Configure alarm state aggregation

Configuring alarm state aggregation consists of normal alarm configuration procedures plus an added step of enabling the aggregation feature on each relevant Area object.

Note: Alarm aggregation is enabled by default on Area objects. Alarm aggregation cannot be disabled on application objects, such User Defined objects.

To configure alarm state aggregation

1. Accept the default settings or configure alarm severities for each of the four severity levels you want to aggregate.This is a global configuration. Severity 5 alarms, if configured, are not aggregated.

2. Configure an object with one or more alarms. All alarms configured on all objects will be aggregated to the Area object that contains the objects.

3. Set the AlarmModeCmd of the object to enabled or silenced, but not to disabled.

4. Set the AlarmModeCmd of at least one alarm on the object to enabled or silenced, but not to disabled.

5. Set the AlarmModeCmd of the Area object to enabled or silenced, but not to disabled.

6. Check the Aggregate Alarms checkbox on the Area object editor to enable alarm aggregation. This sets the value of the AlarmAggregationStateCmd attribute to True.