impact, or Equipment State if the process impact signal is mapped to this measurement for the Logical Device created for the process)
5. In the Alarm Name field, enter Process Impact Alarm.

   NOTE: The string “Process Impact Alarm” is the only flag that the Power Quality Impact report and gadgets looks for.

6. Configure the thresholds for the Active and Inactive Conditions.
7. Configure the Pickup Delay and Dropout Delay:

   The alarm will go ON if the threshold has been exceeded for longer, in seconds, than the “Pickup Delay” value.
   The alarm will go OFF if the value is below the threshold for longer, in seconds, than the “Dropout Delay” value.

8. Configure the Priority. Use a number less than 64 to prevent the alarm from appearing in the PME Alarm Viewer.
9. Set the Realtime Interval. The recommendation is 5 seconds.
10. Select the Source for the alarm rule. If a Logical Device is created to represent a process, select the logical device.
11. (Optional) Define and select a schedule if you want to control when the Alarm is enabled or disabled.
12. Give the Alarm rule a name.
13. Click Finish.

For more details on how to setup software based alarming see Software Alarms configuration.