Kelvin Maps Alarms¶

On this page you will learn to use all the features about Alarms in Kelvin Maps. We will pay particular attention to the Kelvin Alarms Page.

Kelvin Alarms¶

There are two types of Kelvin Alarms;

1. Failure Detection Alarms - These are alarms that are generated by the Kelvin Failure Detection AI monitor. These are developed by Kelvin Development Team.
2. Client Generated Alarms - These are alarms that can be generated by client's own programs or from their Kelvin Apps and are triggered through the Kelvin REST API.

Kelvin Failure Detection Alarms¶

Kelvin Failure Detection are machine learning models create by the Kelvin data scientists to monitor the data recorded from Kelvin Assets.

You can setup the Failure Detection options when creating or editing a Kelvin Asset. You can read more on how to do this here.

Client Generated Alarms¶

You can create your own Kelvin Alarms through the Kelvin REST API. You can read more on how to do this here.

To test the REST API command through a Linux command terminal, you can use this code below (make sure curl is installed).

curl --request POST 'https://<url>/api/v4/alarms/create' --header "Content-Type: applic

Alarm Severity¶

Kelvin Alarms have 5 levels of alarms classified as severity from low to critical.

Icon	Severity	Description
	Low	Normally this is informational for maintenance or check on inspection round.
	Medium
	Advisory
	Urgent
	Critical	Normally this is a safety failure that requires immediate action to avoid

The number of the right hand side indicate the number of active alarms at that severity.

Viewing Alarms¶

The alarms are display as summaries in each Kelvin Maps page. There are three main screens which will give you varying degrees of alarm information. The most detailed page is the Alarms page which lists all alarms in detail.

Maps Overview Page¶

This summary only shows all alarms per area (in this example is per production line) the severity of alarm (low to critical) and the count of alarms currently active in each severity.

Details View Alarm¶

While the Dashboard gives you a good overview, to get a detailed analysis of one process you can click on the -> View button located at the bottom of each process to go to the Process View.

In here you will get more granular breakdown of where the alarms are occurring. Depending on how you have setup your process view, you will see a summary of your alarms per component.

In this example you can see that you have multiple alarms at two components and no alarms at the others.

Asset Details Alarm Sidebar¶

When you click on one of the Kelvin Assets shown in the Kelvin Maps Process View, a list of all Kelvin Alarms for the Kelvin Assets will be shown on the right hand side bar.

The color of the pins on the asset model represent the severity of the Kelvin Alarm. If it is white, then it means that there is no alarm at this monitoring Kelvin Component.

To identify which alarm in the left hand side bar is represented on the 2D or 3D model, simply click on the alarm and the corresponding pin will start bouncing.

Alarms List View¶

To see the details of the alarms in the Kelvin Maps Process Maps, click on the Alarms tab at the top;

You will then see a full list of all the alarms in this process view.

You have all the alarm details in rows of all equipment within the one process view.

Alarm List Overview¶

The alarm list overview has a number of useful features for moving around Kelvin Maps quickly and to quickly isolate the alarms most interesting to you.

Searching Alarms¶

At the top right corner you can quickly and dynamically search the Alarm Title and Asset columns.

Filtering Alarms¶

You are able to filter on a combination of three different columns; Assets, Severity and Status.

Manage Table Columns¶

You also have the ability to manage the table columns and to freeze columns on the left and right to keep important information always in view for tables that are wider than the screen.

Except for the fixed list of columns available (no custom columns), all the features are explained in detailed in our Getting Started Guide on Asset-centric tables. Read more about it here; Getting Started Guide -> GSG Common Features -> GSG Asset-centric Tables.

Row Height¶

You can select the row height to suit you.

Alarm Details¶

When you click on one of the alarms in the alarm list on the right hand sidebar, a new right hand sidebar will appear with full details on the alarm.

The Alarm Details page has many details and links to help you quickly identify and resolve the alarm.

Kelvin Failure Detection AI¶

If the alarm has been generated by the built-in Kelvin Failure Detection AI, then there are two additional tabs, failures and analysis, which provide greater detail about the detected failures and some analysis data showing the severity of the problem.

The Alarm Details side bar will look like this;

Failures Tab¶

The failures tab gives detailed information about the possible inferred causes that the Kelvin Failure Detection AI system has calculated from the available sensors.

In the example above the vibration signatures point to a possible loose footing of the extraction machine and it recommends to check the nuts and bolts fastening the machine to the supporting structure.

Analysis Tab¶

The analysis tab gives you a more detailed view of the data used by the Kelvin Failure Detection AI to model the possible failures.

The analysis can help you evaluate the severity of the issue and gain insights into the Kelvin Failure Detection AI decision process.

Assets Links¶

In the Alarms Details page you can see which Asset, Component, Sensor or Part triggered the Alarm. You can click on the link to go over to the Assets Monitoring Page.

Actions¶

Actions allow you to change the status of the Alarm. Listed here are all the options available.

Alarm Active to Acknowledge¶

When you acknowledge an Alarm, the alarm status will change to Acknowledged and a time will be recorded when the action happened.

Alarm Acknowledged to Resolved¶

When you acknowledge an Alarm, the alarm status will change from Acknowledged to Resolved and a time will be recorded when the action happened.

Rollback Actions¶

In some cases you may need to rollback your actions to Acknowledge or Active. But you must do this before moving on as you will not be able to see this alarm in the alarm list anymore !

Types of Rollback¶

There are three types of rollback you can do depending on what is the status of the Alarm and what you want to do.

Example Rollback¶

When the alarm starts as resolved and you click on Acknowledged or Active, you will first get a confirmation box like this;

You can see the Ack At, Ack By (if you select Active), Resolved At and Resolved By are deleted (cleaned).

Alarm Discussions¶

There is also a a discussion area called comments where you can talk with your team mates or anybody with the organisation about a particular alarm.

Comment Thread¶

When you click on the Comments tab, you can also see a full history of all discussions related to this alarm event. You can also add your own comments to the thread.

Status Updates¶

A timestamp of a change in the status of an alarm will be added to the comments for easy historical reference of the evolution of the alarm.

Follow the Thread¶

If you want to follow all the discussions happening on this thread, then activate the "Follow this thread and be notified about new comments" and you will be notified when any new comments are posted.

The notifications will be sent by email or SMS from your settings in the Notifications page inside Kelvin Manager UI.

Alert People in your Organization¶

Like many communication apps, you can also directly alert any one in your organisation with an email or SMS by mentioning their handle in the post.

All people mentioned will then get an email or SMS in their Inbox similar to this;

Link to Data Explorer¶

At the top you will see a button that links directly to the time when the Alarm occurred.

From there you can view all the metrics at that point in time in the Kelvin Process for analysis.

Other Related Links¶

Interesting links related to Kelvin Manager UI Overview

• Kelvin Overview -> Kelvin Maps
• Documentation -> Kelvin Maps -> Kelvin Maps Dashboard
• Documentation -> Kelvin Maps -> Kelvin Maps Details

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