Alert Profile Configuration
This training will detail the End User configuration options for Alert Profiles.
This will include:
Weather Profile
NOTAM Profile
Sigmets Profile
Flight Progress Profile
Flight Event Profile
Weather Alert Profile Configuration
Weather Alert Profiles are used to configure how and when the system processes Weather Alerts, and when they are triggered and reported.
To complete a Weather Alert Profile Configuration, complete below steps:
Click the New button.
Click the Include Weather Profile? checkbox.
Click the Blank dropdown button on the left-hand side of the screen.
Click the ORIG - Origin list item.
Available options:
Click the Start dropdown button.
Click the ETD list item.
Click the Start input field.
Options for Start/End:
START:
Enter the base time to start monitoring for alerts.
Enter the start offset minutes: Enter <-> for minutes before base time.
END: Enter the base time to end monitoring for alerts.
Enter the sign of end offset minutes: Enter <-> for minutes before base time.
Enter -90 into the Start field.
Click the End dropdown button.
Click the ETD list item.
Click the End input field and enter 90.
Click the Ceiling input field.
Profile threshold options:
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Note: Forecast exclusion options are available to instruct the system to ignore TAF type GRAD, RAPID, INTER, FM, TEND, BECMG, or TEMPO.
Enter 2 into the Ceiling field.
Click the Visibility input field and enter 50.
Click the Sigmet input field.
The individual alerts can be configured to trigger on specific Sigmet weather elements.
Each unique or combined code can be prepended with "-" for "light", or "+" for heavy.
Codes can be combined to add qualifications to the phenomena. For example, FZRA is freezing rain.
VC can be prepended to any code, or combination of two codes to represent "in the vicinity of".
With the exception of the +, -, and VC prefixes, all codes should be 2 or 4 characters.
Enter TS FZRA into the Sigmet field.
Click the Save button.
NOTAM Alert Profile Configuration
The NOTAM profile is used to configure how and when the system processes NOTAM Alerts, and when they are triggered and reported.
To complete a NOTAM Alert Profile Configuration, complete below steps:
Click the New button.
Click the Include Notams Profile? checkbox.
Click the Airport dropdown button.
Click the DEST - Destination list item.
A profile can be set up for any or all of the following:
For each of the desired profiles, users configure a Start and End time threshold for NOTAM reporting alerts.
START:
Enter the base time to start monitoring for NOTAMs.
Enter the sign of start offset minutes: Enter <-> for minutes before base time
END:
Enter the base time to end monitoring for NOTAMs.
Enter the sign of end offset minutes: Enter <-> for minutes before base time.
Click the Start dropdown button.
Click the ETA list item.
Click the Offset input field and enter -120.
Click the End dropdown button.
Click the ETA list item.
Click the Offset input field and enter 90.
Click the New checkbox.
An alert profile filter can be configured to notify users for new NOTAMs of specific types:
New NOTAMs
Updated NOTAMs
Canceled NOTAMs
Expired NOTAMs
Click the Update checkbox.
Note: FIR Rule Filters can be set up. Refer to: Alert Profile (FIR) for more information.
Click the Save button.
Sigmet Alert Profile Configuration
The Sigmet profile is used to configure how and when the system processes Sigmet based Alerts, and when they are triggered and reported.
To complete a Sigmet Alert Profile Configuration, complete below steps:
Click the New button.
Click the Include Sigmets Profile? checkbox.
Click the Start dropdown button.
Click the ETD list item.
The Sigmets profile is used to set up time ranges for Sigmet alerts to be sent.
START:
Enter the offset base time to start monitoring for sigmets.
Enter <-> for minutes before base time.
END:
Enter the offset base time to end monitoring for sigmets.
Enter <-> for minutes before base time.
Click the Offset input field and enter -90.
Click the End dropdown button.
Click the ETA list item.
Click the Offset input field and enter 90.
Click the Save button.
Flight Progress Alert Profile Configuration
The Flight Progress profile is used to configure how and when the system processes Flight Progress Alerts when they are triggered and reported.
The Flight Progress profile is used to compare planned values against actual values communicated during the flight.
To complete a Flight Process Alert Profile Configuration, complete below steps:
Click the New button.
Click the Include Flight Progress Profile? checkbox.
