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ALARM Keyword

The ALARM keyword tells CA Automation Point to sound an audible alarm (a rising or rising-and-descending tone). By default, CA Automation Point sounds an alarm for all highlighted messages.

This keyword has the following format:

ALARM(alarmnumber)

alarmnumber

Specifies alternate alarms. This value is a number from 1 to 20. If the number is 10 or less, the alarm consists of the specified number of rising tones. If the number is between 11 and 20, the alarm consists of a rising tone followed by a descending tone, repeated one to ten times depending on the number specified. For example, ALARM(20) sounds an alarm tone that rises and descends ten times.

You can use some of the alternate alarms for more serious problems so that they stand out. However, try not to use more than five different alarms because the differences between too many alarms are difficult to distinguish.

When you specify no alarmnumber value, you get a single beep, which is the standard alarm.

Usage Notes:

• To activate the ALARM facility, do the following:
  1. From the Configuration Manager, choose Expert Interface, Automation, Automation Point Desktop Settings.
  2. Select LOCAL Only from the Sound Audible Alarms pull-down list.

     The ALARM facility is activated.

• You cannot use a status variable as the alarmnumber operand.

Example:

This message indicates that the WTO buffer is 80 percent full:

IEA405E  WTO BUFFER SHORTAGE--80% FULL

The following rule alerts the operator to this problem using a tone that rises and descends five times:

MSGID(IEA405E), ALARM(15)