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CHAPTER 5
MONITORING ALARMS
Alarms and Alarm Acknowledgement are the keys to success with the
Vaisala Veriteq Continuous Monitoring system.
During system set up, you would have defined alarm notification settings
(who receives alarm notification), created alarm templates (standard
Email messaging and alarm parameters), and specified Threshold
templates (conditions which will trigger alarms).
This section provides you with information you need to understand
different types of alarm conditions, how to activate alarm settings, ways
to view and acknowledge alarms, how to pause alarming, and generate
alarm reports.
About Alarms
There are several types of alarms in viewLinc which indicate:
• Condition changes in a monitored environment (Threshold Alarms)
• Communication issues (Communication Alarms)
• Possible problems with data collection (Event Validation Alarms)
• Interruptions in tracking data history (Device Configuration
Alarms)
• System-wide alarms: If you are using validatable Devices, you may
also want to set up your system so you receive notification when
there are issues with device validation, or to receive a reminder for
calibration (System Alarms).
Using viewLinc, you can customize the information that is issued for
Threshold, Communication and Device alarms (using default or custom