Adding a Frequency of Outages Parameter
To add a Frequency of Outages on a Device Notification parameter, complete these steps:
1. Click the Parameter Manager tab on the Service Alert Administration Tool.
2. Click the Add button. The appropriate fields on the Parameter Information pane become enabled.
3. Enter a descriptive name for the parameter into the Name field.
4. Click the Select Contact Groups... button. The Select Contact Groups dialog box appears.
5. Select one or more groups to be notified when the parameter is violated from the Select Contact Groups dialog box.
6. Click the OK button on the Select Contact Groups dialog box. The Select Contact Groups dialog box disappears.
7. Select "5. Frequency of outages on a device notification" from the Type drop-down list.
8. Enter a number in the Value field that represents the number of outages there must be in order to trigger the notification.
9. If desired, click the Select Event Types... button to bring up the Select Event Types dialog box to limit the types of events that can trigger the notification. If no selection is made, then the default is all event types.
10. Click the Specify Time Interval button to bring up the Specify Time Interval dialog box. Specify a time interval either as a certain number of hours/days/weeks/years.
To specify the time interval as having a specific begin date, complete these steps:
• Select the Begin Date radio button on the Specify Time Interval dialog box. The Calendar button becomes enabled.
• Click on the Calendar button. The Calendar dialog box appears.
• Specify the desired begin date and time in the Calendar dialog box, then press the OK button. The Calendar dialog box disappears, and the selected date/time now appears in the field next to the Begin Date radio button.
To specify the time interval as a certain number of hours/days/weeks/years, complete these steps:
• Select the Time Window radio button. The text field and drop-down list become enabled.
• Select the desired unit of time from the drop-down list and enter the desired number of units into the text field.
• Click the OK button on the Specify Time Interval dialog box. The Specify Time Interval dialog box disappears, and the Time Interval field is populated with the interval that was specified.
11. Either specify a list of devices or a list of device classes and list of control zones for the parameter. These are used in conjunction with the Value and Time Interval in order to trigger the notification.
To specify a list of devices, do the following:
• Click the Select Devices... button. The Select Devices dialog box opens.
• Click the Add button to open the Device Search dialog box. Enter your search criteria into the Search Text field.
• Click the Search button. The search results are displayed in the table.
• Select the desired devices from the table and click OK. The Select Devices dialog box is populated with rows for each selected device.
• Newly added rows have a green background.
• Rows can be removed from the Select Devices dialog box using the Remove Device button. Rows scheduled for removal have a red background.
• The Undo Changes button reverts all changes made to the list of devices in the Select Devices dialog box.
• Click OK to close the Select Devices dialog box. The Number of Selected Devices will be updated with the count of selected devices.
To specify a list of devices classes and a list of control zones, complete these steps:
• Click the Select Device Classes... button. The Select Device Class dialog box appears.
• Select the desired device classes from the tree and click OK. The Select Device Classes dialog box disappears, and the Device Class(es) field is populated with the names of the device classes.
• To specify a list of control zones, click the Select Control Zones... button. The Select Control Zones dialog box appears.
• Select the list of control zones from the tree, and click OK. The Select Control Zones dialog box disappears, and the Control Zones field is populated with the name of the selected control zones.
12. Select/deselect the Use Event States, Disable During Storm, and Active check boxes as desired.
13. Click the Save button to save the parameter.