The General Notification Service (GNS) stores and processes notification messages. Notifications are triggered by the setting and clearing of alarm bits. Notifications are enabled on a per alarm basis in the Point Service (PNT). When a current value service retrieves a value for a tag, it checks the tag record for alarm and notification settings. If the report notifications option is enabled, it sends the tag’s real-time record to the GNS for processing along with the GNS identifier. The GNS builds and processes the notification. The notification message and its recipients are stored in the GNS. The GNS supports several types of notification messages including email, text message, voice message (via a Dialogic board or SIP server), and others.
See Notifications for more information.