garbage alarm data

[PaulG.]

I've looked at the dozen or more solutions here but none seem to work. I have some alarm description data that I cannot clear from the Citadel database. The alarms were cleared but that data did not make it to the database. How do I get rid of it? False alarms should not appear to the operator.

[bruno_costa]

Hi,

In my application I do it using the function Acknowledge Alarms.vi in mode Alarms. I discovered that you only need the  alarm name and refnum filled to acknowledge the alarm and works fine in the version 8.6 of LabVIEW

[PaulG.]

I have no trouble acknowledging and clearing alarms. I just have a few "old" alarm descriptions that will not clear. They have already been acknowledged. The problem is garbage data in the database that I need to get rid of. LV version 2009.

[Ben]

I have no experience with that issue but will ask "have you tried the repair option available in MAX?" It has cleared up weird things for me.

Ben

[bruno_costa]

Let me see if I understood what you want to do. You want delete old alarms from the database? Correct?

[PaulG.]

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@bruno costa wrote:

Let me see if I understood what you want to do. You want delete old alarms from the database? Correct?

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Correct.

[bruno_costa]

Hi Paul,

Sorry by you wait.

Inside the DSC palette has a function named "Alarm & Event Archive.vi" you can use this function to solve you problem. You should pass to the inputs the alarm filter that select the alarms which you dont want, the sopurce and the destination URL. Later you can erase this file.