EN 62541-9:2015
(Main)OPC unified architecture - Part 9: Alarms and conditions
OPC unified architecture - Part 9: Alarms and conditions
IEC 62541-9:2015 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 space. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2012 and constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following changes: - added section to describe expect behaviour for A&C servers and the associated information model in the case of redundancy or communication faults; - changed the DialogConditionType to be not abstract since it is expect that instance of this type will exist in the system; - updated ConditionRefresh Method to allow the use of the well know NodeIds associated with the types for the MethodId and ConditionId instead of requiring the call to use only the MethodId and ConditionId that is part of an instance; - Fixed ExclusiveLimitStateMachineType and ShelvedStatemachineType to be sub-types of FinitStateMachineType not StateMachineType.
OPC Unified Architecture - Teil 9: Alarme und Zustände
Architecture unifiée OPC - Partie 9: Alarmes et conditions
L'IEC 62541-9:2015 spécifie la représentation des Alarms (alarmes) et des Conditions dans l'architecture unifiée OPC, y compris la représentation du Information Model (modèle d'informations) relative aux Alarms et Conditions dans l'espace d'adresses d'OPC UA. Cette deuxième édition annule et remplace la première édition parue en 2012. Elle constitue une révision technique. Cette édition inclut les modifications suivantes: - ajout d'une section pour décrire le comportement attendu pour les serveurs A&C et le modèle d'informations associé en cas de redondance ou de défauts de communication; - modification du DialogConditionType afin qu'il ne soit pas abstrait; - mise à jour de la méthode ConditionRefresh pour permettre l'utilisation des NodeIds bien connus associés aux types pour MethodId et ConditionId; - ExclusiveLimitStateMachineType et ShelvedStatemachineType déclarés être des sous-types de FinitStateMachineType, et non de StateMachineType.
Enotna arhitektura OPC - 9. del: Alarmi in pogoji (IEC 62541-9:2015)
Ta del standarda IEC 62541 določa upodobitev alarmov in pogojev v enotni arhitekturi OPC. Vključena je predstavitev informacijskega modela alarmov in pogojev v naslovnem prostoru OPC UA.
General Information
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Publication Date
- 14-May-2015
- Withdrawal Date
- 28-Apr-2018
- Technical Committee
- CLC/TC 65X - Industrial-process measurement, control and automation
- Drafting Committee
- IEC/SC 65E - IEC_SC_65E
- Current Stage
- 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
- Start Date
- 23-Jul-2023
- Completion Date
- 23-Jul-2023
Relations
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2023
- Effective Date
- 11-Aug-2020
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EN 62541-9:2015 is a standard published by CLC. Its full title is "OPC unified architecture - Part 9: Alarms and conditions". This standard covers: IEC 62541-9:2015 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 space. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2012 and constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following changes: - added section to describe expect behaviour for A&C servers and the associated information model in the case of redundancy or communication faults; - changed the DialogConditionType to be not abstract since it is expect that instance of this type will exist in the system; - updated ConditionRefresh Method to allow the use of the well know NodeIds associated with the types for the MethodId and ConditionId instead of requiring the call to use only the MethodId and ConditionId that is part of an instance; - Fixed ExclusiveLimitStateMachineType and ShelvedStatemachineType to be sub-types of FinitStateMachineType not StateMachineType.
IEC 62541-9:2015 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 space. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2012 and constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following changes: - added section to describe expect behaviour for A&C servers and the associated information model in the case of redundancy or communication faults; - changed the DialogConditionType to be not abstract since it is expect that instance of this type will exist in the system; - updated ConditionRefresh Method to allow the use of the well know NodeIds associated with the types for the MethodId and ConditionId instead of requiring the call to use only the MethodId and ConditionId that is part of an instance; - Fixed ExclusiveLimitStateMachineType and ShelvedStatemachineType to be sub-types of FinitStateMachineType not StateMachineType.
