Correcting Problematic Alarm Records - viewLinc 5.1

Resolving Alarm Records without a Deactivation Timestamp in viewLinc ES 5.1 Technical Note
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DOC261519-A
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en-US
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viewLinc 5.1
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Technical note

Follow these steps to correctly use the tool:

  1. Stop viewLinc services using Vaisala > viewLinc – Stop Services , or manually in the order described in the viewLinc User Guide.
  2. Back up the viewLinc db folder for the affected month. (C:\Users\Public\Documents\Vaisala\Vaisala viewLinc\db\hist\yyyy-mm)
  3. Run the Remediation Tool in inspection mode: python.exe fix_all_open_alarms.py -st yyyy-mm
  4. Review the list of alarms records to be updated.
  5. Run the Remediation Tool in repair mode python.exe fix_all_open_alarms.py -st yyyy-mm -r
  6. Restart viewLinc services using Vaisala > viewLinc – Start Services , or manually in the order described in the viewLinc User Guide.
  7. Remove the script from the viewLinc server after use.

After the repair stage, the customer must perform verification testing in line with its quality processes to confirm that the affected alarm records no longer appear as active in the Alarm Report.