SWS - Maintenance Menu - Events -Event Categories

The Event Categories are the overarching groups that contain event codes.  These groups set specific standards that relate to all events within the groups.

• Event Category - This is the ID for the category.  (8 Characters Maximum)
• Description - The name of the category.
• Monitoring Group - What Monitoring Group the events within this category land.
• Analysis Code - Code used for alarm Analysis. (8 Characters Maximum)
• Default Action Pattern - Often left blank, this is an Action Pattern when NO action pattern is found at any other level.  
• Default Suspend Time - The default period of time populated into Manitou when users seek to place an alarm On Hold.
• Default Help - Most often left blank.  This value, when entered, appends to every alarm in the group as the first action item for users to review.
• Operator Cancel from queue allowed - When enabled, if the event code is priority 5 -99 within the group, the operators may use the bulk cancel from queue option.  
• Allow close if no action defined - When enabled, allows the closure of an alarm event within the category, if there are no actions within an action pattern.  
• Client Processing - This is the same as Customer Attributes on the Event Codes and are manged for alarm reporting.  These are rarely applied on the Event Category.
• Signal Processing - This is the same as Signal Processing Attributes on the Event Codes.  These are rarely applied on the Event Category.
• Disaster Mode - Establishes the Default standard for Disaster Mode for the events within the Event Category.
  • Suspend Time - Is part of the Disaster Mode and delays the events in the category inside a disaster Area, delaying delivery, to the alarm queue.
  • Priority Offset - Number of priority numbers the events within this category will lower when the account is within the Disaster mode area.