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Prior to SMartServer 3.5, the alarms and events widget was called alarms.


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For SmartServer 4.1 and prior, see Managing Alarm Notifications (Release 4.1 and Prior).

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To export alarm notifications, perform the following steps:

  1. Open the SmartServer CMS.

  2. Open the Alarms and Events widget. Click the Expand button ().

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  3. Click the Export Alarms button (Image Modified).

    The Export Alarms view appears.



  4. Set the report parameters:

    • Active Only – enable slider for active alarms or disable slider for all alarms
    • Period – specify the time period for the alarms report
    • Format – select PDF or CSV file format



  5. Click EXPORT.

    An alarm report in CSV or PDF file format is stored to your computer and is shown in the following PDF example.

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You can view active alarms in the Alarms and Events widget. Active refers to alarm conditions that are on-going. For example, if a high-error datapoint value alarm for a temperature datapoint is set for 100 degrees, and the current measured temperature is greater than 100 degrees, then the alarm is active. If the current measured temperature is less than 100 degrees, then the alarm is not active.

To view active alarms, follow these steps:

  1. Open the SmartServer CMS.

  2. Open the Alarms and Events widget. Click the Expand button ().



  3. Click the Set Filters button (). 

    The Set Filters view appears.



  4. Click the Add Filter button ().

    The Active Only setting appears.



  5. Set the Filter value setting to Yes using the pulldown menu.



  6. Optionally, use the Add Filter button () to add more filter settings.

  7. Click APPLY FILTERS. Only active alarms will appear on the display. 

    To clear the Active Only filter setting, click the clear filter button () or the Remove All Filters button ().


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You can clear alarms from the Alarms and Events widget. This process does not remove alarms from the database. To clear alarms from the database, see Pruning and Deleting Events Monitoring Event Logs and Data Logs. To clear alarms from the from the Alarms and Events widget, perform the steps below. 

  1. Open the SmartServer CMS.

  2. Open the Alarms and Events widget. Click the Expand button ().

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  3. Click the checkmark(s) for the alarms to be cleared, or click the Select All button () to select all alarms.

    The checkmark(s) changes from blue to yellow.



  4. Click the Clear Selected Active Alarms button ().

    A confirmation dialog box appears.



  5. Click OK to clear the selected active alarm(s).

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