Point scheme

Read-only. This value is set on the General page.

Point data type

Read-only. This value is set on the General page.

Alarm category for point

Select the alarm category for the point. Click … to select a table entry. The entry comes from the PNTALCAT table.

Suppress alarms

Enables or disables suppression of alarms for the point and the suppression ending condition(s). Click … to configure Alarm Suppression.

See also the ALMSUPP security event for more information.

Enable CVS Calculation

String Alarm 1 Enabled

String Alarm 2 Enabled

String Alarm 3 Enabled

String Alarm 4 Enabled

String Alarm 5 Enabled

String Alarm 6 Enabled

Enables the alarm bit. Options are 0 (No) or 1 (Yes). The alarm bit can be enabled without the Report Alarms flag set.

In the CygNet Standard Point Scheme, the alarms correspond to the following bits and alarm calculation types:

See also the CFGBITxx security event for more information.

Calculation Value 1

String Alarm 1 Calc Value 1

String Alarm 2 Calc Value 1

String Alarm 3 Calc Value 1

String Alarm 4 Calc Value 1

String Alarm 5 Calc Value 1

String Alarm 6 Calc Value 1

The alarm setpoint. Setpoints are case sensitive. Single character (?) and multi-character (*) wildcards are supported.

Alarm Priority

String Alarm 1 Priority

String Alarm 2 Priority

String Alarm 3 Priority

String Alarm 4 Priority

String Alarm 5 Priority

String Alarm 6 Priority

Specifies the priority of the point’s alarms.

Option is 0 to 99, with 99 being the highest.

In the CygNet Standard Point Scheme (0), alarm priorities are categorized as follows:

• 0 - 24 Low
• 25 - 49 Medium
• 50 - 74 High
• 75 - 99 Critical

Report To CAS

Select to reporting point alarms to the Common Alarm Service (CAS). Options are 0 (No) or 1 (Yes). The individual alarm bits must be enabled.

Report To GNS

Select to report point alarms to the General Notification Service (GNS), which will send notifications when an alarm bit is set/reset. Options are 0 (No) or 1 (Yes). The individual alarm bits must be enabled.

GNS ID

Select the ID of the GNS record to use for the notification regarding the alarm. The record type must be "Event" or "Unspecified." Click … to select a GNS ID. See Configuring a GNS Record for information about setting up GNS IDs.

Delay Reporting

Select to delay reporting of the alarm to the CAS or to the GNS for some period of time to see if the point goes out of alarm. Options are 0 (No) or 1 (Yes). The individual alarm bits must be enabled.

Delay Value

Specify the amount of time to delay reporting alarms or processing notifications. The countdown begins when the alarm bit gets set. When set, that delay time governs all delay times for the point. Click … to enter the reporting delay value.

The format is as follows:

• hh:mm:ss (for values up to 18 hours: 0-17 hours, 0-59 minutes, 0-59 seconds)
• DD:hh:mm (for values up to 40 days: 0-39 days, 0-23 hours, 0-59 minutes)
• Y:DDD:hh (for values up to 7 years: 0-6 years, 0-364 days, 0-23 hours)