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Version: v3.6 (Non supportée)

Alarm History

To display the alarm history or consult the statistics about alarms or interventions, select the command "History" of the menu "Operation", or just click on the button . On the main screen, to access to the alarm history, select the History tab on the bottom of the screen.

This screen presents alternately:

  • The alarm history
  • The alarm statistics
  • The intervention statistics Select the wanted presentation in the dropdown list on the top right of the screen. Whatever the chosen presentation, the history and statistic screen always contains three parts:
  • The high part of the screen displays the different selectors that can be used to select the wanted history or statistic, as well as editing (comments and reports), printing and export commands.
  • The median part of the screen contains the list that displays the history or statistics, according to the done selection.
  • The low part of the screen contains global statistical counters concerning the done selection.

History and statistics can be done over 3 periods:

  • Daily
  • Weekly
  • Monthly Click on the corresponding radio button (day, week or month) to select the wanted period. Choose then in the dropdown list below the calendar period to analyze. This period is displayed in calendar days, in calendar week (beginning day - end day) or in calendar month according to the selected type of period.

History and statistics can concern subsets of alarms or operators, according to a combination of possible selection: Selection of a station If a station is selected, the alarm history and statistics will only concern alarms attached to this station. For intervention statistics, only interventions concerning alarms attached to this station will be taken in account. Selection of a tag group If a group is selected, the alarm history and statistics will only concern alarms belonging to this group. For intervention statistics, only interventions concerning alarms of this group will be taken in account. Selection of an on-call group If an on -call group is selected, only the alarms concerning this group will be taken in account in the alarm hi story and statistics. Concerning intervention statistics, only interventions of operators belonging to this group will be taken in account. Selection of an operator If an operator is selected, only alarms acknowledged by this operator will be taken in account in the alarm history and statistics. Concerning intervention statistics, only interventions of the operator in question will be taken in account. Selection of an alarm If an alarm is selected, the alarm history and statistics will only concern this alarm. For intervention statistics, only interventions concerning this alarm will be taken in account. To select an alarm, click on the button , on the right of the Alarm field and choose the wanted alarm in the displayed list. To suppress the selected a larm, perform the same operation, but in displayed dialog box, click on the line selected in the list for unselect it, then validate by OK. Restriction of the statistic display (choice All / No null) When the statistic display (alarms or interventions) is selected, the content of the list can be restricted to the items (alarms or operators) that have been counted at least one time by selecting the No null option.

The list displayed in the median part of the screen depend s on the type of selected history or statistics. Alarm history The list presents the whole of alarms that occurred on the selected period, in the chronological order of their appearance and in accordance with the filter done by the selection.

Every line represents an alarm on 9 columns:

Date Alarm time. Station Station attached to the alarm. Group Tag group of the alarm. Alarm Formatted message defined for the alarm. P Priority level of the alarm. Acknowledged by Name of the operator who has acknowledged the alarm (if the alarm is acknowledged). Fail duration Time during which the alarm was active (if the alarm is returned to the normal state), in seconds. Reaction Time between the alarm activation and its acknowledgment (if the alarm is acknowledged), in seconds. Intervention Time between the alarm acknowledgment and its return to normal state, in seconds. If the alarm is reset before its acknowledgment, the intervention time is not taken in account and is represented "-". This list can be customized and sorted1. The following columns can be added: Code Numerical code associated with the alarm tag. Reference Reference of the alarm tag. On-call Group Name of the on-call group associated with the alarm. Value Value of the alarm tag at alarm time. C Comment indicator () R Report indicator () Reset Date and time of the alarm reset

1 This list can be entirely customized (selection of columns to display, order, width and title of columns, alignment of the title or the column content). To perform this customizat ion, position the mouse cursor on the column of which one wants to modify the presentation and click on the right button of the mouse. Select then the adequate command in the displayed contextual menu. The new configuration is automatically saved to be res tored for the next sessions. The contextual menu also allows to configure the printing format of the list and to export the list to the clipboard or a file, with a configurable format. The width of each column can be visually adjusted by positioning the mouse cursor on the concerned size bar of the title line, then clicking and dragging the bar to get the wanted size. This list can also be sorted according to the increasing or decreasing order of each of its columns. To do this, click on the title of the wanted column: an arrow will indicate the increasing sense of the sorting. Click again on the title of the column to reverse the sort order (reversed arrow). To perform a fast research for a value in the list, select the research column by clicking on it s title, then scroll the list with the scroll bar: a "bubble" displays the content of the selected column for the 1st line of the list corresponding to the scroll bar position.

