Alarm

The Alarm is an action that requires users to acknowledge an alert, which helps ensure that the user is aware of the alert.

If the Alarm action has been included in a specific event rule and no one acknowledges that alert after it occurs, the PXE resends or regenerates an alert notification regularly until the alert is acknowledged or it reaches the maximum number of alert notifications.

For information on acknowledging an alarm, see Alarms List.

  1. Click the Actions tab.
  2. Click New.
  3. In the "Action name" field, type a new name for the action. The default name is New Action <number>, where <number> is a sequential number starting at 1.
  4. In the Action field, click the drop-down arrow and select the desired action: Alarm.
  5. In the Alarm Notifications list box, specify one or multiple ways to issue the alert notifications.
    1. In the Available Actions field, select the method to send alert notifications. Available methods vary, depending on how many notification-based actions have been created.

      Notification-based action types include:

      • External Beeper
      • Syslog message
      • Send SMTP message
      • Send SMS message

    If no notification-based actions are available, click Create New Notification Action to immediately create these actions.

    1. Click the Add button Add Page icon to add the selected method to the Alarm Notifications list box.
    2. Repeat the above steps to add more methods if needed.
      • To remove any method from the Alarm Notifications list box, select that method and click the Delete button Delete icon.
  6. In the Notification Options section, configure the notification-resending or -regenerating feature.
    1. To enable the notification-resending feature, select the "Enable re-scheduling of alarm notifications" checkbox. To disable this feature, deselect the checkbox.
    2. In the "Period in Minutes" field, specify the time interval (in minutes) at which the alert notification is resent or regenerated regularly. You can either directly type a numeric value or click the Up/Down arrow keys to adjust the time.
    3. In the "Max. numbers" field, specify the maximum number of times the alert notification is resent. Values range from 1 to infinite.
  7. If needed, you can instruct the PXE to send the acknowledgment notification after the alarm is acknowledged in the Acknowledgment Notifications list box. (Optional)
    1. In the Available Actions field, select the method to send the acknowledge notification. Available methods are identical to those for generating alarm notifications.
    2. Click the Add button Add Page icon to add the selected method to the Acknowledgment Notifications list box.
    3. Repeat the above steps to add more methods if needed.
      • To remove any method from the Acknowledgment Notifications list box, select that method and click the Delete button Delete icon.
  8. Click OK.

See Also

Creating Actions

Action Group

Log an Event Message

Send EMail

Send an SNMP Notification

Syslog Message

Send Sensor Report

Switch Peripheral Actuator