The SCU provides advanced functionality that gives you more ways to configure your alarm destinations. To access advanced configuration options, click the Advanced button in the Alarm Configuration dialog box.
The sections that follow summarize the functions that are available. For complete details on how to work with alarm areas, refer to the Implementing Alarms and Messages manual.
Configuring Common Alarm Areas
To assign alarm areas common to all services, click the Common Areas button and select the alarm areas you want.
Defining a Common Message Format
You can define a common message format for alarms and messages received by Alarm Printer, Alarm File, and Alarm History services. To do this, click the Common Format button and select or edit the properties of the messages you wish to define.
Routing Application Messages
To control which alarm areas receive application messages on other servers, configure the alarm areas for these messages. You can configure areas for either operator messages, recipe messages, or both, by clicking the Operator Messages or Recipe Messages buttons.
Modifying Alarm Queues
Sometimes a large process environment requires that you balance using system resources against handling large numbers of alarms. In order to do this, you may have to modify alarm queues so that your local SCADA server can handle the number of alarms being routed through the network. For more information on modifying alarm queues, refer to the Implementing Alarms and Messages manual.