Acknowledged Date and time of the alarm acknowledgment. Comment Comment about the alarm. Alarm statistics The list presents statistics for the tags declared as alarm and corresponding to the done selection. In the displayed statistics, only are counted alarms that have been seen by Alert coming back to normal state. Every alarm tag is represented by a line, on 7 columns: Station Station attached to the alarm. Group Tag group of the alarm. Alarm Formatted message defined for the alarm. P Priority level of the alarm. Fail number Number of time that the alarm triggered during the selected period. Only are taken in account alarms that came back in normal state. Total time Addition of time during which the variable was active, during the selected period, in seconds. Mean time Average time on the selected period, of the time during which the variable remained to the state of alarm, in seconds. This list can be customized and sorted1. The following column can be added: Code Numerical code associated with the alarm tag. Reference Reference of the alarm tag. On-call Group Name of the on-call group associated with the alarm. Intervention statistics The list presents the whole o f operators concerned by the selection, every line representing an operator on 4 columns: Operator Name of the operator. Interventions Number of time that the operator intervened during the selected period. Mean reaction time Average reaction time of the operator, in seconds. The reaction time is the time measured between the alarm activation and its acknowledgment. Mean intervention time Average intervention time of the operator, in seconds. The intervention time is the time measured between the alarm acknowledgement and its return to normal state.

The low part of the screen contains some global statistics concerning the done selection. Alarm statistics Fail number Total number of failures (alarms) on the selected period and for the done selection. On the alarm history screen, all alarms are counted, that the alarm is reset or no. On the alarm or intervention statistic screen, only reset alarms are counted.

Total failure time Addition of all failure times (time during which an alarm was active), on the selected period and for the done selection, in seconds. The calculation takes in account only alarms that are reset.

Mean failure time Average of all failure times (time during which an alarm was active), on the selected period and for the done selection, in seconds. The calculation takes in account only alarms that are reset. Intervention statistics Intervention number Number of interventions done by selected operators on the selected period and for alarms corresponding to the done selection.

Mean reaction time Average reaction time of selected operators, on the selected period and for alarms corresponding to the done selection, in seconds. The reaction time is the time measured between the alarm activation and its acknowledgment.

Mean intervention time Average intervention time of selected operators, on the selected period and for alarms corresponding to the done selection, in seconds. The intervention time is the time measured between the alarm acknowledgement and its return to normal state.

Note: this function is only available when the database export option is validated by the software license and activated (see § 7.1 "General options"). Select an alarm in the list then click on the Comment... button. In the displayed dialog box, type the text of the wanted comment. The same command allows an alarm comment to be read (and possibly modified). When a comment exists for an alarm, it is indicated by an asterisk (*) displayed in the C column. This column is not visible by default. It can be added by clicking in the list with the right button of the mouse then selecting the Display command. The comment can also be directly displayed in the Comment column (not visible by default).

Note: this function is only available when the database export option is validated by the software license and activated (see § 7.1 "General options"). Select an alarm in the list, or select an alarm subset (by using the selections Station, On Call, Group, User and Alarm), then click on the Create... button. Select the wished option: creation of report for the selected alarm or for all the alarms of the displayed list. Finally type the report text in the report edition dialog box. A topic can be selected or defined. A voice report can be recorded. One or several files can be attached to the report.

The report at tached to an alarm can be read (and possibly modified) by clicking on the Edit... button. If several reports are attached to the alarm, use the buttons " " and "" of the report dialog box to browse the different reports. The reports about an alarm can be re ad later from the alarm history or the logbook. In the logbook, the alarm reports are indicated by a red "!" in the header bar of the report. When a report exists for an alarm, it is indicated by an asterisk (*) displayed in the R column. This column is not visible by default. It can be added by clicking in the list with the right button of the mouse then selecting the Display command.

To print the displayed list (alarm history, alarm statistics or intervention statistics), according to the current selection and chosen period, click on the Print button. The printer which will be used is the printer selected by the Print setup... command of the File menu. If no setup has been performed, it is the default printer. To define the printing format of the list, click with the right button of the mouse in the list of alarms, then select the Printing... command in the displayed contextual menu.

The content of the selected screen (alarm history, alarm statistics or intervention statistics) can be exported in a file or in the clipboard (to copy it in a spreadsh

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