Note: Clicking the Ignore Unit checkbox will ignore the units of fuel entered.
It will treat the fuel amount as equivalent in KGS and will be triggered if 1000 lbs or 1000 kgs is entered for example.
Click the Time dropdown button
Click the >= - GreaterThan?OrEqual list item. Enter the waypoint time difference threshold in minutes. Note: An alert is generated when this threshold is met or exceeded.
Click the Time input field and enter 10.
Enter the fuel difference threshold. Click the Fuel input field and enter 100.
Note: When the fuel value at a waypoint is below planned by this threshold an alert is generated.
Enter the Departure Delay difference threshold. Click the Departure Delay input field and enter 10.
Note: An alert is generated if the actual departure delay is above the planned value by this amount.
Click the Off Route checkbox.
Selecting the Off Route box will generate an alert whenever the system receives a position report from a point that is not part of the original planned route.
Click the Level dropdown button.
Enter the Flight Level difference threshold, in hundreds of feet. Click the >= - GreaterThanOrEqual list item.
Note: An alert is generated when the difference between actual Flight Level and planned Flight Level meets or exceeds this value.
Click the Level input field and enter 10.
Enter the waypoint wind difference threshold. Click the Wind input field and enter 40.
Note: An alert is generated when the actual wind component is above the planned value by this amount.
Enter the arrival delay difference threshold in minutes. Click the Arrival Delay input field and enter 10.
Note: An alert is generated if the actual arrival delay is above the planned value by this amount.
Click the Save button.
Flight Event Alert Profile Configuration
The Flight Event profile is used to configure how and when the system processes Flight Event Alerts, and when they are triggered and reported.
To complete a Flight Event Alert Profile Configuration, complete below steps:
Click the New button.
Click the Include Flight Event Profile? checkbox.
Error Alerts profile configuration allows a user to decide if the system will generate an alert when the selected action fails to complete successfully. See available fields below.
Integration Alerts profile configuration allows a user to configure alerts based on actions from 3rd Party integrated systems.
Click the User Region Modified dropdown button. Then, click the Yes list item.
Note: This field allows a user to specify whether or not to generate an alert when a modified User Region applies to an active flight.
Click the CTOT Tolerance.
Note: This field will alert the user when calculated take-off time changes by more than this many minutes
Click the Fuel Temp Below input field.
Enter -40 into the Fuel Temp Below field.
Click the ETD Change input field.
Enter 10 into the ETD Change field.
Click the Payload Change input field and enter 100.
Note: This field allows users to configure whether or not an alert is displayed if the payload changes on a computed flight, and to set the threshold for that alert.
Click the Payload Change dropdown button and click the KGS or LBS list item.
Click the ETD Based Alerts dropdown button.
Click the ATC Not Sent By list item.
Note: This section allows users to set alert profiles which will compare the state of the flight to the time relative to departure. If the action and time qualifiers are both met, an alert will be generated. Use <-> for minutes before ETD, or <+> for minutes after ETD.
Click the ETD Based Alerts input field and enter -30.
Click the Second ETD Based Alerts dropdown button.
Click the Unhandled Exception After list item.
Click the Second ETD Based Alerts input field and enter -90.
Click the Start ETD input field and enter -120.
Note: This section allows a user to set an offset in minutes, before or after the ETD, where MEL/CDL information will be monitored.
Enter a Start and End time, using <-> for prior to ETD, or <+> for after ETD. The system will monitor MEL/CDLs, during that time, and will generate an Alert if an MEL/CDL with an associated effect is assigned to the aircraft.
Note: Entering a range prevents the system from raising alerts for flights in the past).)
Click the End ETD input field and enter 90.
Click the Include All checkbox. Include All, will include MEL/CDL items that do not have an associated performance effect.
Note: If not selected, alerts are only generated for MEL/CDLs that have an associated effect type that impacts performance.
Click the Time input field.
The action types provide an option to raise an alert if the MEL/CDL is assigned, edited, or unassigned. Any combination may be selected.
Custom ETD Based Alerts: Enter a time, based on ETD, and a user defined message to be displayed. The custom message is displayed at the - number of minutes entered in the time field - before the estimated time of departure.
Enter -60 into the Time field, and click the Custom Message input field.
Enter final wx briefing into the Custom Message field.
Click the Save button.