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OPC-10000-1 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 1: Overview and Concepts

3.2 Specification parts

specifies the use of OPC UA for data access. Part 9 ( OPC 10000-9 ) - Alarms and Conditions Part 9 specifies use of OPC UA support for access to Alarms ... includes support for simple Events ; this specification extends that support to include support for Alarms and Conditions . Part 10 ( OPC 10000-10 ) - Programs Part 10 specifies OPC UA support
OPC-10000-1 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 1: Overview and Concepts

4.2 General

requirements. Servers can provide access to both current and historical data, as well as Alarms and Events to notify Clients of important changes. In addition to the ClientServer model
OPC-10000-1 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 1: Overview and Concepts

4.3 Design goals

consistent, integrated AddressSpace and service model. This allows a single Server to integrate data, Alarms and Events , and history into its AddressSpace , and to provide access to them using
OPC-10000-1 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 1: Overview and Concepts

4.4.3 Integrated object model

defined by standards organizations, vendors, or end-users. This model allows data, Alarms and Events , and their history to be integrated into a single Server . For example, Servers are able
OPC-10000-1 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 1: Overview and Concepts

4.4.4 Integrated services

Servers for Notifications . Notifications are used by the Server to report occurrences such as Alarms , data value changes, Events , and Program execution results. OPC UA Messages may be encoded
OPC-10000-1 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 1: Overview and Concepts

5.3.6.3 Subscription Services

Service Interface for the purpose of periodically sending Notifications to Clients . Notifications include Events , Alarms , data changes and Program outputs
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

1 Scope

Scope This document specifies the representation of Alarms and Conditions in the OPC Unified Architecture. Included is the Information Model representation of Alarms and Conditions in the OPC UA address ... other details are captured in standards such as IEC 62682 and ISA 18.2 . The Alarms and Conditions Information Model in this document, is designed in accordance with
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

3.1.6 AlarmSuppressionGroup

AlarmSuppressionGroup group of Alarms that is used to suppress other Alarms . Note 1 to entry: An AlarmSuppressionGroup is an instance of an AlarmGroupType that is used to suppress other Alarms ... Alarm in the group is active, then the AlarmSuppressionGroup is active. If all Alarms in the AlarmSuppressionGroup are inactive then the AlarmSuppressionGroup is inactive. Note 2 to entry: The Alarm
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

3.1.16 Refresh

Refresh act of providing an update to an Event Subscription that provides all Alarms which are considered to be Retained Note 1 to entry: This concept is further defined
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

4.1 General

General This document defines an Information Model for Conditions , Dialog Conditions , and Alarms including acknowledgement capabilities. It is built upon and extends base Event handling which is defined
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

4.5 Condition state synchronization

reported. This means for example that Clients are not informed of currently Active Alarms until a new state change occurs. Clients can obtain the current state of all Condition instances ... current Condition state. A Client that wishes to display the current status of Alarms and Conditions (known as a "current Alarm display") would use the following logic
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

4.6 Severity, quality, and comment

Condition and is also commonly called alarm priority or 'priority', especially in relation to Alarms in the ProcessConditionClassType . Severity is defined to have a range of 1-1000, but this ... range includes Alarms and other events that are not considered Alarms . For Alarms it is recommended that Severities above 400 be used. The 400-1000 range for Alarms should
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

4.8 Alarms

Alarms Alarms are specializations of AcknowledgeableConditions that add the concepts of an Active state and other states like Shelving state and Suppressed state to a Condition . The state model ... Operators from being overwhelmed during Alarm "storms" by limiting the number of Alarms an Operator sees on a current Alarm display. This is accomplished by setting the SuppressedOrShelved
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

4.11 Alarm and Condition auditing

with a system. These audit records are especially important when Alarm management is considered. Alarms are the typical instrument for providing information to a user that something needs the user
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

5.5.2 ConditionType

logic to determine how this flag is set is Server specific. Typically, all Active Alarms would have the Retain flag set; however, it is also possible for inactive Alarms ... Retain flag. For example, if a Client applies a filter to exclude Alarms that are shelved, and the SupportsFilteredRetain is set to True, the Client receives an Alarm
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

5.8.2 AlarmConditionType

Variable's NodeId is used. SuppressedState , OutOfServiceState and ShelvingState together allow the suppression of Alarms on display systems. These three suppressions are generally used by different personnel or systems ... maintenance personnel and Operators . SuppressedState is used internally by a Server to automatically suppress Alarms due to system specific reasons. For example, a system may be configured to suppress Alarms
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

