Verifying Alarm Rule Functionality

Complete the following steps to ensure that SystemLink receives the alarm rules created in the Static Data Viewer.

  1. Create an alarm rule.
    Application Task
    Static Data Viewer In the Data Table, enter a value in the HI Alarm or LO Alarm field.
    SystemLink Alarm Utility
    1. Navigate to Alarm Rules » Tags to verify that an alarm rule tag appears for the channel with the configured alarm.
    2. Verify that the alarm rule is configured with an Annotate Log File notification.
  2. Modify an alarm rule.
    Application Task
    Static Data Viewer In the Data Table, modify an alarm rule for a channel using any of the alarm rule configuration options in the Data Table.
    SystemLink Alarm Utility Navigate to Alarm Rules » Tags to verify that the changes appear in the alarm rule tag for the channel.
  3. View all alarm rules.
    Application Task
    Static Data Viewer On the Saved Alarm Rules page, verify that all alarm rules appear.
    SystemLink Alarm Utility Navigate to Alarm Rules » Tags and ensure all expected alarm rules appear.
    Note Each analyst can make their own rule for any given channel. There can be multiple alarm rules per channel if multiple analysts are using Static Data Viewer.
  4. Delete alarm rules.
    Application Task
    Static Data Viewer On the Saved Alarm Rules page, select a channel from Alarm Rules and click Delete.
    SystemLink Alarm Utility Navigate to Alarm Rules » Tags and ensure the alarm rule does not appear.