Apparatus and method for alarm suppression in a monitoring system
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsDavid Granatelli, Craig Stuart Ashley, Chris Michael Gilbert
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and system are provided that receive an alarm record and compare the alarm record to a suppression description that describes an alarm to be suppressed. A suppression flag of the received alarm record is set in accordance with a result of the comparison. A suppression trigger message may be received and compared to the suppression description. The suppression description may be enabled in accordance with the result of the suppression trigger message comparison and the alarm record compared to the suppression description only if the suppression description is enabled.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- receiving an alarm record;
- comparing the received alarm record to a suppression description describing an alarm to be suppressed;
- and
- setting a suppression flag of the received alarm record in accordance with a result of the comparison of the received alarm record to the suppression description.
An apparatus comprising:
- an input operable to receive an alarm record;
- and
- an alarm controller operable to:
- compare the received alarm record to a suppression description describing an alarm to be suppressed;
- and
- set a suppression flag of the received alarm record in accordance with a result of the comparison of the received alarm record to the suppression description.
A system comprising:
- a device operable to send an alarm record;
- and
- a alarm controller operable to:
- receive the alarm record;
- compare the received alarm record to a suppression description describing an alarm to be suppressed;
- and
- set a suppression flag of the received alarm record in accordance with a result of the comparison of the received alarm record to the suppression description.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.