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Subject: Re: Simple alarm monitor
From: Michael Davidsaver via Tech-talk <[email protected]>
To: Bo Jakobsen <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:51:18 -0800
On 1/22/19 1:59 AM, Bo Jakobsen via Tech-talk wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I am looking for a "simple alarm monitor".
> The ones I found all seems to be to large a framework to set up for what I am trying to do on a small scale.
> 
> I would just like a monitor program which monitors a small number of PV's (order of 50)
> 
> * Writes to a log when the PV goes into or out of Alarm status

IMO, start by archiving them.  This lets yous focus on extraction and report generation.

> * Potentially can call a external program the an alarm happens (for e.g. sending a text messeage or mail).
> 
> I was considering to write something in python, but if something like this already exists that would be easier :-)

My "something in python" which sends email.  Mainly focused
on batching and rate limiting to avoid spaming myself.

https://github.com/mdavidsaver/alarmmailer

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Simple alarm monitor Bo Jakobsen via Tech-talk

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