The Alarm and Condition model extends the OPC UA base Event model by defining various Event Types based on the BaseEventType. All of the Event Types defined in this standard can be further extended to form domain or Server specific Alarm and Condition Types.
Instances of Alarm and Condition Types may be optionally exposed in the AddressSpace in order to allow direct access to the state of an Alarm or Condition. Instances not exposed in the AddressSpace still have a ConditionId (NodeId). This NodeId can be the target of references in the AddressSpace even though the target node does not exist in the AddressSpace. For example, an AlarmGroup might reference a number of Conditions that do not exist in the AddressSpace.
The following sub clauses define the OPC UA Alarm and Condition Types. Figure 8 informally describes the hierarchy of these Types. Subtypes of the LimitAlarmType and the DiscreteAlarmType are not shown.
