User manual – XCi Alarm setup
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1. acc MACE WEBCOMM CARD ALARM CONFIGURATION User Guide macez MACE WebComm Card Alarm Configuration Introduction With the introduction of the MACE WebComm card the MACE FloSeries3 and or XCi devices have the ability to upload data to the MACE Data Server on a user configurable interval for viewing and retrieval on the MACE website www macemeters com WWW macusa com With the release of the NEW MACE website in April 2012 the user is able to configure SMS and email text alarms based on uploaded site data 5 examples 1 Analarm can be configured based on Flow Rate to notify the user that a pump has stopped pumping when the flow rate is zero 2 An alarm be configured based on Total accumulation to notify the user that certain amount of water has been pumped 3 An alarm can be configured based on Depth to notify the user that a river is no longer deep enough for water to be extracted 4 Analarm be configured based on Rain accumulation to notify the user that an amount of rain has fallen 5 alarm can be configured to notify the user that their WebComm card has stopped uploading Really the options for alarm configurations are only limited by the sensor s that the user has connected to their XCi device Warning As with any cellphone technology alarms sent from the MACE Data Server should not be relied upon for critical information particularly in areas wi2. look like this n dataserver macemeters com ibiect Webcomm alarm from data macemeters com Date 3 May 2012 10 05 23 PM AEST Undisclosed Campbell Mathew Water Monitoring Solutions Alarm from Roe Hse at 2012 05 03 06 00 00 The 10 Watt Solar is 13 24V www macemeters conm 4 Once the alarm has been configured click Save alarm details DRAFT Page 8 of 12 macez MACE WebComm Card Alarm Configuration Alarm state Once alarms have been configured the alarms will appear on the Site alarms tab sheet with their current State Site details Site details Site alarn Site users alarm State Alarm type Channel name Set point Watng Se an aum when a crarre aDove vae Seer Se an aum wen a 518025 messaoe There are four 4 different alarm states a Active The Active alarm state occurs when the alarm has been triggered It will stay in this state until the alarm is cleared by reaching the Clear setpoint An Active alarm will have the State highlighted in a RED box b Waiting The Waiting alarm state occurs when the alarm trigger point has not yet been met In the example above this means that the current temperature is below the Set point 21 5 C When the alarm set point is reached the alarm state will change to Active c Sleeping The Sleeping alarm state occurs when an alarm has been disabled via the After sent disable it for function Point f in the secti
3. 1 600 C Date reset 2012 05 14 18 27 00 Reset point 21 000 Reset value 20 900 C Message Alarm from MACDural at 2012 05 14 12 57 00 The Temp is 21 6 Credits used 3 Recipient Sent to Status Mathew Camobel 123456789000 SMS received by recipient Mathew Campbel salesfimacemeters com Email sent Tim Quinlan 123456789111 SMS received by gateway DRAFT Page 11 of 12 macez MACE WebComm Card Alarm Configuration The Alarm history information relates the date time at which the alarm was set and the date time it was reset The recipient information tells where the alarm was sent SMS and or email and the Status of the message sent NOTE SMS alarms sent to US recipients are sent to an SMS gateway A message that is received by gateway has been successfully sent DRAFT Page 12 of 12
4. able function means that the alarm will not be re sent for the period of time selected from the drop down list For example if the temperature reaches 90 F and you do not wish to be alarmed again for 6 hours then 6 hours would be selected from the drop down list If the alarm is cleared via the Clear set point described above and then re triggered an alarm WILL NOT be sent again until the six hour period is over g Send an SMS message to these phone numbers Alarms can be sent as SMS messages to mobile phones An unlimited number of phone number recipients can be added to an alarm FULL phone numbers including international country code must be entered in the field provided Warning The recipients of SMS alarms from the MACE Data Server MUST be registered users of the MACE website Leave the form blank if you do not wish to send SMS alarms h Limit SMS message size When configuring an alarm the number of credits used to send the particular alarm can be ascertained and limited Each SMS of 160 characters or less 1 alarm credit per recipient Each SMS of 161 306 characters 2 alarm credits per recipient Each SMS of 307 459 characters 3 alarm credits per recipient DRAFT Page 6 of 12 WebComm Alarm Configuration Send an email message to these addresses Alarms can be sent as email messages An unlimited number of email recipients can be added to an alarm Enter the email addres