5.8.3 AlarmGroupType

AlarmGroupType The AlarmGroupType provides a simple manner of grouping Alarms . This grouping can be used for Alarm suppression or for identifying related Alarms . The actual usage of the AlarmGroupType
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

5.8.17.1 Overview

fixed time period. This type of Shelving is quite often used to block nuisance Alarms . For example, an Alarm that occurs more than 10 times in a minute
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

5.8.17.4 TimedShelve Method

result code. Comments Shelving for some time is quite often used to block nuisance Alarms . For example, an Alarm that occurs more than 10 times in a minute
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

5.8.17.5 TimedShelve2 Method

other manner. Comments Shelving for some time is quite often used to block nuisance Alarms . For example, an Alarm that occurs more than 10 times in a minute
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

5.8.18 LimitAlarmType

LimitAlarmType Alarms can be modelled with multiple exclusive sub-states and assigned limits or they may be modelled with nonexclusive limits that can be used to group multiple states together ... variable that is the source of the Alarm . For Rate of change limit Alarms , it is assumed this rate is units per second unless otherwise specified. The limits shall follow
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

5.9.7 HighlyManagedAlarmConditionClassType

HighlyManagedAlarmConditionClassType In Alarm systems some Alarms may be classified as HighlyManagedAlarms . This class of Alarm requires special handling that varies according to the individual requirements. It might require individual acknowledgement ... other special behaviours. The HighlyManagedAlarmConditionClassType is used to classify Conditions as highly managed Alarms . It is formally defined in Table 118 . Table 118 - HighlyManagedAlarmConditionClassType definition Attribute Value BrowseName HighlyManagedAlarmConditionClassType IsAbstract
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

5.14.2 Communication problems

Communication problems In some implementation of an OPC UA A & C Server , the Alarms and Condition are provided by an underlying system. The expected behaviour
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

5.14.3 Redundant A & C servers

redundant Servers , it shall be identical. This applies to all standard Event s, Alarms and Conditions . This may be accomplished by sharing of information between redundant Server (such as actual
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

7.2 HasEffectDisable

Alarm that will be disabled. If the Reference is to an Object then all Alarms in the HasNotifier hierarchy below that Object are disabled, If the target is an AlarmType
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

7.3 HasEffectEnable

Alarm that will be enabled. If the Reference is to an Object then all Alarms in the HasNotifier hierarchy below that Object are enabled, If the target is an AlarmType
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

7.4 HasEffectSuppressed

Alarm that will be suppressed. If the reference is to an Object then all Alarms in the EventNotifier hierarchy below that Object are suppressed, If the target is an AlarmType
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

7.5 HasEffectUnsuppressed

will no longer be suppressed. If the Reference is to an Object then all Alarms in the HasNotifier hierarchy below that Object are removed from being suppressed, If the target
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

8.1 Overview

Overview In a system an Object might have multiple Alarms associated with it. These Alarms might be directly Referenced by an Object or they might have no direct References from ... Object to the Alarm . Alarms might also be related to Objects that are nested under the Object . When the Object is represented in a graphic in a plant
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

8.2 AlarmState Variable

assigned to any Object or Variable . The instance will provide a summary of the Alarms associated with the parent Variable or Object (the Source of the HasComponent Reference for this ... highest Severity of any Unacknowledged Alarm ActiveCount - a count of the number of active Alarms UnacknowledgedCount - a count of the number of Unacknowledged Alarms UnconfirmedCount - a count of the number
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

8.3 AlarmMask

Value Bit No. Description Active 0 This bit is set if there are active Alarms Unacknowledged 1 This bit is set if there are Unacknowledged Alarms Unconfirmed 2 This ... there are Unconfirmed Alarms The AlarmMask representation in the AddressSpace is formally defined in Table 144 . Table 144 - AlarmMask definition Attribute Value BrowseName AlarmMask IsAbstract False References NodeClass BrowseName DataType
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

9.1 Overview

tank Object . In this case, it would provide the summary of all of the Alarms that are part of the tank HasNotifier hierarchy
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

9.2 AlarmMetricsType

which an Alarm was in the unacknowledged state. CurrentAlarmRate is the sum of Alarms that occurred in the last Rate number of minutes (see 9.3 ). This sum should not include ... nuisance Alarms (i.e. chattering alarms). It is updated every Rate number of minutes. MaximumAlarmRate is the maximum Alarm rate detected since the start of the Server , where the rate
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

