How do bi-conditional alerts for meters work in Fracttal One?

The bi-conditional alerts are designed to improve monitoring accuracy, ensuring that alerts are only triggered by real deviations.
A bi-conditional alert is generated only when two mandatory validations are met:

• The meter reports a value outside the established range.

• That value remains constant outside the range for a specified minimum time.

This helps reduce false alerts caused by common fluctuations in equipment.

The complete process includes:

1. Create a unit in auxiliary catalogs.

2. Configure the two required meters.

3. Set up the automator with the bi-conditional conditions.

4. Define the action to execute when both conditions are true.

How to create a unit in Auxiliary Catalogs

To use custom units in meters, you must first create them in the Auxiliary Catalogs.

1. Go to Settings.

   

2. Select Auxiliary Catalogs.

   

3. Choose the Unit type.

   

4. Click Add unit.

   

5. Enter the description and the code of the unit. In unit type, select On/Off.

   

6. Save the changes.

   

How to create meters?

After creating the unit in the auxiliary catalogs, the next step is to configure the meters that will be used in the automation. For this functionality, it is necessary to create two meters, one for each variable, whose readings are evaluated simultaneously.

One of the meters must be of the digital type (On/Off), responsible for identifying the equipment’s status, while the other records the value of the monitored variable, such as temperature.

• In the first reading, the system identifies that the temperature is above the defined value.

• In the second reading, it checks if the equipment remains in the same state (on/off) during the configured time period, considering the value defined in the automation.

For correct operation, it is necessary to provide:

• Asset status: indicate whether the equipment is on (ON) or off (OFF).

• Temperature: provide the temperature reading value.

Check the following article for more details on creating meters in Fracttal One: How to create a new meter?

Once the necessary meters are configured, you can create the automator that will evaluate both conditions simultaneously.

Note: This functionality does not allow accumulator meters.

1. Create a new automator

1. Access the Automator module and open the Events section.

   

2. Click Add automator.

3. In Module, select Monitoring.

4. In Submodule, choose Meters.

5. In Event, select Reading out of range.

6. Enter a description that clearly identifies the automator’s function.

7. Save the changes.

2. Configure the bi-conditional conditions

Select the option All are true, since both conditions must be met to trigger the alert.

Condition 1 – Remaining out of range

• When: Meter reading (On/Off)

• Meter: Select the previously created meter

• Operation: Select the option Is equal to

• Value: Enter the corresponding value

• During: Minimum time the door remains open or the state stays active

This condition checks the continuity of the out-of-range state for a minimum period.

Condition 2 – Value over the allowed limit

• When: Meter reading

• Meter: Select the second previously configured digital meter

• Operation: Select the option Greater than

• Value: Enter the corresponding limit value (for example, X degrees)

This condition validates that the current meter value exceeds the established limit.

3. Configure the actions

Define what should happen when both conditions are met.

Action: Email notification

1. In Actions, select Send email.

   

2. Enter the email address that will receive the alert.

   

3. Save the automator.