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AKONet Trace: Alarm Management (I)
We have already described some of
the advantages of our AKONet Trace,
the software that allows for the
configuration and monitoring of
AKO´s electrical tracing installations.
In this case we will focus in the
alarm management´s functionality.
In any electrical tracing installation
the prompt detection of any system´s
anomaly is vital, to both
ensure a proper plant´s performance and to avoid future greater and costlier
breakdowns. For that reason AKO has been working relentlessly to provide
AKONet Trace software with the right tools to manage this kind of incidents in a
rapid and efficient manner.
In case of detecting any anomaly (such as higher or lower temperature readings,
mistakes in probes readings, communications breakdowns, etc.), the system
activates an alarm that gets displayed on the screen in different ways:
� Alarm notification bar: Located in the upper side of the screen, it shows
the active alarms in sequence. Pressing over any of the alarms it is possible
to gain direct access to the alarm´s listing screen that provides detailed
information about the active alarms, offering the possibility to confirm it
or get access to the strained control.
� Alarm´s listing: It shows the entire installation´s alarm listing, being even
able to filter the results throughout different parameters (by dates, by
active alarms, by pending confirmation, etc.) The results can be exported
to PDF or Excel, facilitating its analysis in operating reports.
In our next post we will continue describing more functionalities of the software
including how it works with the system´s control and the categorization of the
alarms depending on its source.
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