EN 62541-9:2015 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 25.040.40 - Industrial process measurement and control; 35.100 - Open systems interconnection (OSI). The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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SIST EN 62541-9:2012
Enotna arhitektura OPC - 9. del: Alarmi in pogoji (IEC 62541-9:2015)
OPC Unified Architecture -- Part 9: Alarms and conditions (IEC 62541-9:2015)
OPC Unified Architecture - Teil 9: Alarme und Zustände (IEC 62541-9:2015)
Architecture unifiée OPC - Partie 9: Alarmes et conditions (IEC 62541-9:2015)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62541-9:2015
ICS:
25.040.40 Merjenje in krmiljenje Industrial process
industrijskih postopkov measurement and control
35.240.50 Uporabniške rešitve IT v IT applications in industry
industriji
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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OPC unified architecture - Part 9: Alarms and conditions
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Architecture unifiée OPC - Partie 9: Alarmes et conditions OPC Unified Architecture - Teil 9: Alarme und Zustände
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Foreword
The text of document 65E/382/CDV, future edition 2 of IEC 62541-9, prepared by SC 65E "Devices
and integration in enterprise systems", of IEC/TC 65 "Industrial-process measurement, control and
automation" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
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(dow) 2018-04-29
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This document supersedes EN 62541-9:2012.
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IEC 62541-7 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62541-7.
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod),
the relevant EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is
available here: www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC/TR 62541-1 - OPC unified architecture - CLC/TR 62541-1 -
Part 1: Overview and concepts
IEC 62541-3 - OPC unified architecture - EN 62541-3 -
Part 3: Address Space Model
IEC 62541-4 - OPC Unified Architecture - EN 62541-4 -
Part 4: Services
IEC 62541-5 - OPC unified architecture - EN 62541-5 -
Part 5: Information Model
IEC 62541-6 - OPC unified architecture - EN 62541-6 -
Part 6: Mappings
IEC 62541-8 - OPC Unified Architecture - EN 62541-8 -
Part 8: Data Access
EEMUA 191 Alarm systems - A guide to design, - -
management and procurement
IEC 62541-9 ®
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 8
1 Scope . 10
2 Normative references. 10
3 Terms, definitions, and abbreviations . 10
3.1 Terms and definitions . 10
3.2 Abbreviations and symbols . 12
3.3 Used data types . 12
4 Concepts . 12
4.1 General . 12
4.2 Conditions. 12
4.3 Acknowledgeable Conditions . 14
4.4 Previous states of Conditions . 15
4.5 Condition state synchronization . 16
4.6 Severity, Quality, and Comment . 16
4.7 Dialogs . 17
4.8 Alarms . 17
4.9 Multiple Active States . 18
4.10 Condition Instances in the Address Space . 19
4.11 Alarm and Condition Auditing . 19
5 Model . 19
5.1 General . 19
5.2 Two-State State Machines . 20
5.3 Condition Variables . 21
5.4 Substate Reference Types . 22
5.4.1 General . 22
5.4.2 HasTrueSubState ReferenceType . 22
5.4.3 HasFalseSubState ReferenceType . 23
5.5 Condition Model . 23
5.5.1 General . 23
5.5.2 ConditionType . 24
5.5.3 Condition and Branch Instances . 27
5.5.4 Disable Method . 27
5.5.5 Enable Method . 28
5.5.6 AddComment Method . 28
5.5.7 ConditionRefresh Method . 29
5.6 Dialog Model . 31
5.6.1 General . 31
5.6.2 DialogConditionType . 31
5.6.3 Respond Method . 32
5.7 Acknowledgeable Condition Model . 33
5.7.1 General . 33
5.7.2 AcknowledgeableConditionType . 33
5.7.3 Acknowledge Method . 34
5.7.4 Confirm Method . 35
5.8 Alarm Model . 36
5.8.1 General . 36
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5.8.2 AlarmConditionType . 37
5.8.3 ShelvedStateMachineType . 39
5.8.4 LimitAlarmType . 43
5.8.5 ExclusiveLimit Types . 44
5.8.6 NonExclusiveLimitAlarmType . 46
5.8.7 Level Alarm . 48
5.8.8 Deviation Alarm . 48
5.8.9 Rate of Change . 49
5.8.10 Discrete Alarms . 50
5.9 ConditionClasses . 52
5.9.1 Overview . 52
5.9.2 Base ConditionClassType . 52
5.9.3 ProcessConditionClassType . 53
