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Version: v4 (Stable)

General Options

To access the configuration of the general advanced options of the application, select the command "Options" of the "Configuration" menu. This dialog box can also be called from the context menu associated with the root of the tree on the main screen.

Title Bar​

This field allows you to modify the contents of the title bar of the application (40 characters maximum).

The default title is "ALERT".

When the redundancy option is enabled, the "Local (Not redundant)" check box allows, when checked, a different title to be defined for each redundant station.

Database export​

This option allows you to configure and enable or disable real-time export to an external database (see External database export). This group is validated only if the "Database export" option is validated by the software license.

Database export activation​

Check this option to enable the database export feature. Uncheck this option to stop the database export.

Click on this button to select the database access file to use. By default, it is the "AlertDB.udl" file located in the "Bases" sub-directory of the application data directory that defines a connection to a Microsoft Access database located in the same directory: "AlertDB.mdb".

Archive duration​

This group defines how long the stored information is stored. For each type of information, information prior to the specified archiving time is automatically destroyed, when the ALERT application is launched, and for each day change.

Alarm History​

Daily files of type "HYYMMDD.LOG" in the "HISTO" sub-directory of the data directory (100 days by default).

Event Log​

Daily files of type "TYYMMDD.LOG" in the "TRACE" sub-directory of the data directory (100 days by default).

Logbook​

Daily files of type "RYYMMDD.LOG" in the "REPORT" sub-directory of the data directory, as well as associated sounds files of type "MAAMMXXX.WAV" (100 days by default).

Vocal messages​

"Sound" files of type "MCXXXX.WAV" in the "MESSAGE" sub-directory of the data directory (7 days by default).

Automatic configuration backup​

This group allows you to set a periodic backup of the configuration in the desired directory.

To do this, define the backup period (day and time) and click on the "Directory" button to define the backup directory (by default the "Backup" sub-directory of the application data directory), the prefix of the backup file name ("Backup" by default) and possible encryption parameters.

The day selection "---" invalidates automatic backup.

Auto generated backup files are compressed files (ZIP format), saved under a name of the type:

"PPPP_YYYY-MM-DD.abf", with:

  • PPPP = prefix ("Backup" by default).
  • YYYY = year
  • MM = month
  • DD = day

The "Maximum number of files in the backup history" parameter defines the maximum number of automatic backup files stored in the backup directory. Beyond this number, the oldest backup files are automatically deleted.

Login / Logout​

Automatic logout timeout​

This parameter defines the time after which the open session with the application will be automatically closed if there has been no user action during this time (keyboard or mouse action). The value 0 corresponds to an infinite time (no automatic logout).

Enable user commands without login​

This option allows you to allow certain operations without needing to log on to the application: call or alarm acknowledgment, alarm masking/unmasking, editing an alarm comment or report, sending a message, ...

When this option is validated, any command requiring the designation of the user responsible for the controlled operation (acknowledgment, masking, etc.) causes a dialog box to be displayed for entering the user identifier and of its associated password. The command is accepted only if the profile of the designated operator authorizes the command in question.

Note: This feature is not available on a client station that must be connected to the server station with an identified operator.

External authentication​

This group defines the settings that will allow external authentication services to be used to identify and authenticate access to the software.

Authentication mode​

Select the external authentication mode to use:

  • Disable: external authentication is disabled.
  • LDAP: use the Active Directory server of the domain (LDAP).
  • Azure: use Microsoft Entra ID authentication.

LDAP​

This group defines the settings that will allow Windows Identity and Authentication Services to be used to identify and authenticate access to the software (Active Directory services).

Active Directory Authentication​

Validate this option to enable authentication of users who want to log on to ALERT through the Active Directory server of the domain.

When this option is enabled, the access of every user declared in ALERT will be controlled by the Active Directory server of the domain and the password to be entered must be the one declared in the Active Directory server and not the numeric code defined in the field "Password" of the user properties.

Secure authentication​

When this option is checked, the authentication of the user with the LDAP server is secured via the authentication mechanism "DIGEST-MD5". The password is not transmitted in clear on the network.

If this option is not checked, the authentication of the user with the LDAP server does not use a secure mechanism (simple authentication). As the password is transmitted in clear on the network, it is preferable in this case to use a secure connection (option SSL connection validated).

Automatic login is user already logged in Windows​

Check this option to allow the automatic login function to ALERT when the user has logged on to Windows.

When this option is enabled, the name of the user logged in under Windows will be automatically proposed when he wants to log on ALERT. This feature allows you to benefit from Windows directory services (Active Directory) for user authentication (password management rules) and to avoid duplicate authentication to access the software.

LDAP server​

Enter in this field a string defining the LDAP server to use. This string can be a domain name, a computer name, or an IP address. If this string is empty, the LDAP server used will be the LDAP server of the domain to which the computer belongs (if the computer is configured in a domain).

You can also click on the button Enter in this field a string for the LDAP server to use. This string can be a domain name, a computer name, or an IP address. If this string is empty, the LDAP server used will be the LDAP server of the domain to which the computer belongs (if the computer is configured in a domain).

You can also click the select button to browse and select the network station that supports the LDAP server.

If the IP port used by the LDAP server is not the default port (389 if the "SSL Connection" option is not enabled or 636 if enabled), define in the "Port" field the port IP to use.

Domain name​

Enter in this field the domain name to use for the LDAP connection. If this field is empty, the domain name will be that of the open session under Windows.

SSL connection​

Check this option if the connection to the LDAP server must be secured by the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

Note: When validating the configuration page of the general options (click OK or change tab) and if the Active Directory connection has been modified on this page (activation of the option "Active Directory Authentication", modification of the LDAP server address or port, modification of the domain name, enable/disable the "SSL connection" option), a dialog box is displayed to request the identifier and password of the user logged in ALERT and to check that this operator could be authenticated by the Active Directory server with the new defined parameters. In case of failure, the validation of the page is refused.

Azure​

This mode enables authentication using Microsoft Entra ID (Azure). Configure the application registration information below.

  • Tenant ID: Identifier of the Microsoft Entra tenant that hosts the application registration.
  • Client ID: Identifier of the Microsoft Entra application (application registration) used by ALERT.
  • Use gateway: Enable this option to route authentication through a gateway.
  • Host: Gateway host name or IP address.
  • Port: Gateway TCP port.