== Program Name ==
pcsAlarmCont

== PCS stream-state ==
group: TPP table: TPP state: ALARM

== Description ==
pcsAlarmCont provides one of the connection points between the PCS system and the post processing [[postproc:alarm]] system. For each event found it the configured PCS stream-state, a CMS message is sent to the **alarmdec_pp** program by means of the **alarmevent** program.

pcsAlarmCont runs the basic PCS client loop: 
  * queries for the next event in its assigned stream-state
  * if an event is found, run //alarmevent <evid>//
  * if alarmevent succedded, set stream-state event result to 1 and repeat the loop
  * if alarmevent failed, set stream-state event result to 100 and repeat the loop
  * if no event is found, sleep 30 seconds and repeat the loop

== Program Location ==
post-proc systems: /home/ncss/ncpp/bin/

== Configuration File ==
none

== Source of Database name ==
[[PostProc:masterdb]]


== Cron Starter Program ==
  0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /home/ncss/ncpp/bin/startPcsTasks
 

== Log File ==
/home/ncss/ncpp/logs/pcsAlarmCont.log


== Other Programs Called ==
  * /home/ncss/ncpp/bin/alarmsend: checks for existence of event, then calls //alarmevent -c /home/ncss/run/params/alarmevent-pp.cfg <evid>//
  * /home/ncss/run/bin/alarmevent: publishes CMS message with subject // /signals/event/final//