Configure an analog point as a critical point

Follow this procedure to configure an analog point as a critical point. When the point enters an alarm state configured as critical, the application sends a Critical Alarm Active notification to easy eXtended Operator Station (ezXOS).

To configure an analog point as a critical point

1. Navigate to the message Table Edit dialog box in the Advanced Database Editor (ADE).

2. Create a new message set.

3. Navigate to the Main tab in the message Row Edit dialog box for the state that triggers a critical alarm.

   

4. In the State Severity field, select critical.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for all states in the message set that trigger a critical alarm.

   For further information on message sets, refer to RealTime tables.

6. Navigate to the Main tab in the analog Row Edit dialog box for the point you want to configure as a critical point.

   

7. In the Base Message field, select the newly created message set (message record).

8. Navigate to the Alarming tab.

   

9. Select Enable Critical Alarming.