Vaisala viewLinc 4.3 - Manual (Page 60)

Templates
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Alarm Template Options
When creating alarm templates, there are many ways to define how
Users view alarm conditions on their desktop, the contents of an
alarm notification message, and when you want to send an alarm
notification to a single or multiple Users.
For example, you could create a notification for the first recipient
with a short delay period, perhaps 1 minute. Create another Email
notification for someone else with a different delay period, for
example 20 minutes. If the first notification is not acknowledged
within
20 minutes, the second notification is automatically sent.
To create or modify alarm templates, User must have Manage Alarm
Templates Right assigned. To apply alarm templates to specific
Locations, User must have Manage Locations Right and Configure
Alarms permission assigned for on all Locations where you want to
apply the template.
To create a new alarm template:
1 From the viewLinc desktop, choose Options | System Con-
figuration | Templates | Alarm Templates , select Options |
Add Alarm Template .
2 Click in the title to enter a specific title, then press [Enter].
3 On the General Parameters tab, define the following:
• Color: Choose the color to display as the background
color for a row in Locations window. This color is also
used as the background color for a Location Value in a
Pop-up Trend, as a threshold line color, or as a dashboard
Location color. Use color codes to indicate alarm severity,
starting with blue for less serious alarm conditions, escal-
ating to red for the most serious alarm conditions.
• Alarm Message: If you want an Email or SMS noti-
fication sent out when an alarm is triggered (as set up on
the Notifications tab), enter the message you want to
appear in the alarm notification. The contents of the
Alarm Message field appears in the body content area of
the default Email notification template for the specific