Multi-Tech Systems 7500 User Manual

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ION 7500 / ION 7600 User’s Guide
Alerting
Chapter 5 - Features and Applications 
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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
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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.