Patent ID: 7701328

Claim:
A method for configuring and operating an alarm system for an energy delivery network, the method comprising: responsive to receiving an indication to associate a plurality of attribute values with at least one data source: associating the plurality of attribute values with the at least one data source, each of the plurality of attribute values relating to a corresponding attribute of the at least one data source, the at least one data source generating measurement data for a corresponding measurement type that relates to the energy delivery network, defining a first alarm condition based at least in part on the plurality of attribute values and the measurement type corresponding to the measurement data generated by the at least one data source, and evaluating the measurement data received from the at least one data source to determine whether the first alarm condition has been met; and responsive to receiving an indication to associate an attribute value with a plurality of distinct data sources: associating the attribute value with the plurality of distinct data sources, the attribute value relating to an attribute common to the plurality of distinct data sources, each of the distinct data sources generating respective measurement data for a corresponding measurement type that relates to the energy delivery network, defining a second alarm condition based at least in part on the attribute value and the measurement type corresponding to the measurement data generated by at least one of the plurality of distinct data sources, and evaluating the respective measurement data received from the plurality of data sources to determine whether the second alarm condition has been met.