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Water SmartPoint alarms
Sensus water SmartPoint modules monitor their operation for exceptional or abnormal conditions. When the module detects one of these alarm conditions it is logged in non-volatile memory. If the module is configured for fixed-base mode, an alarm notification message transmits to the RNI.
Alarm sources
Alarms generate from both smart meters and FlexNet SmartPoint modules.

Electric meter alerts
Sensus electric meters and third-party meters in a FlexNet system generate alarms, errors and warnings. These alert notifications are transmitted in multiple ways.
Water meter alerts
Sensus water meters and SmartPoint modules in a FlexNet system generate alarms. These alert notifications are viewed on the LCD or through Device Manager.
Water SmartPoint alarms
Sensus water SmartPoint modules monitor their operation for exceptional or abnormal conditions. When the module detects one of these alarm conditions it is logged in non-volatile memory. If the module is configured for fixed-base mode, an alarm notification message transmits to the RNI.
- Alarm sources
  Alarms generate from both smart meters and FlexNet SmartPoint modules.
- Latching alarms
  Latching alarms are alarms that continue to report for a period of time even after the condition clears.
- Paused alarms
  A paused alarm is a SmartPoint module alarm that occurs in conjunction with a smart meter or smart meter register.
- Reporting alarms
  Alarms transmit via an alarm message or read message depending on whether they are in a Walk-by/Drive-by or Fixed-Base system.
- Clearing alarms
  Alarms may be cleared via message rather than waiting for the alarm to expire and self-clear.
- North American two-way water SmartPoint module alerts
  The following describes the alarms, errors, and warnings for the North American two-way water SmartPoint modules.
Gas meter alerts
Gas meter alerts can originate from either the SmartPoint module or the metrology.
Gas SmartPoint alarms
Sensus gas SmartPoint modules monitor their operation for exceptional or abnormal conditions. When the module detects one of these alarm conditions it is logged in non-volatile memory. If the module is configured for fixed-base mode, an alarm notification message transmits to the RNI.
Smart Gateway alerts
The Sensus Smart Gateway Sensor Interface reports alerts that can originate from the Smart Gateway, and its attached digital inputs and sensors.
Base Station alerts
Base Stations have eight bits for alarms, which display differently depending on the model of Base Station.

Alarm sources

Alarms generate from both smart meters and FlexNet SmartPoint modules.

Both devices detect operational problems as well as volume-based alarms for atypical usage. When a SmartPoint module is connected to a smart water meter, SmartPoint volume alarms may be deactivated in favor of the Sensus smart meter volume alarms. This is because the smart meter has more granular volume data and can detect alarms more precisely.