Annex C Mapping to EEMUA (Informative)

concept of alerts can be accomplished by the use of severity. E.g., Alarms that have a severity below 400 may be considered as alerts. Cleared Active = False An Alarm state
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

D.1 Overview

Overview Serving as a bridge between COM and OPC UA components, the Alarms and Event s proxy and wrapper enable existing A&E COM Clients and Servers to connect ... Alarms and Conditions components. Simply stated, there are two aspects to the migration strategy. The first aspect enables a UA Alarms and Conditions Client to connect to an existing Alarms
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

D.3.1 General

Proxy is a COM Server combined with a UA Client . It maps the Alarms and Conditions address space of UA A & C Server into the appropriate COM Alarms
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

D.3.3 Event Type mapping

D.3.3 Event Type mapping Since all Alarms and Conditions Event s belong to a subtype of BaseEventType , the A&E COM UA Proxy maps the subtype as received from
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

F.1 Overview

Overview The state of alarms is affected by the state of the process, equipment, system or plant. For example, when a tank is taken out of service, the level alarms ... SystemState StateMachine can be used to automatically disable, enable, suppress or un-suppress Alarms related to the Object (with in the hierarchy of alarms from the given object). The StateMachine
OPC-10000-9 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 9: Alarms & Conditions

F.2 SystemStateStateMachineType

implementation might define HasEffect References (such as HasEffectDisable ) for disabling or enabling Alarms , suppressing Alarms or adjusting setpoints or limits of Alarms . The targets of the reference might
OPC-10000-11 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 11: Historical Access

3.1.6 HistoricalEventNode

series Events stored in some historical system. Examples of such data are: Notifications system Alarms operator action Events system triggers (such as new orders to be processed) The term HistoricalEventNode
OPC-10000-12 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 12: Discovery and Global Services

7.8.2.1 TrustListType

part of PushManagement , it sets this UpdateFrequency based on when the Server should raise Alarms if the CRLs are about to expire (see 7.8.3.1 ). If the Server supports this Property
OPC-10000-12 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 12: Discovery and Global Services

7.8.3.1 CertificateGroupType

optional and should not appear on TrustList instances even when the TrustList generates the Alarms . If a specific TrustList instance generates the CertificateExpired or TrustListOutOfDate Alarms , the corresponding HasCondition References
OPC-10000-26 – Part 26: LogObject - Part 26: LogObject Model

5.5 LogRecord structure

This field contains the additional event fields of an LogEvent . True Severity ranges for Alarms and alerts are discussed further in OPC 10000-9 . Table 9 provides the Severity ranges ... ranges. For example, the Emergency range described in SYSLOG is commonly used for process alarms and would have multiple sub ranges defined by end users. In the manufacturing industry, typically
OPC-10000-26 – Part 26: LogObject - Part 26: LogObject Model

6.1 Concepts

receives that have a ConditionClassId or SubConditionClassId of LogEntryConditionClass . For example, since Events / Conditions / Alarms instance can be defined by PLC programs and exposed in a Server , the LogObject
OPC-10000-81 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 81: UAFX Connecting Devices and Information Model

4.4.2 FunctionalEntityType

including the status of any Connections . This could include the generation of Events or Alarms related to problems or issues encountered by the FunctionalEntity
OPC-10000-81 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 81: UAFX Connecting Devices and Information Model

5.8 Aggregation of OPC UA FX Servers

updated in the AggregatingServer . An AggregatingServer can add functionality, such as the generation of Alarms or historization. It can also be the source of data for higher-level applications such
OPC-10000-81 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 81: UAFX Connecting Devices and Information Model

6.4.2 FunctionalEntityType definition

optional OperationalHealthAlarms Folder shall be restricted to hold only instances of Alarms . No UAFX-specific Alarms are defined in this release, but base OPC UA Alarms can be used ... future versions of this document, UAFX-specific Alarms will be defined. The Operational FunctionalGroup contains Variables and Methods useful during normal operation, like process data (see OPC 10000-100 Recommended
OPC-10000-100 – OPC Unified Architecture - Part 100: Devices

4.5.4 DeviceHealth Interface

DeviceHealth Interface The DeviceHealth Interface includes Properties and Alarms that are commonly used to expose the health status of a Device . It is illustrated in Figure 7 and formally defined