Alarms and Events Requirements

To generate alarms and events data, you can use any OPC-compliant alarms and events server such as:
  • CIMPLICITY
  • iFIX
To collect alarms and events data, install collectors, and then add any of the following collector instances:

To store alarms and events data, install Historian Alarms and Events. During the installation, provide the credentials of Microsoft SQL server 2012 or later.

To view and analyze alarms and events data, you can use any of the following applications:
  • Configuration Hub
  • Historian Administrator
  • Crystal Reports 11 or later
  • The OLEDB Provider
  • REST APIs
Note: Before starting the Alarm Archive service, ensure that "NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM" has "SysAdmin" privileges.