When the Child Count (+ column) cell contains a number, the alarm has associated child alarms. To view child alarms, click the cell and the child alarms will be displayed in the Child Alarms table. To close the Child Alarms table view, click the close button ().
Note: While viewing child alarms, a new unacknowledged alarm will be indicated with banner text above the Child Alarms for Alarm heading to attract your attention. The banner text will be something like the following.
****** New Unacknowledged Alarms ******
Acknowledging Alarms
To acknowledge an alarm, complete these steps:
1. Select the row of the alarm you want to acknowledge.
2. Click the Acknowledge button ().
Silencing Alarms
To silence an alarm, complete these steps:
1. Select the row of the alarm you want to silence.
2. Click the Silence button ().
• The audio notification for the alarm becomes silent.
• The alarm is still not acknowledged.
Note: To turn audio notifications on or off, select or deselect Audio Enabled, respectively, from the User menu's User Interface Settings submenu. The audio for the entire system (all alarms) will toggle on or off. See Understanding the Web Workspace User Menu on page 2-8 for more information.
Disabling Audible Alerts for a Specified Duration
To temporarily disable alarm audible alerts, complete these steps:
1. Click the Disable Alarm Sounds for a Specified Duration button (). Alarm audible alerts will be disabled and a duration text field will be displayed to the right of the button.
2. Enter a silencing duration in the text field.
3. To accept your entered duration, click the Accept button ().
• Alarm audible alerts will be disabled for the specified duration.
• A text notification will appear on the toolbar stating that alarm audible alerts are disabled and provide the time when that the duration will end.
4. To cancel the duration, click the cancel button () to revert.
• Alarm audible alerts are re-enabled.
Canceling Disabled Audible Alerts
To cancel an active disabled alarm audible alerts duration, complete these steps:
1. Click the cancel duration button ().
• The disabled comment on the toolbar disappears.
• Alarm audible alerts are re-enabled.
Clearing Alarms from the List
To remove an alarm, complete these steps:
1. Select the row of the alarm you want to clear.
2. Click the Clear button (). The alarm disappears from the list.
Note: You can remove multiple alarms by selecting multiple rows before you click the Clear button ().
Understanding the Abnormal Devices List
Abnormal Devices displays all devices that are not in their nominal state. For example, if a switch that is nominally closed is currently open, it will display in the Abnormal Device Summary. If a SCADA system is integrated with Oracle Utilities Network Management System, any devices that are reported by a SCADA point as being in an off-nominal state will also display. This will also display any wire downs or jumpers, or emergency cables in either an open or closed state.
To access the Abnormal Device Summary, select Alarms and Devices Lists and then Abnormal Device Summary… from the Web Workspace Tools menu.
The Abnormal Devices List displays the following fields:
• The Alarm Time column contains the date and time when the abnormal condition occurred.
• The Substation column contains the name of the substation that serves the abnormal device.
• The Feeder column contains the name of the feeder that serves the abnormal device.
• The Device column contains the name of the abnormal device.
• The Attribute column contains information about the abnormal condition. For example,
• The Alarm Message column contains a description of the operation that caused the abnormal state.
• The Phases column contains the phases in an abnormal state.
• The Phases Present column contains the device's phases whether involved in the abnormal condition or not.
Understanding the Alarm History List
The Alarm History list shows all alarms that have been generated over a selected period of time. The Alarm History list does not condense related alarms so every alarm will be displayed as a row in the table. In addition, operator initiated actions in response to an alarm will be displayed in the Alarm History, but will not be displayed in the Alarms list since an operator does not need to be notified of their own actions.
• The Unacknowledged column contains a bell icon () if the alarm is unacknowledged.
• The Priority column contains the priority associated with the alarm. The priority field's background is filled with the priority's associated color while the alarm is not acknowledged.
• The Alarm Time column contains the time the alarm was generated in the field.
• The Class column contains the alarm class associated with the alarm.
• The Category column contains the alarm category associated with the alarm.
• The Attribute column contains the type of SCADA measurement or System alarm.
• The Alarm Message column contains the alarm text, which are preconfigured for the alarm class/category.
• The Phases column contains the phases applicable to the alarm.
• The Phases Present column contains the device's phases whether involved in the alarm condition or not.