Patent ID: 6853299

Claim:
An automatic alarm system comprising: a destination information storing module which stores information on destinations to which an abnormality of a monitored object is reported; a contact input device which is connected to an output contact of a monitoring device which monitors a state of the monitored object and sets the output contact in a predetermined state when an abnormality of the monitored object is detected; a contact information storing module which links and records a contact state of the contact input device and information on process contents; a contact monitoring module which monitors the contact state of the contact input device, and detects the predetermined state of the output contact of the monitoring device; a command analyzing module which analyzes a command corresponding to the detected predetermined state of the output contact of the monitoring device; schedule information storing module which stores schedule information on a time zone for each of the destinations stored in the destination information storing module during which message-transmission is inhibited; an information obtaining module which obtains alarm destination information from the destination information storing module in reference to the command obtained by the command analyzing module; and a message output module which transmits an alarm message to a destination specified in the alarm destination information in accordance with the schedule information when message-transmission is not inhibited.