6 popup balloons, 1 alarm severity levels – Comtech EF Data NetVue Release 1.1 User Guide User Manual

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Alerter

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Cancel pending alarms – click this button if an alarm storm occurs (when too many alarms are occurring
at once).

6.6 Popup Balloons

A popup balloon opens when a new alarm is received by the Skyline Alerter. A popup balloon shows this
information about an alarm:

a) Alarm severity – the status bar color shows the alarm severity. See 6.6.1 Alarm Severity Levels.
b) Element name – shown next to the status bar in bold text
c) Parameter name – shown under the Element name
d) Parameter value - shown below the Parameter name
e) Time stamp – shown on the right side of the balloon

Figure 6-17 Popup Balloon example

Take ownership – click this button to take ownership of the alarm.

To close a popup balloon, click the x in the upper right corner of the balloon.

6.6.1 Alarm Severity Levels

There are five threshold severity levels, each indicated by a color:

Normal

Green

Warning

Blue

Minor

Cyan

Major

Yellow

Critical

Red

System administrators can change these default colors, if necessary (e.g., to match other systems).

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

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