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Alarm Actions

Alarm Actions

Each line in an alarm table has a unique set of actions associated with it that will occur if the alarm is triggered.

By default, two actions always occur when an alarm is triggered – an audible alarm and a message in the Message window. You can set one additional action to occur when you set the action to a type other than Message. For example, setting the alarm action to E-mailresults in an audible alarm, a message, and an e-mail message when the alarm is triggered.

You can have one of nine actions associated with the alarm. Possible actions appear in a menu when you select the Actions field. Not all actions are available for all device types. Use the scroll bar to see all available actions. Table 9-4 describes alarm actions and which host types are supported.

Table 9-4. Alarm Actions

Alarm Action	Description	Support by Host
		Type
Message	records the message in the Message window in the Surveyor	Surveyor,
	main window and sounds the audible alarm. No other actions	THGs/THGsE
	occur if this setting is selected. This is the default value for
	alarm actions.
E-mail	sends the message to pre-configured e-mail addresses.	Surveyor,
	Your e-mail application does not need to be running for	THGs/THGsE
	alarms to generate e-mail messages.
Pager	sends alarms to pre-configured pager numbers.	Surveyor only
Log	records alarms in a pre-configured log file and saves the	Surveyor,
	buffer to disk.	THGs/THGsE
Stop&Save	stops the module when the alarm occurs. If the host is a PC	Surveyor
	running Surveyor, the buffer is saved to disk. The name auto-
	matically assigned to this file is based on the date and time
	of the alarm event.
Stop&Report	stops the module when the alarm occurs. THGs only reports	THGs/THGsE
	that the analyzer has stopped by sending a message.
Restart	resets all counters and begins capture from the point where	Surveyor,
	the alarm occurred. All counters are set to zero and the	THGs/THGsE
	resource begins capture. This allows you to collect data and
	count it after a particular event has occurred.
Auto Save	automatically saves data in the capture buffer at the time the	Surveyor
	event occurs.

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