Email notification of Alarms is a standard feature in WebAccess. No third party software is required. Tags can be individually selected to generate an email, assigned recipient email address or use global email recipients. Alarms can be acknowledged via a reply email.
Pagers, wireless PCS and Cell Phones that can receive text messages can also be used for notification of Alarms and events. No third party software is required. Tags can be individually selected to generate an email message to a specific recipient address or use global recipients. The pager or wireless PCS must be able receive emails (a standard feature with Skytel and most Pager services).
The Alarm Notification Email can contain a message to enable a reply email to acknowledge the alarms.
An Incoming Email Server (POP3 server), account name and password must be configured for the SCADA Node Properties to retrieve the incoming emails. Reply Alarm Email to Ack must also be enabled on the SCADA Node.
The default Alarm email is of the following form:
From:
scadanode1@cwo.com [mailto:scadanode1@cwo.com]
Sent: Saturday,
January 25, 2003 6:05 PM
To: Tom
Carter
Subject:
compressorrpm - Low-Low Alarm
Low-Low Alarm
(0.00)
KMC RTU11
compressor speed
%ack_begin_LiveDemo_SCADAnode1_67.94.27.175%
compressorrpm
%ack_end%
The Alarm Acknowledgement is of the following form
%ack_begin_Projectname_Nodename_NodeAddress%
tagname
%ack_end%
.