iFIX has a sophisticated system for generating, displaying, and storing alarms and messages. You may selectively route alarms and messages to the following:
- Any node on the network.
- Printers connected to a node.
- Disk-based files.
- Alarm summary displays.
- Alarm history windows.
- Relational databases.
For more information, refer to Alarm Routing.
On a local node, the programs that perform these alarm functions are called alarm tasks. iFIX also provides built-in support for the following functions:
- Acknowledging remote alarms.
- Suspending alarms (for example, during startup).
- Delaying alarms.
- Triggering scripts based on alarms.
- Filtering alarms based on type, priority, sender, etc.
