The WinCC Event Notifier enables the following to be configured in a clear and user-friendly manner via the Calendar Options Editor in the WinCC Explorer:
- The e-mail service
for sending and receiving messages - The notifications
- by selecting configured messages in the WinCC Alarm System as well the setup and contents of the notification
- by selecting the message blocks
- Contacts
- by selecting predefined persons from the WinCC user administration.
In a calendar it is then possible to select the persons to be notified within in the opened time slot from the existing contacts. If several persons or groups of persons are set up for the same time slot, escalation levels can be implemented by assigning different escalation times (= dead time before notification). The period represented by the calendar can be freely selected. Recurring events can be defined as serial events with any desired exceptions.
The calendar can also be integrated as .Net Control in WinCC screens; the appearance of the calendar controls at runtime is configurable. Via the calendar control, you can create time slots at runtime with contacts who are then to be notified on occurrence of the configured events in the WinCC Alarm System. In addition, the calendar control allows the creation of new contacts by means of selection from the WinCC user management.
The Event Notifier is easy and intuitive to operate and supports drag & drop during configuration and runtime.