Creating Alarm Configurations

The following is an overview of how to create a basic alarm configuration. This is a suggested procedure for quickly and easily using the alarm Configurator's power and flexibility to develop a new alarm configuration:

Step 1. Create a subscription

Step 2. Create an alarm filter

Step 3. Create a multimedia agent

Step 4. Configure an alarm configuration

Step 5. Create an action set

Step 6. Make the database active

Step 7: Start the Multimedia Server

Note: In order to allow intranet/Internet-based alarm subscriptions or alarm notification, you will need to configure either DCOM or TCP/IP communications.