Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – With particular system function
Patent
1988-04-22
1989-03-14
Crosland, Donnie L.
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
With particular system function
340500, 340506, 340519, 340522, 340523, 340525, 36443101, G08B 2300
Patent
active
048128198
ABSTRACT:
A functional relationship-based alarm processing system and method analyzes each alarm as it is activated and determines its relative importance with other currently activated alarms and signals in accordance with the functional relationships that the newly activated alarm has with other currently activated alarms. Once the initial level of importance of the alarm has been determined, that alarm is again evaluated if another related alarm is activated or deactivated. Thus, each alarm's importance is continuously updated as the state of the process changes during a scenario. Four hierarchical relationships are defined by this alarm filtering methodology: (1) level precursor (usually occurs when there are two alarm settings on the same parameter); (2) direct precursor (based on causal factors between two alarms); (3) required action (system response or action expected within a specified time following activation of an alarm or combination of alarms and process signals); and (4) blocking condition (alarms that are normally expected and are not considered important). The alarm processing system and method is sensitive to the dynamic nature of the process being monitored and is capable of changing the relative importance of each alarm as necessary.
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Crosland Donnie L.
Fisher Robert J.
Glenn Hugh W.
Hightower Judson R.
The United States of America as represented by the United States
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