Alarms and Events Requirements

The following are required to make use of the alarms and events support in Historian:

  • An OPC-compliant Alarm & Events Server. This is included with GE Intelligent Platforms products such as CIMPLICITY and iFIX.
  • A Microsoft SQL server, such as SQL Server 2012 or later.
  • iFIX users must install the iFIXOPC Alarms and Events server.
  • Crystal Reports users must have Crystal Reports 11 or higher installed.
Note: Before starting Alarm Archive service, ensure that "NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM" has "SysAdmin" privileges.