A Monitored Asset may be a piece of equipment with contents, a room, or an area. A Monitored Asset identifies what a sensor is monitoring.
The following information provides an overview of the monitoring features - from knowing the current state of all your assets, responding to alerts, documenting corrective action taken to resolve an alarm condition, and more.
The Dashboard provides a snapshot of the current state of all Monitored Assets, a To Do list of alerts and notifications, and User Announcements
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View current state of all Monitored Assets
The State of a Monitored Asset is determined by the last transmitted reading and operating condition of its assigned sensor(s). Its Status identifies the condition that resulted in the asset either entering a Warning or Alarm state.
Monitored Assets are assigned to sensors and OneVue intelligently links the sensor reading data to its assigned Monitored Asset. This structure allows a sensor to be moved from one asset to another. Therefore, all reading data is unique to the asset, regardless of the current sensor or previous sensors assigned to the asset.
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Your Dashboard To Do list displays alerts that have not been acknowledged and system notifications associated to the Role(s) and Business Units(s) assigned to your User Profile. There are several types of alerts and notifications to ensure you know when a condition needs your attention.
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User Announcements highlight important messages on your Dashboard, providing an online communication method to share information with your OneVue users. As an example, Primex may create an announcement to communicate a system wide update will be released on a specific date.
OneVue activates an alert when a Monitored Asset enters an Alarm state. The alert sends alert notifications to notify staff, adds the alert to the Dashboard To Do list, and creates an Alert Resolution.
A Monitored Asset enters an Alarm state due to a reading excursion or when a sensor device is not operating as expected. In addition to the OneVue alert notifications, Primex sensor devices also provide audio and visual indicators when in a reading Alarm state.
Be sure to download the Sense Alert Workflow guide that provides an overview of how it all works. If you want to learn more about alert workflow, see How to incorporate OneVue alerting into your workflow - which provides examples with workflow and alert frequency illustrations.
OneVue alerting features include the following
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View Alerts not acknowledged (responded to from the Dashboard)
Alerts that have not been acknowledge are listed on the Dashboard To Do list. Commonly, staff will acknowledge an alert to indicate action is being taken to resolve the alerting condition.
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Acknowledging an alert temporarily suspends alert notifications and removes the alert from the Dashboard To Do list. An Alert will end when a Monitored Asset returns to a Normal state.
An alert is acknowledged by selecting the alert link from the Dashboard To Do list, which displays the Alert Resolution. When an alert is acknowledged and the condition has not returned to a Normal state, alert notifications resume once the time period set in the Resume Alert After has been reached.
Alert acknowledgement history is stored in a Monitored Asset's Event History and included in the Asset Summary Report.
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Alert Resolutions: document corrective action taken to resolve a Monitored Asset's Alarm state
From an Alert Resolution, staff will document corrective actions by selecting one or more of the pre-defined responses. Optionally, additional comments can be added to a selected response.
If an Alert Resolution Template is not included in an Alert Rule, staff will document correction actions by selecting State History from the Alert Resolution and add a comment to the Alarm state-change event.
Logged resolutions and state-change comments are stored in a Monitored Asset's Event History and included in the Asset Summary Report.
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In addition to alerts generated by an Alert Rule, one-time Missed Alarm or False Alarm alerts are generated when a state change is not transmitted to OneVue at the time it occurred. Commonly, a state change cannot be transmitted due to a device network connectivity issue.
From the profile of a Monitored Asset, you can view its current state, reading and event history, and its assigned sensors and settings.
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View the current State of a Monitored Asset
The State of a Monitored Asset is determined by the last transmitted reading and operating condition of its assigned sensor(s). Its Status identifies the condition that resulted in the asset either entering a Warning or Alarm state.
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View the Reading History of a Monitored Asset
A Monitored Asset's assigned sensor(s) logs its readings and then sends this data to OneVue. All sensor reading data is stored in OneVue and is viewed from the profile of a Monitored Asset.
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View the Event History of a Monitored Asset
A Monitored Asset's Event History includes all state changes and alert history. The data includes all alert notifications, state-change events and comments, alert acknowledgements and comments, and logged alert resolutions.
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View settings and assigned sensors
Each Monitored Asset has a unique profile. From its profile you can manage its name, assigned Business Unit and Location (optional setting), and view its assigned sensors.
