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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Term<U> alert</U> is defined in the following NRAO document:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Antenna Monitor & Control System, Preliminary Requirements Specification, Rev. 2.0, April 4 2002.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Here is the link:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/evla/techdocs/computer/workdocs/amcsSRS.pdf" TARGET="_blank">http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/evla/techdocs/computer/workdocs/amcsSRS.pdf</A></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The document defines three types of alerts: failure, warning and error (see page 16).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">My proposal is to add the fourth type:</FONT><U> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">information</FONT></U><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, which will be used to report non-fault events. </FONT>
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