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AVEVA Enterprise SCADA

Configure a status point as a critical point

  • Last UpdatedApr 24, 2025
  • 2 minute read

Follow this procedure to configure a status 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 a status 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 status 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 Sustain COS Alarms.

  10. Select Enable Critical Alarming.

  11. Select Abnormal States.

    The Abnormal States Alarms dialog box appears.

  12. Select the state that was configured as critical in step 4.

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