Monitored Assets are assigned to sensors and OneVue intelligently links the sensor reading data to its assigned Monitored Asset. This structure allows a sensor to be moved from one asset to another. Therefore, all reading data is unique to the asset, regardless of the current sensor or previous sensors assigned to the asset.
Settings configured from a Monitored Asset's assigned sensor include its Normal Condition (range), Check-in and Logging Interval, Audio Alert, Network, and Alarm Delay. See topic About managing sensors.
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At anytime you can view and download reports or generate a new report for any active Report Profile. Report Profiles generate the reports available to you and are managed by a user assigned to an Admin role.
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Electronically sign report reviews to comply with Electronic Signatures (21 CFR Part 11):
An authorized OneVue system user can electronically acknowledge their review of a system generated report. OneVue stores and displays an electronic record for each report that was reviewed and electronically signed by a system user; which complies with Subpart B, Sec. 11.50 Signature manifestations.
A sensor also provides visual and audio indicators that indicate its current operating state.
A Primex sensor has three LED indicators (green, yellow, and red) that provide a visual indicator of its current state.
When power is first applied, the LCD segments display and LED indicators briefly illuminate.
In addition to the sampled readings, the LCD screen provides visual indicators of its current operating state.
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Signal OK |
Indicates its last connection to the facility's network and check-in to OneVue was successful. |
No Signal |
Indicates the device could not establish a connection to the facility's network and check-in to OneVue. For wireless network use, this may be due to the device is not within range of a wireless access point or the wireless signal strength is not adequate for normal operation. If the device is powered by AC or Power over Ethernet (PoE), the yellow LED indicator also flashes during this state. |
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Err (Temperature or Water Leak Sensor) |
For a temperature sensor: indicates either of the following: (1) a probe is either removed from or not inserted correctly into the sensor's probe input jack, or can be caused due to the probe is not operating as expected, or (2) the collection period must be reset, which may result from inserting a new probe or reinserting a probe. To clear the error state and reset the Lo/Hi collection period, verify the probe is inserted into the sensor jack and press and release the sensor Silence (bell) button For a water leak sensor: indicates the water detector is either removed from or not inserted correctly into the sensor's input jack or can be caused due to the detector is not operating as expected. During this error:
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Low Battery icon |
Indicates an Alarm state due to its estimated battery life is less than 25%. To avoid loss of battery power, be sure to replace its batteries. Requires 2 AA Lithium AA batteries. The use of alkaline batteries is not recommended. |
Lbat |
Indicates an Alarm state due to its battery level is critically low. Replace its batteries immediately. Requires 2 AA Lithium AA batteries. The use of alkaline batteries is not recommended. Readings are not displayed, sampled, logged, or transmitted to OneVue during this state. |
Up |
Indicates a firmware update is currently being applied to the device. Do not remove power during this state. When the firmware update is complete, UP is no longer displayed. Readings are not displayed, sampled, logged, or transmitted to OneVue during this state. |
Con |
The device is in configuration mode. The config icon is also displayed. Data is not logged or transmitted to OneVue during this state. |
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H \ / F (HwF) |
Indicates an internal hardware failure. This is due to the main processor cannot communicate with the internal sensing element. Contact Primex Technical Support for assistance. Readings are not displayed, sampled, logged, or transmitted to OneVue during this state. |
FTST |
Indicates the sensor is in a Factory Test Mode state. A sensor enters Factory Test Mode when its Silence button This mode does not impact the use of the sensor or the logged readings stored in its local memory. The purpose of this mode is for use by Primex during factory testing. When a sensor has entered this mode, it performs a factory test and power-cycles (turns off and on), which can take up to approximately 1 minute. Once the factory test is complete, the sensor returns to its normal operating mode. Readings are not displayed, sampled, logged, or transmitted to OneVue during this state. |
Primex sensors are equipped with a reading alarm audio alert. The audio alert is activated when a reading is out of range and the time period it has been out of range has exceeded the time period set in its Alarm Delay. Be default, the audio alert is disabled.
When the audio alert is enabled (disabled by default) and the sensor is in a reading Alarm state, the sensor emits an audio beep at one second intervals. Also, when powered by AC or PoE, the sensor's red LED flashes once per second.
During a reading Alarm state, pressing and immediately releasing the silence button
clears the audio alert and stops the red LED from flashing, but does not acknowledge the alert. The audio alert resumes once the time period of the Resume Audio Alert setting has been reached.Audio alert settings are configured from a sensor's gateway profile.