5.9.4 MaintenanceConditionClassType . 53
5.9.5 SystemConditionClassType . 53
5.10 Audit Events . 53
5.10.1 Overview . 53
5.10.2 AuditConditionEventType . 54
5.10.3 AuditConditionEnableEventType . 55
5.10.4 AuditConditionCommentEventType . 55
5.10.5 AuditConditionRespondEventType . 55
5.10.6 AuditConditionAcknowledgeEventType . 55
5.10.7 AuditConditionConfirmEventType . 56
5.10.8 AuditConditionShelvingEventType . 56
5.11 Condition Refresh Related Events . 56
5.11.1 Overview . 56
5.11.2 RefreshStartEventType . 57
5.11.3 RefreshEndEventType . 57
5.11.4 RefreshRequiredEventType . 57
5.12 HasCondition Reference Type . 58
5.13 Alarm and Condition Status Codes . 58
5.14 Expected A&C Server Behaviours . 59
5.14.1 General . 59
5.14.2 Communication problems . 59
5.14.3 Redundant A&C Servers . 59
6 AddressSpace Organisation . 60
6.1 General . 60
6.2 Event Notifier and Source Hierarchy . 60
6.3 Adding Conditions to the Hierarchy . 61
6.4 Conditions in InstanceDeclarations . 61
6.5 Conditions in a VariableType . 62
Annex A (informative) Recommended localized names . 63
A.1 Recommended State Names for TwoState Variables . 63
A.1.1 LocaleId “en” . 63
A.1.2 LocaleId “de” . 63
A.1.3 LocaleId “fr” . 64
A.2 Recommended Dialog Response Options . 64
Annex B (informative) Examples . 65
B.1 Examples for Event sequences from Condition instances . 65
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B.1.1 Overview . 65
B.1.2 Server Maintains Current State Only . 65
B.1.3 Server Maintains Previous States . 65
B.2 Address Space Examples . 67
Annex C (informative) Mapping to EEMUA . 71
Annex D (informative) Mapping from OPC A&E to OPC UA A&C . 72
D.1 Overview. 72
D.2 Alarms and Events COM UA Wrapper . 72
D.2.1 Event Areas . 72
D.2.2 Event Sources . 73
D.2.3 Event Categories . 73
D.2.4 Event Attributes . 74
D.2.5 Event Subscriptions. 74
D.2.6 Condition Instances . 76
D.2.7 Condition Refresh . 76
D.3 Alarms and Events COM UA Proxy . 77
D.3.1 General . 77
D.3.2 Server Status Mapping . 77
D.3.3 Event Type Mapping . 77
D.3.4 Event Category Mapping . 78
D.3.5 Event Category Attribute Mapping . 79
D.3.6 Event Condition Mapping . 82
D.3.7 Browse Mapping. 82
D.3.8 Qualified Names . 83
D.3.9 Subscription Filters . 84
Bibliography . 86
Figure 1 – Base Condition State Model . 13
Figure 2 – AcknowledgeableConditions State Model . 14
Figure 3 – Acknowledge State Model . 15
Figure 4 – Confirmed Acknowledge State Model . 15
Figure 5 – Alarm State Machine Model . 17
Figure 6 – Multiple Active States Example . 18
Figure 7 – ConditionType Hierarchy . 20
Figure 8 – Condition Model . 24
Figure 9 – DialogConditionType Overview . 31
Figure 10 – AcknowledgeableConditionType Overview . 33
Figure 11 – AlarmConditionType Hierarchy Model . 37
Figure 12 – Alarm Model . 37
Figure 13 – Shelve state transitions . 39
Figure 14 – Shelved State Machine Model . 40
Figure 15 – LimitAlarmType . 43
Figure 16 – ExclusiveLimitStateMachine . 44
Figure 17 – ExclusiveLimitAlarmType . 46
Figure 18 – NonExclusiveLimitAlarmType . 47
Figure 19 – DiscreteAlarmType Hierarchy . 50
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Figure 20 – ConditionClass Type Hierarchy . 52
Figure 21 – AuditEvent Hierarchy . 54
Figure 22 – Refresh Related Event Hierarchy . 57
Figure 23 – Typical Event Hierarchy . 60
Figure 24 – Use of HasCondition in an Event Hierarchy . 61
Figure 25 – Use of HasCondition in an InstanceDeclaration . 62
Figure 26 – Use of HasCondition in a VariableType . 62
Figure B.1 – Single State Example . 65
Figure B.2 – Previous State Example . 66
Figure B.3 – HasCondition used with Condition instances . 68
Figure B.4 – HasCondition reference to a Condition Type . 69
Figure B.5 – HasCondition used with an instance declaration . 70
Figure D.1 – The Type Model of a Wrapped COM AE Server . 74
Figure D.2 – Mapping UA Event Types to COM A&E Event Types . 78
Figure D.3 – Example Mapping of UA Event Types to COM A&E Categories . 79
Figure D.4 – Example Mapping of UA Event Types to A&E Categories with Attributes . 82
Table 1 – Parameter Types defined in IEC 62541-3 . 12
Table 2 – Parameter Types defined in IEC 62541-4 . 12
Table 3 – TwoStateVariableType Definition . 21
Table 4 – ConditionVariableType Definition . 22
Table 5 – HasTrueSubState ReferenceType . 22
Table 6 – HasFalseSubState ReferenceType . 23
Table 7 – ConditionType Definition . 25