5. anneinamoe Substitutes the name of the channel that caused the alarm channelvalue Substitutes the value of the channel that caused the alarm channelunits Substitutes the units of the channel that caused the alarm siteid Substitutes the site ID the alarm carne from sitedescription Substitutes the site description the alarm came from Page 5 of 12 macez MACE WebComm Card Alarm Configuration d Clear the alarm when the channel value is above below This is the value of the channel for which the alarm will be cleared For example if the stream mentioned above triggers an alarm at 1m s then NO further alarms will be sent for this UNTIL the clear point is reached say 0 75m s After this time if the stream meets the alarm conditions again it will trigger a new alarm See also point f below e Add this value to alarm set point each time the alarm occurs For a Total channel change alarm this is the value that will be added to the alarm trigger point in order to re trigger the alarm For example if an irrigation pump has been started when 0 ML is on the totaliser and you wish to be alarmed whenever there has been 50 ML pumped the Send the alarm above should be set at 50 and then the Add this value occurs should also be set at 50 With this function irrigators can be notified when to shut off pumps close gates etc f After the alarm has been sent disable it for When an alarm has been sent this Dis
6. annel to use for this alarm Using the drop down list of all the channels in your device that are available select the channel for which you wish to configure an alarm DRAFT Page 4 of 12 WebComm Alarm Configuration c Send the alarm when the channel value is above below This is the value of the example if you wish to be notified when the velocity of a stream reaches 1m s then this channel set point for which the alarm will be triggered For is the value to enter here Alarm description Channel to use for this alarm Send an alarm when channel is above a value Send the alarm when the channel value is above Clear the alarm when the channel value is below After the alarm has been sent disable t Send SMS message to these phone numbers Limit SMS message size Send an email message to these addresses Message Save alarm detan Cancel DRAFT 5 minutes Add another phone number 160 characters 1 alarm credit per recipe Add another email address Alarm from at immestanp The channeiname is channelvalue channelunits Special strings date Substitutes the date the alarm occured YYYY MM DD time Substitutes the time the alarm occured HH MM SS Umestamp Substitutes the timestamp te alarm occured YYYY MM DD HH MM SS timestamplatestrecord Substtutes the timestamp of the last record uploaded ch
7. istory MACE WebComm Card Alarm Configuration The Alarm history tab sheet provides the user an audit trail of the alarms that have been triggered and their recipients for each Site Site details Site details Site keys Site alarms Site users Remove site Alarm history Timestamp Description Channel Value 2012 05 15 12 00 00 Send an alarm when a channel is above a value Tere 21 6 2012 05 14 12 57 00 Send an alarm when a channel is above a value Tero 21 6 2012 05 11 11 39 00 Send an alarm when a channel is above value 21 6 2012 05 10 13 15 00 Send an alarm when a channel is above a value Tere 421 6 2012 05 09 12 15 00 Send an alarm when a channel is above a value Temp 216 2012 05 08 15 82 43 Send an alarm when a status message occurs 2012 05 08 15 52 29 Send an alarm when a channel is above value Tere 0 2012 04 26 124400 Send an alarm when a channel is above a value Tere 216 2012 04 24 14 40 00 Send an alarm when a channel is above value Temp 22 1 2012 04 23 14 04 00 Send an alarm when a channel is above value Tere 226 Back to 100 Click on the Timestamp hyperlink for the alarm of choice and jump to the full details of the alarm Site details Site keys Site alarms Site users Remove site Alarm history Back to alarm history ist Alarm event detais Descriptiers Send an alarm when a channel is above a value Channel usec Temp Date set 2012 05 14 12 57 00 Set point 21 500 C Set value 2
