EFM Alarm Configuration

Overview

This object is used to map alarms and their states from the device to defined EFM alarm types and alarm states when publishing to an EFM file format.

Configuration

General Properties

See General Object Configuration page.

EFM Alarm Configuration Tab

Click Edit Configuration to view and edit the alarm configuration records in the EFM Alarm Configuration Record Collection window:

• Click Add to add new alarm configuration record.
• Click Add Multi to add multiple new alarm configuration records.
• Click the up arrow or down arrow to move an alarm configuration record up or down by one position in the collection.
• Click Remove to delete an alarm configuration record.
• Click Copy to add a copy of the selected alarm configuration record to the end of the collection.
• Click Tabular Display to view and edit all alarm configuration records at once.
• Click Close to return to the EFM Alarm Configuration tab when finished editing.

New Record Configuration

Alarm Description

Descriptive string to be published as part of the alarm record.

Alarm Input

Default = Other. Identifier for the EFM alarm type to which the alarm should be mapped.

All Meter Runs

Default = False. Select True to publish alarm record to all meter runs. 

Data Source

The value of the field in the alarm record from the device that maps the alarm to the selected Alarm Input. Which alarm record field is used for the Data Source is determined by the Device Protocol. 

RecordId

Label used for this alarm configuration record in the collection.

Run Number

The one-based run number for the meter that the alarm record will be published to, if it is not published to all meter runs.

Translator

The object used to translate the state of an alarm record into a defined EFM alarm state.

Click the  and select the appropriate Alarm Translator object. See Alarm Translator for more information.