Editing Alarm Delays for Multiple Points

Points can be configured to report an alarm to the CAS or the GNS. When this is the case, you can also optionally configure an alarm reporting delay for the points. If configured, the reporting of the alarm is delayed for the specified period of time. To use Point Configuration Manager to set or edit an alarm delay, consider the delay value and how the settings are applied.

Applying Alarm Delay Settings

To specify alarm delay settings in the Point Configuration Manager, you must specify the service where the alarm is reported and define an integer value for the reporting delay.

Example

Specify a Reporting Delay of 1 to result in a delay of 1 second. Because the Reporting Delay Value Units attribute is always in seconds, if you want to change the delay to be 1 hour in this context, you must reset the Reporting Delay value to 3,600 (seconds).

Editing Reporting Delays

The delay in alarm reporting is enabled by specifying a value for a Reporting Delay configurable bit. This property is found in the Point:Alarm attribute category, and serves as the time value for the delay. A value of 0 means the delay is not set.

Possible values are integers. The default unit is seconds.

Example

Specify a value of 8 for the configurable bit Reporting Delay. The delay is then enabled, and the time value is 8 seconds. To disable the delay, reset the configurable bit Reporting Delay value to equal to 0.

To Edit a Point Alarm - Reporting Delay

This procedure describes alarm delay configuration for more than one point at a time with the Point Configuration Manager. To apply alarm delay settings for a single point, see Alarm Reporting.

1. In the Point Configuration Manager utility, use the filter to include the desired points in the results list.
2. Select two or more points to modify and then click Edit to access the Edit Point Attribute dialog box.
3. In the Category menu, select the Point: Alarm category from the drop-down menu to populate the attribute list.

4. Select the desired configurable bit and service where the alarm will be reported (Configurable Bit <xx> Report CAS attribute or Configurable Bit <xx> Report GNS attribute). The selection will appear in the Current value(s) list.
5. Select Yes from the New value drop-down menu and click Apply.
6. Select the desired Configurable Bit Reporting Delay from the list. It will appear in the Current value(s) list.
7. Enter a value in the New value field. Valid values are integers and the delay value units are seconds.

5. Click Apply to commit the change. The new value is displayed in the Value column.