Supported Functionality for AAM

The supported functionality for the Auto Alarm Manager (AAM) with TCP/IP is described below.

Setup Limitations

  • All alarm Senders and Receivers must have TCP/IP networking enabled (all nodes must be TCP/IP).
  • You cannot use an iFIX Sender node and FIX32 Receiver node. This scenario is unsupported.
  • If all Sender nodes are FIX32, then the Receiver node can be either FIX32 or iFIX.
  • If all Sender nodes are iFIX, then the Receiver node must be iFIX.
  • If the Sender nodes are a mix of FIX32 and iFIX, the Receiver node must be iFIX.

Configuration Limitations

  • Supported configurations are Point-to-Point (node-to-node) and Point-to-LAN configurations.
  • The Auto Alarm Manager supports 3 Alarm Priorities: Low, Medium, and High for incoming/outgoing alarms. Additional priorities are not supported. Alarms with a priority of Info and Lolo will not be sent. Alarms with a priority of Hihi or Critical will be sent as High alarms.
  • The Auto Alarm Manager supports Alarm Areas A-P. Other configured alarm areas are not supported in the Auto Alarm Manager.

Networking Considerations

  • If you want to upgrade the Auto Alarm Manager on iFIX 4.0 or FIX 7.x nodes to TCP/IP networking, so that these nodes can work with your current version of iFIX, you must download an update from the GlobalCare web site, https://digitalsupport.ge.com. Versions earlier than iFIX 4.0 or FIX 7.x do not support the Auto Alarm Manager with TCP/IP networking.
  • NOTE: For iFIX 4.0, you can find this update on the Developer Downloads page, under HMI/SCADA Productivity Packs. For FIX 7.x, look on the Software Downloads page, under SIMs, in the HMI/SCADA - FIX32 section. Refer to the PDF document posted with each download for steps on how to install it.
  • For FIX 7.x nodes, you must have the original Auto Alarm Manager for NetBIOS (AAM.exe) installed on the computer that you want to use TCP/IP networking with. The original AAM option is available as an add-on option, with a separate install disk.
  • iFIX Networking supports the use of only one network protocol at startup. Therefore, FIX 7.x and iFIX 4.0 nodes that you switch to TCP/IP can no longer communicate to nodes using NetBIOS. You cannot run the Auto Alarm Manager with NetBIOS and TCP/IP configured on the same computer.
  • For FIX 7.x nodes, the Auto Alarm Manager (AAMTCP.exe) is only supported for Microsoft Windows 2000.
  • All alarm Senders and Receivers must have TCP/IP networking enabled. You cannot run both the original AAM for NetBIOS (AAM.exe) and the AAM for TCP/IP (AAMTCP.exe) versions at the same time.
  • When you upgrade to TCP/IP networking for either iFIX or FIX 7.x, you are subject to the same runtime security required by iFIX or FIX 7.x Networking. For a mix of iFIX and FIX32 nodes, iFIX Networking with FIX32 rules apply. You may want to re-evaluate your networking settings after the upgrade. For instance, you may want to check what your policy is for accepting unknown hosts and whether you want to disable database write access for unauthorized nodes, as well as other networking options. For more information on iFIX Networking, refer to the Networking iFIX Nodes and Advanced Topics chapters of the Setting up the Environment e-book. For more on FIX Networking, refer to the FIX32 Network manual.
  • The Terminal Server RDP TCP/IP environment is supported with the Auto Alarm Manager.

 

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