Alarm Functions

Acknowledge            Inform network computers about an alarm acknowledgement (see also DoAcknowledge below).

Active                     Activate an alarm and signal it as unacknowledged.

Alarm                     Defines an alarm.

AlarmCat                 Gets an alarm category.

AlarmInst                Gets an alarm object.

AlmAck                   Acknowledges an alarm by specifying its location in one of the four alarm lists.

AlmAckID                Acknowledges an alarm by specifying its unique identifier.

AlmArray                Returns alarm list information in a two-dimensional array.

AlmCatName            Sets an alarm category name.

AlmColor                 Sets alarm message colors.

AlmEnable               Enables an alarm.

AlmList                   Displays an alarm list.

AlmTone                 Sets alarm tones.

Disable                   Disables an alarm and clears any active or unacknowledged state that might exist.

DoAcknowledge        Acknowledges an alarm (see also Acknowledge).

Enable                    Enables an alarm.

Event                     Informs the Alarm Manager that an alarm event has occurred.

IsActive                  Indicates if an alarm is currently active.

IsDisabled               Indicates if an alarm is currently disabled.

IsUnacked               Indicates if an alarm is currently unacknowledged.

ListAdd                   Adds the alarm object to a list.

ListRemove              Removes the alarm object from a list.

MuteSound              Turns off alarm sounds for all alarms, both current and future.

Normal                   Informs the Alarm Manager when an alarm clears and deactivates the alarm.

NormalTrip              Informs the Alarm Manager when an alarm clears and is to be added to the acknowledged list.

NumAlarm               Returns the number of alarms in one of the four alarm lists within a given level and category limits.

OffNormal               Activates the alarm without affecting the unacknowledged status.

PAlmPriority             Draws a droplist of the currently available alarm priorities with an optional title and/or bevel.

PlaySound               Generates alarm sounds.

Register                  Informs the Alarm Manager that a module instance may wish to generate alarms in the future.

SilenceSound           Silences the currently sounding alarm.

StartSound              Starts the sound for an alarm if alarm sound is enabled, and the alarm priority is higher than the currently sounding alarm.

TransferFields          Transfers the values for each field into the FieldValues array.

Trip                        Informs the Alarm Manager when an alarm event occurs.

Unregister               Notifies the Alarm Manager that an alarm has been removed.