Learn everything you need to know about the Manage sensor page and specifically the Custom alarm tab.

Manage sensors

The manage sensors page enabled users to manage their own sensors. This page is meant to configure sensors, not to see actual sensor readings, alarms and data.

This page is also meant to manage asset types and link them to sensors. This enables organizations to be scalable (there is no need to create alarmprofiles per sensor or organizational unit). This page consists out of three tabs:

1. Sensors  - Please find article here 
2. Custom alarms - Please find article here 
3. Asset alarms 

Asset alarms

The RmoniWeb platform has several menu-items that are dedicated for our temperature monitoring functionality. Navigate to Sensors then to Manage sensors and then to the third tab Asset alarms. All configured asset alarms are shown in this overview. 

An asset alarm is an alarm that is linked to an asset type. This enables organizations to easily standardize alarm settings. By adding this alarm profile, the alarm can easily be linked to all sensors within an organization. If an already excisting alarm profile is selected, the following is shown:

1. Alarm configuration

All already created alarm configurations are shown in this overview. Select a configuration to see more information about the configuration on the right side of the screen: 

• Alarm settings
  The configured alarm settings are shown here.
   
• Alarm limits
  The alarm limit is shown here.
   
• Message
  The message that will be sent when a sensor goes in to alarm is shown here.
   
• Asset types
  The asset types this alarm profile is linked to.

Click on the button Add profile to create a new custom alarm profile. Creating an alarm profile consists out of three steps:

1. Alarm settings
2. Alarm limits
3. Messages

1. Alarm settings

The first step consists out of selecting the alarm settings. The following information is obligated:

• Profile name
  Enter the name of the profile. This is shown in the alarm configuration overview and also in the Alarms overview.
   
• Organizational unit
  Select an organizational unit. This steps determines which sensors can be linked to the alarm profile.
    
• Sensor type
  This option is only shown when Measurement alarm is selected. The sensor type (E.g. temperature) can be selected here.
   
• Delay
  Select a delay if necessary. This is usually used to prevent an alarm from being triggered as soon as a cooler/freezer goes in to defrost mode.
   
• Mode 
  This setting determines when an alarm notification is sent. This option is only shown when Measurement alarm is selected. There are three options:
  • Always: Each measurement will cause an alarm notification
  • Once: Only one notification will be send per alarm (please note, all cascade recipients will receive one notification)
  • Minutes: Select the number of minutes to determine the frequency at which the alarm messages should be sent
     
• Level
  Determine the level of the alarm. This can be a warning (less important) or an alarm.
   
• Confirm when out of alarm
  Check this box to receive a message when the sensor(s) go(es) out of alarm.

2. Alarm limit

The second step consist out of selecting the alarm limit. Based on the choice of Type in the first step, the pages shows different options:

• Measurement alarm
   While entering the alarm limit for a measurement alarm, there are a few options:
  • Value between
  • Value outside
  • Value smaller
  • Value smaller or equal
  • Value greater
  • Value greater or equal
      

3. Messages

The third step consists out of selecting the message content. There are three options:

• Maximum number of messages
  This determines the maximum number of messages you want to receive for an alarm. Please note that all recipients are counted. So, if the maximum number of messages is set to 10 and there are 5 recipients, each recipient will receive 2 messages.
   
• Subject
  Enter the subject. Use text and/or add one or several labels. These labels will be entered automatically in the messages based on the sensor the alarm/message is for.
   
• Message
  Enter the message. Use text and/or add one or several labels. These labels will be entered automatically in the messages based on the sensor the alarm/message is for.

• Labels
  Labels are used to created relevant messages. The labels are automatically filled with the related information as soon as a message is sent (E.g. the label Alias shows the name of the sensor that goes in alarm). Every label has it own meaning that will be displayed in the message once it has been selected. These are the labels that can be selected:

• Alarm value - The set alarm value, based on the alarm profile which triggered the alarm
• Value -  The recorded measurement of the sensor
• Date message - The date of the message sent (per message)
• Time message - The time of the message sent (per message) 
• MAC adress - MAC adress of the sensor
• Alias - The name of the sensor
• Organizational unit - The organizational unit to which the sensor is attached 
• Alarm trigger - This shows whether the sensor goes in alarm or out of alarm
• Unique id - A uniquely generated ID based on Alarm ID and time stamp
• Min, max - The min. and max. measured values of the sensor within the alarm period