Table 8 – Simple Attribute Operand . 27
Table 9 – Disable Result Codes . 28
Table 10 – Disable Method AddressSpace Definition . 28
Table 11 – Enable Result Codes . 28
Table 12 – Enable Method AddressSpace Definition . 28
Table 13 – AddComment Arguments . 29
Table 14 – AddComment result Codes . 29
Table 15 – AddComment Method AddressSpace Definition . 29
Table 16 – ConditionRefresh Parameters . 30
Table 17 – ConditionRefresh ReturnCodes . 30
Table 18 – ConditionRefresh Method AddressSpace Definition . 31
Table 19 – DialogConditionType Definition . 31
Table 20 – Repond Parameters . 32
Table 21 – Respond ResultCodes . 33
Table 22 – Respond Method AddressSpace Definition . 33
Table 23 – AcknowledgeableConditionType Definition . 34
Table 24 – Acknowledge Parameters . 34
Table 25 – Acknowledge result codes . 35
Table 26 – Acknowledge Method AddressSpace Definition . 35
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Table 27 – Confirm Method Parameters . 35
Table 28 – Confirm Result Codes . 36
Table 29 – Confirm Method AddressSpace Definition . 36
Table 30 – AlarmConditionType Definition . 38
Table 31 –ShelvedStateMachine Definition . 40
Table 32 – ShelvedStateMachine Transitions . 41
Table 33 – Unshelve Result Codes . 41
Table 34 – Unshelve Method AddressSpace Definition . 41
Table 35 – TimedShelve Parameters . 42
Table 36 – TimedShelve Result Codes . 42
Table 37 – TimedShelve Method AddressSpace Definition . 42
Table 38 – OneShotShelve Result Codes . 42
Table 39 – OneShotShelve Method AddressSpace Definition . 43
Table 40 – LimitAlarmType Definition . 43
Table 41 – ExclusiveLimitStateMachineType Definition . 44
Table 42 – ExclusiveLimitStateMachineType Transitions . 45
Table 43 – ExclusiveLimitAlarmType Definition . 46
Table 44 – NonExclusiveLimitAlarmType Definition . 47
Table 45 – NonExclusiveLevelAlarmType Definition . 48
Table 46 – ExclusiveLevelAlarmType Definition . 48
Table 47 – NonExclusiveDeviationAlarmType Definition . 49
Table 48 – ExclusiveDeviationAlarmType Definition . 49
Table 49 – NonExclusiveRateOfChangeAlarmType Definition . 50
Table 50 – ExclusiveRateOfChangeAlarmType Definition . 50
Table 51 – DiscreteAlarmType Definition . 51
Table 52 – OffNormalAlarmType Definition . 51
Table 53 – SystemOffNormalAlarmType Definition . 51
Table 54 – TripAlarmType Definition . 52
Table 55 – BaseConditionClassType Definition . 52
Table 56 – ProcessConditionClassType Definition . 53
Table 57 – MaintenanceConditionClassType Definition . 53
Table 58 – SystemConditionClassType Definition . 53
Table 59 – AuditConditionEventType Definition . 54
Table 60 – AuditConditionEnableEventType Definition . 55
Table 61 – AuditConditionCommentEventType Definition . 55
Table 62 – AuditConditionRespondEventType Definition . 55
Table 63 – AuditConditionAcknowledgeEventType Definition . 56
Table 64 – AuditConditionConfirmEventType Definition . 56
Table 65 – AuditConditionShelvingEventType Definition . 56
Table 66 – RefreshStartEventType Definition . 57
Table 67 – RefreshEndEventType Definition . 57
Table 68 – RefreshRequiredEventType Definition . 58
Table 69 – HasCondition ReferenceType . 58
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Table 70 – Alarm and Condition Result Codes . 59
Table A.1 – Recommended state names for LocaleId “en” . 63
Table A.2 – Recommended display names for LocaleId “en” . 63
Table A.3 – Recommended state names for LocaleId “de” . 63
Table A.4 – Recommended display names for LocaleId “de” . 64
Table A.5 – Recommended state names for LocaleId “fr” . 64
Table A.6 – Recommended display names for LocaleId “fr” . 64
Table A.7 – Recommended Dialog Response Options. 64
Table B.1 – Example of a Condition that only keeps the latest state . 65
Table B.2 – Example of a Condition that maintains previous states via branches . 67
Table C.1 – EEMUA Terms . 71
Table D.1 – Mapping from Standard Event Categories to OPC UA Event Types . 73
Table D.2 – Mapping from ONEVENTSTRUCT fields to UA BaseEventType Variables . 75
Table D.3 – Mapping from ONEVENTSTRUCT fields to UA AuditEventType Variables. 75
Table D.4 – Mapping from ONEVENTSTRUCT fields to UA AlarmType Variables . 76
Table D.5 – Event Category Attribute Mapping Table . 80
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International Standard IEC 62541-9 has been prepared by subcommittee 65E: Devices and
