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ION 7500 / ION 7600 User’s Guide Alerting
Chapter 5 - Features and Applications Page 153
Alerting
The purpose of an ION alert system is to send an email or to contact a modem, fax,
pager, or software in the event of a user-specified condition. These conditions can
be changes in relays or power quality problems including surges, sags, swells and
outages. With ION alarm notification, you can automatically advise key people of
problems allowing quick remedial action, or notify ION software so logs can be
uploaded from the site that initiated the alert.
The Alert module sends an alert whenever its Trigger input is pulsed. You can
connect this input to any module that produces a pulse output. You can use
modules that monitor alarm conditions such as changes in relay status and power
quality problems. For example, you can connect the Trigger input to the output of
a Setpoint module, thereby allowing the Alert module to send an alert when the
setpoint condition is reached.
The Alert module delivers these types of alerts:
Numeric Pager
Alphanumeric Pager
PEGASYS (for alerts to PEGASYS software)
ION Alert (for alerts to ION Enterprise software)
ASCII
Email
Selection between modes is made with the Alert module Alert Type setup register.
The Alert module requires access to either a modem (a dedicated modem or a
modem handling a loop of meters) or Ethernet (for the Alert module email
capabilities).
Alerting is briefly described in the following section. For detailed information
about alerting, including how to build a framework to send alerts, refer to the Alert
module description in the online ION Programmer’s Reference.
Alerting ION Software via the Alarm Server
NOTE
For detailed information about sending alerts to ION Enterprise/PEGASYS software via the Alarm Server,
refer to the ION Enterprise online help.
The Alarm Server can run on any ION software Primary or Secondary server. The
server computer should have a dedicated phone line and modem. Modems at
remote sites are programmed to dial the server's phone number when a priority
event occurs. The Alarm Server monitors the phone line and waits for the remote
sites to annunciate events. The most common use of the Alarm Server is to handle
Remote Site Event Notification.