8. on on Alarm Configuration d Disabled The Disabled alarm state occurs when an alarm has been permanently disabled via the Disable this alarm function available when an alarm is edited See section on Edit alarms below DRAFT Page 9 of 12 macez MACE WebComm Card Alarm Configuration Edit alarms Alarms can be edited after initial configuration by clicking on the hyperlink in the Alarm state field such as Active Site details Alarm history Remove fws alarm Disabie this alarm Edit this alarm Back to alarm lisi Descriptor Send an alarm when a channel is above a value Channel usec Temp C 4 4 ya 4 ar Wwe PA 21 5 channe value is above the alarm when the 21 hann value is below AS deser Ler hours i N f A Alarm from sitesd at Umestamp The channeiname is Channetvalue channetunits In the Alarm details information page there are four buttons that can be used to 1 Remove this alarm Will permanently remove the alarm from the site Disable this alarm Will disable the alarm from the site without removal Enable this alarm Will enable an alarm that had been disabled by the user Edit this alarm Allows the alarm values and recipients to be changed if necessary on A C N Back to alarm list Navigates to previous Site alarms tab sheet DRAFT Page 10 of 12 IY 73 P 3 PO Alarm h
9. one number including your country code or SMS alarms WILL NOT work b Enable SMS alarms if required by clicking the Enable link C Enable Email alarms if required by clicking the Enable link 3 order to receive alarms both SMS and email you must first buy alarm credits by clicking on the Purchase link and following the directions If no credit is available on a user account alarms will be shown in Alarm history as No credit See section on Alarm history for further details 4 Navigate to the WebComm page and the My Sites tab sheet will appear listing all your currently configured WebComm Sites 5 Open the site for which you wish to configure alarms by clicking the Site ID and the Site information page will open 6 In the Site details area of the page click on the Site alarms tab sheet DRAFT Page 3 of 12 macez MACE WebComm Card Alarm Configuration Alarm configuration Site details Alarm history Add alarm Back to too 1 Click on Add alarm and a new alarm can be setup 2 Select the Alarm type from the drop down list and click Next Site details Site details Select an alarm type 555 3 For each alarm type a form similar to that shown over the page will appear a Alarm Description By default the description is merely the Alarm type transposed However this description can be changed by the user to something more identifiable if desired b Ch
10. s of the alarm recipient in the field provided Warning The recipients of email alarms from the MACE Data Server MUST be registered users of the MACE website Leave the form blank if you do not wish to send email alarms Each email regardless of number of characters 1 alarm credit per recipient j Message Enter in the field provided the message that you wish to be sent via SMS or email when the alarm occurs The default message is Alarm from siteid at timestamp The channelname is channelvalue channelunits For example on a mobile phone the message will look like this E Li Thursday May 3 100 mm 1 832 460 4711 Alarm from Roe Hse at 2012 05 03 06 00 00 The 10 Watt Solar is 13 24V send STOP to opt out Fs DRAFT Page 7 of 12 macez MACE WebComm Card Alarm Configuration Warning for users in USA Users in the USA will receive messages like the above that will give an Opt out option by replying with STOP If this is sent ALL SMS alarms for ALL sites on the MACE Data Server will be BLOCKED and SMS alarms will cease MACE recommends setting the phone number 18324604711 as a contact MACEMETERS in your cell phone so that you are aware of the SMS origin and do not reply STOP by mistake If SMS alarms have been blocked the user can send a message SUBSCRIBE to the phone number 18324604711 to re enable For example an email message received will
11. th limited cellphone coverage Getting started This User Guide assumes that a MACE WebComm Card has been installed in a MACE FloSeries3 or XCi device and has been configured according to the MACE User Manual available for download from the macemeters com website In order to configure alarms the device in the field must be commissioned and at least one upload must have been received by the MACE Data Server either from a scheduled upload or one forced by FloCom This first upload allows the channel structure to be assigned by the data server so that the alarm configuration procedure can be followed DRAFT Page 2 of 12 macez MACE WebComm Card Alarm Configuration Enable alarm usage 1 Login to your www macemeters com account 2 Navigate to the WebComm settings tab sheet in My details Mailing lists Usemame mathewc Change SMS phone number 11234567891 Change SMS alarms Receiving SMS alarms is enabled Disabe Emal alarms Receiving email alarms is enabled Disabe Alarm credits 66 Purchase e The settings here are used for Webcomm sites you own have access to or are configured to send alarms to you e The phone number above is used for all SMS alarms that are configured to send messages to you e If you Gsatle alarms here you will not receive messages fom any Webcomm sites In this tab sheet you must a Enter the SMS phone number at which you wish alarms to be sent Warning You must enter your full ph
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