integration in enterprise systems, of IEC technical committee 65: Industrial-process
measurement, control and automation.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2012. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) added section to describe expect behaviour for A&C servers and the associated
information model in the case of redundancy or communication faults, see 5.14 for
additional details.[ref 698 & 967];
b) changed the DialogConditionType to be not abstract since it is expect that instance of this
type will exist in the system, see Table 19 for additonal details [ref 1622];
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c) updated ConditionRefresh Method to allow the use of the well know NodeIds associated
with the types for the MethodId and ConditionId instead of requiring the call to use only
the MethodId and ConditionId that is part of an instance. Without this change, servers that
do not expose instance may have problems with ConditionRefresh, see 5.5.7 for additional
details [ref 2091];
d) Fixed ExclusiveLimitStateMachineType and ShelvedStatemachineType to be sub-types of
FinitStateMachineType not StateMachineType. See 5.8.3 and 5.8.5.2 for additional details
[ref 2091].
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
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Architecture, can be found on the IEC website.
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Part 9: Alarms and conditions
1 Scope
This part of IEC 62541 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 space.
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and
are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
IEC TR 62541-1, OPC Unified Architecture – Part 1: Overview and Concepts
IEC 62541-3, OPC Unified Architecture – Part 3: Address Space Model
IEC 62541-4, OPC Unified Architecture – Part 4: Services
IEC 62541-5, OPC Unified Architecture – Part 5: Information Model
IEC 62541-6, OPC Unified Architecture – Part 6: Mappings
IEC 62541-8, OPC Unified Architecture – Part 8: Data Access
EEMUA: 2nd Edition EEMUA 191 – Alarm System – A guide to design, management and
procurement (Appendixes 6, 7, 8, 9), available at http://www.eemua.co.uk/
3 Terms, definitions, and abbreviations
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC TR 62541-1,
IEC 62541-3, IEC 62541-4, and IEC 62541-5 as well as the following apply.
3.1.1
acknowledge
operator action that indicates recognition of a new Alarm
Note 1 to entry: This definition is copied from EEMUA. The term “Accept” is another common term used to
describe Acknowledge. They can be used interchangeably. This standard will use Acknowledge.
3.1.2
active
state for an Alarm that indicates that the situation the Alarm is representing currently exists
Note 1 to entry: Other common terms defined by EEMUA are “Standing” for an Active Alarm and “Cleared” when
the Condition has returned to normal and is no longer Active.
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3.1.3
ConditionClass
Condition grouping that indicates in which domain or for what purpose a certain Condition is
used
Note 1 to entry: Some top-level ConditionClasses are defined in this specification. Vendors or organisations may
derive more concrete classes or define different top-level classes.
3.1.4
ConditionBranch
specific state of a Condition
Note 1 to entry: The Server can maintain ConditionBranches for the current state as well as for previous states.
3.1.5
ConditionSource
element which a specific Condition is based upon or related to
Note 1 to entry: Typically, it will be a Variable representing a process tag (e.g. FIC101) or an Object representing
a device or subsystem.
In Events generated for Conditions, the SourceNode Property (inherited from the BaseEventType) will contain the
NodeId of the ConditionSource.
3.1.6
confirm
operator action informing the Server that a corrective action has been taken to address the
cause of the Alarm
3.1.7
disable
system is configured such that the Alarm will not be generated even though the base Alarm
Condition is present
Note 1 to entry: This definition is copied from EEMUA and is further described in EEMUA.
3.1.8
operator
special user who is assigned to monitor and control a portion of a process
Note
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