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How to Set Up PME 9.0 / 2020 Alarm for Smartlink I/O Channel and Create Subscription on Trigger ?

Introduction

Currently, events and alarms on Smartlink I/O Channels are not supported by the PME driver. It means that no Event or Alarm is raised on the PME Web Application in case of I/O Status change on a Smartlink Channel.
This document will explain how to:
  • create Alarms under PME Web Application for Smartlink I/O Channels
  • trigger an event for Report Subscription

Create Alarm under PME 9.0 Web Application

Expose Custom Measurement with Manual Data Editor

This section explains how to expose the I/O Status of a Smartlink to make them available under the Web Application.
StepDescription
1Open Manual Data Editor (MDE) from Management Console
2On the MDE -> click on “Create New Measurement”
3To create a Measurement for I1 Input for CH1 Channel:
  • enter the exact name “CH1 Input 1 Status” in the Measurement Name Status
  • uncheck “Is Cumulative”
  • check “Average”


4To create a Measurement for I2 Input for CH1 Channel, enter “CH1 Input 2 Status”
5To create a Measurement for Q Output for CH1 Channel, enter “CH1 Output Status”
6Repeat steps 3 to 5 to create the Measurements for:
  • the 10 other I/O Channels of your Smartlink A9XMSB11
  • the 6 other I/O Channels of your Smartlink A9XMZA08
7Close all the MDE related windows.

Create Event under the VIP with Designer

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Create Alarm for Smartlink I/O Channel under Web Application

This section explains how to create a Software Alarm to warn the customer in case of any change on a Smartlink I/O Channel.
After implementing Software Alarming => the associated events will be available under the PME Event Log.
StepDescription
1Go under the Windows Services and restart “ION Application Modules Core Services Host” service. This will force the new created measurements available under the Web Application.
2Log in to the PME Web Application.
3Go under SETTINGS menu -> Configuration Tools -> Alarm Configuration and click on “Alarm Rule” button.
4Select the following template: User Defined -> Realtime Digital Setpoint

5Under “Available Measurements” go under the “Custom” folder and select the measurements related to the Smartlink I/O Channel. You can apply the “CH” filter if you have too many Measurements in the “Custom” folder.
If you want to create alarm only for I1 and I2, then do not select the Output. You will be able to create a separate alarm later for the Output.

6Gives a specific Alarm Name.
Choose an Active and Inactive Condition Label that fit with your application. See the example below.
Select also an Alarm Priority: 192 is the threshold for High Priority Alarm. You can choose a lower value.
Trigger will be “FALSE (equal to 0)” if the I1 or I2 of the I/O Channel is 0DC (Breaker Open).
7Select the sources to which the alarms will apply. You must have some Smartlink devices declared in the Management Console.
8Create a Schedule if necessary.
9Enter a Rule Name and click on “Finish” button.
10Check that the rule is enabled.


Testing Smartlink IO Alarm on PME Web Application

This section explains how to verify that the events for the Smartlink I/O channels are available under PME Web Application.

I1, I2 Input Alarming

This section explains how to verify that an alarm is raised on PME if the Input status of a Smartlink IO Channel has changed.
StepDescription
1Change the status of an input of your Smartlink.

2Check that an alarm is raised on the PME Web Interface.
On the example below I have some alarms on I1, I2 for Channels 1 & 2 for a Smartlink SIB.

3Restore the previous status on your Smartlink Input.
4Check on PME that the alarms are no more active.
5On the Event History you will be able to check the Pick up and Drop out events associated to the previous alarm.



Q Output Alarming

This section explains how to verify that an alarm is raised on PME if the Output status of a Smartlink IO Channel has changed.
StepDescription
1Change the status of an output of your Smartlink.

2Check that an alarm is raised on the PME Web Interface.
On the example below I have an alarm on an output for Channels 2 for a Smartlink SIB.

3Restore the previous status on your Smartlink Output.
4Check on PME that the alarms are no more active.
5On the Event History you will be able to check the Pick up and Drop out events associated to the previous alarm.



Create Report Subscription on Trigger

Event Watcher for Smartlink IO

This section describes how to create some Templates and Event Watcher to monitor a change on a Smartlink Channel.
StepDescription
1Open the Events Watcher from Management Console: Tools -> Event Watcher
2Select the “Templates” tab.
3Give a name to the Template. By example “Smartlink-IO”
4Under section “Edit Smartlink-IO” :
  1. click on “New” Button
  2. check the “Cause” field and enter: “CH{0.EN_US} Output Status*
  3. check the “Cause Value” field and enter: “1.000
  4. click on “New” Button
  5. check the “Cause” field and enter: “CHx Input {0.EN_US} Status*” (replace ‘x’ by the Smartlink Channel)
  6. check the “Cause Value” field and enter: “1.000
  7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for any channel you want to monitor
  8. Click on “Apply” button

The Templates tab of the Event Watcher Manager should look like the example below.


5Select the “Event Watchers” tab and click on the “New” button.
6Under the section “Edit New Event Watcher”:
  1. Give a name to the watcher. Example : “Smartlink-IO-Watch”
  2. Select the template created in the previous steps
  3. Select the Devices (Smartlink devices available under Management Console)
  4. Click on “Apply button

The Event Watchers tab of the Event Watcher Manager should look like the example below.


Create a Report Subscription on Trigger

This section describes how to set up the Report Subscription related to a Smartlink IO trigger.
Important:
  1. Check your SMTP parameters under Management Console -> Tool -> Report Configuration -> Subscriptions
  2. You must have created your own Report from an available template (Report -> Add Report)
The following procedure describes how to create the subscription.
StepDescription
1Log in to the PME Web Application and Select “Report” tab
2Click on the Burger menu -> Manage Subsciptions

3Click on “Add Subscriptions…” button -> select your Report -> click on Next
4Under the Subscription parameters, select “On trigger” and chose the Event Watcher you defined before.


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