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Easy and Flexible CAMS Engineering

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Flexible Alarm Attribute Design

CAMS allows users to define attribute identifiers and sort out alarms quickly and effectively. In addition, further value-added information can be defined for specific alarms to help operators take agile role-based action.

Example of alarm attribute identifiers:

• To filter alarms and deliver necessary alarms only

-	Purpose of monitoring (e.g. safety, environment, economic efficiency)
-	Operation mode to be monitored (e.g. at the time of plant startup, during steady-state operation)

• To deliver alarms to the right people

-	User name
-	Duty position

• To provide alarms at the right time

-	Maximum allowable time to respond
-	Estimated amount of loss
-	Alarm priority

Examples of further value-added information:

-	Root causes of alarm occurrence
-	Role-based actions to be taken
-	Previous action procedure

EEMUA#191 Compliant Alarm Definition

CAMS for HIS provides an engineering environment that allows users to define truly necessary alarms only. This engineering environment is in accordance with EEMUA Publication 191.