Importing an Alarm Area

To import an alarm area:

  1. Create a .txt file with a list of the alarm areas to import. Save this file in ANSI (not unicode or UTF-8) format.
  2. In Classic view, from the iFIX WorkSpace, click the System Configuration Utility button on the toolbar.

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In Ribbon view, on the Applications tab, in the System & Security group, click SCU.

  1. On the SCU toolbox, click the Alarm Area Database button.
  2. From the Alarm Area Database dialog, click the Import button.
  3. Select the text file you created for import.
  4. Click OK. A message will appear indicating "nn Alarm Area names have been imported", where nn is the number of imported alarm area names.

 

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