Destination Settings -- Notification Reports

The Notification Report destination settings are available for, Telephone, Pager, Fax, and Remote Data Terminal.

 

 

Alarm Checkbox -- Check this box when you want to deliver a notification report to this destination when an alarm occurs. A telephone destination is the only destination type capable of acknowledging the report.

 

Alarm Acknowledgment Checkbox -- Check this box when you want to deliver an alarm acknowledged report to this destination when an alarm has been acknowledged.

 

 

Sort Report Contents By -- You have three ways to sort the notification report:

 

 

 

Deliver Notifications You have three type of notification delivery:

 

The table below summarizes how the configured rule applies to each session/report type.

 

Session Type

Delivery Rule Used During Report

Alarm Notification

As configured on notification tab of destination dialog.

Acknowledgment Notification

As configured, except that continually until acknowledged is treated as until reported.  (Because there is no way to acknowledge the acknowledgment report).

Test Callbacks

Always one attempt only, whether contact made or not.

Scheduled Test Calls

Always continually until acknowledged.

Status Reports

As configured on notification tab of destination dialog, except that "continuallyuntil acknowledged" will be treated as "until reported" (there is no way to acknowledge the status report).

Log File Reports

Always until reported.  The log file segmentation granularity suffices, to prevent a lot of duplication when reports resume.

 

The table below summarizes the default delivery rule for destination type.

 

Destination Type

Default Delivery Rule (for alarm notifications)

Voice

continually until acknowledged

RDT

until reported

Alarmware

continually until acknowledged

Fax

until reported

RCS

continually until acknowledged

Numeric Pager

until reported

Alpha Pager

until reported

PBX

until reported