Alarms & Notifications (previously called Alarming or Cloud Notify) enables you to receive notifications about machine events: when the temperature exceeds 60°C, the operating hours exceed 1000 hours, the machine is in emergency stop, or any other situation you would like to be notified about.

For more information about how it works and frequently asked questions, see Alarms & Notifications FAQ.

If you're instead looking for receiving notifications when the edge gateway loses connection, have a look at Receive a notification when your device loses connection.

• Read machine data
• Use machine data
• Receive machine data alarms

Read machine data

The machine will need to be added as a data source in the IXON Cloud and its variables will also need to be added.

Several communication protocols are supported. This is the protocol that the edge gateway will use to locally communicate with your machine. If you're unsure whether your machine also supports one of these protocols, listed below, please check with the manufacturer.

1. Add a new data source with variables, or use an existing one. Follow the instructions in one of the articles below to create a new one and come back here once you have.
   • BACnet/IP
   • Digital Input (GPIO)
   • EtherNet/IP
   • MELSEC
   • Modbus TCP
   • OPC UA
   • Plain-text TCP
   • Siemens S7-300/400/1200/1500
   • SMTP
   • Universal Robots

Use machine data

Now that the data source and variables have been set up, you can configure when you effectively want to be notified.

2. Add an alarm for every situation that you want to be notified about. Follow the instructions in the article below and come back here once you have.
   • Configure alarm triggers

Receive machine data alarms

Now that the alarm triggers have been set up, you will be notified when an alarm occurs. See Alarms & Notifications FAQ for information on how you are informed and what happens to alarms if your edge gateway is offline.