Patent ID: 9704381
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G05B,G08B

Claim:
1. A method of creating alarms triggered based on conditions of assets at one or more sites, the assets being monitored by an EMS software platform, the EMS software platform including an alarm designer software tool that can create new alarm definitions, the method comprising: defining applicable channel data using one or more channel attributes, wherein the applicable channel data identifies which channels associated with the one or more sites are to be evaluated for alarming conditions; defining alarm definition parameters, including (1) a frequency, (2) a trigger condition, (3) a pending open duration, (4) a close condition, and (5) a pending close duration; applying the alarm definition parameters against test channel data having the same one or more channel attributes as the defined applicable channel data; generating test results, including potential alarm instances created based on the trigger condition and avoided alarms based on the pending open duration; and saving the alarm definition parameters.