October 27, 2022 carriefalzone

Logic & Calculations

Logic & Calculations In some cases, you need to perform data conversions or apply logic to the current data values coming from your server before you apply alarm conditions and notifications. TopView contains internal calculation engines for data manipulation and logic execution. From unit conversions and time-based aggregates to custom-written logic functions, “TopView Operations” and [...]

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October 27, 2022 carriefalzone

Redundancy / Failover

Redundancy / Failover TopView supports a redundant architecture that allows for a second TopView machine to take over monitoring if issues arise on the primary TopView machine. If the primary TopView machine is shut down, TopView Engines are stopped, or TopView can no longer connect to the data server, the secondary TopView machine can detect [...]

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October 27, 2022 carriefalzone

2-Way Email-SMS Communication

2-Way Email-SMS Communication TopView can send and receive email/SMS messages. Outgoing notification messages can be sent by TopView when an alarm occurs. These messages can be sent through email (with optional SSL) and a GSM modem on a cellular network. Incoming TopView messages from Email/SMS can be used to: Acknowledge an alarm Recipient of an outgoing [...]

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October 27, 2022 carriefalzone

Alarm Acknowledge

Alarm Acknowledge When an alarm occurs in TopView, it’s default state is “active and unacknowledged”. Acknowledging an alarm provides feedback that the alarm has been observed and steps are underway to correct the problem. TopView includes various features and functions related to alarm acknowledge Reports of unacknowledged alarms Notification escalation based on alarm acknowledge state, [...]

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October 27, 2022 carriefalzone

Notification & Audible Alarms

Notification & Audible Alarms TopView supports multiple notification methods including audible alarms, email, SMS/text, voice call-out, and pagers. Notification messages can be sent for transition into alarm, return-to-normal, upon alarm acknowledge, and escalated after the alarm event based on the current alarm and acknowledge state. Alarm messages Custom alarm messages and email subjects with placeholders [...]

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October 27, 2022 carriefalzone

Alarm/Event Detection

Alarm/Event Detection TopView’s alarm condition and limit settings allow the user to detect a wide range of events based on tag values, tag status, tag timestamps and state (acknowledged, in alarm). With configurable delays and deadbands, the user can finely tune the alarm event detection logic in TopView. Value, value status (good, bad, OPC uncertain, [...]

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October 27, 2022 carriefalzone

Configuration and Management

Configuration and Management Although rich with features, TopView is surprisingly easy to configure and manage. Intuitive Desktop Configurator and Web Configurator for users of all levels and abilities Bulk configuration (points/tags, alarm conditions, recipients) in Excel/CSV files Inheritance of tag alarm conditions and notification settings (templates) Tag Groups for categorizing, filtering, and grouping of points, alarms, and notification. Audit [...]

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October 27, 2022 carriefalzone

TopView Features

TopView Features Configuration & Management Alarms & Notification Alarm/Event Detection Notification & Audible Alarms Alarm Acknowledge MQTT Publish Alarm SNMP Traps Alarm RSS Feeds Alarm History, Analytics & Reports Alarm History / SQL Server Alarm Analytics Alarm Reports / Alarm Actions HTML Snapshot Reports Snapshot Output (file/SQL) Remote & Clients Mobile & Remote Access 2-Way [...]

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October 27, 2022 carriefalzone

Publish MQTT messages

Publish MQTT messages MQTT is a lightweight publish/subscribe message protocol. MQTT is popular with IOT (Internet of things) applications where bandwidth may be low or unreliable. For SCADA and automation applications, MQTT allows you to send commands to devices and to read and publish data from (sensor) devices. Send TopView events and values as MQTT [...]

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