IPA - the Internet Protocol for Alarm Management

ALARM

Request delivery of a notification of an alarm or event.

Attributes

Attribute

Description Mandatory
Id Id for identification of acknowledgement message No

Elements

Element

Description Mandatory
Source Source of the alarm. This can be just a simple ID, or a more detailed description where the ID consists of several parts marked up by other tags. Yes
Type Type of the alarm. The direct content of the element is an alarm type identifier, and there are also attributes to describe the alarm typ in detail. Yes
Location Location of the alarm, if known. This could be a beacon ID, a GPS coordinate or base station ID. No

 (Click the element names to the left for details about each element.)

Example - Simple alarm notification

<Alarm><Source>209</Source><Type>FIRE</Type></Alarm>

Example - Alarm with detailed information

<Alarm>
    <Source>
        <Room>209</Room>
        <Detector>33</Detector>
    </Source>
    <Type Severity="100">FIRE</Type>
</Alarm>