Use Machine Alerts

You can define alert attributes for your machine type if your sensor device supports alerts. For example, a mechanical robot sensor may support a robot-arm-jammed alert.

Define alert attributes for your machine type and associate these with the corresponding device alerts for your machines. You can then use the alerts in your rule conditions to take necessary action. For example, you can generate an incident if a machine raises a high temperature alert.

Define an Alert for a Machine Type

Define an alert for a machine type to associate device alerts with their corresponding machines in Oracle IoT Production Monitoring Cloud Service.

1. Click Menu and then click Design Center.
2. Select Machine Types from the Design Center menu.
3. Select your machine type from the list of existing machine types.
   You can also choose to search for your machine type if the list is long.
4. Click Alerts .
5. Click Create Alert .
6. Specify a Name for the alert.
   For example, High Temperature Alert.
7. (Optional) Select Required if every machine of the machine type must associate this attribute with a device alert.
   If you select the Required attribute, then you must associate each new machine with a device alert attribute when creating the machine.
8. Click Create to finish creating the alert for the machine type.

Associate a Device Alert with a Machine

To associate a device alert to a machine, you need to link the alert attribute to the corresponding alert attribute for your sensor device.

1. On the Create Machine or Edit Machine page for your machine, click Link to Device against the appropriate alert attribute.
   You can access the Machines Page from Menu > Design Center > Machines.
   
2. Select your device from the list of devices.
   You can also filter the list to search for your device.
3. Select the appropriate Device Model/URN corresponding to your device.
   Note that you should have already selected the device model for the Oracle IoT Production Monitoring Cloud Service application in your Oracle IoT Cloud Service management console.
4. Under Format, select the device alert attribute that corresponds to the alert attribute defined for your machine type.
5. Click Select to close the Select Device dialog.
6. Click Save on the Create Machine or Edit Machine page.