With the SCU, you can enable or disable any alarm service depending on your needs. Use the following table as a guide to help you determine which alarm service you should enable.
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Enable the... |
When you want to... |
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Alarm Printer Service |
Print all alarms and messages. |
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Alarm File Service |
Save all alarms and messages to a text file. |
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Display current alarms to operators. |
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Alarm History Service |
Review the last 200 alarms and messages. |
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Alarm ODBC Service |
Archive alarms and messages to a relational database for subsequent analysis or retrieval. |
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Alarm Network Service |
Distribute and receive alarm and messages across your iFIX network. |
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Alarm Startup Queue Service |
Forward to a View client the alarms and messages that have occurred on a SCADA server for a user-defined period before the client started. |
