diff --git a/doc/systems/control_svcs/Alert-Relay.md b/doc/systems/control_svcs/Alert-Relay.md index 0f3a51638..2a93cfca5 100644 --- a/doc/systems/control_svcs/Alert-Relay.md +++ b/doc/systems/control_svcs/Alert-Relay.md @@ -15,4 +15,13 @@ An IOC usually posts to this service from the :AC: (alert control) system loaded To do the alerting it will use `sendAlert.db` from `support/webget`. This combines several PVs with mobiles, emails etc. and encodes into the format required for a http POST using the aSub function `webFormURLEncode`. It then sends this to control-svcs using the aSub function `webPOSTRequest` -To see the debug output of what `sendAlerts.db` is sending set `epicsEnvSet("WEBGET_POST_DEBUG","1")` in the `st.cmd` of the runcontrol IOC. This is suppressed by default as it may contain sensitive user data. \ No newline at end of file +To see the debug output of what `sendAlerts.db` is sending set `epicsEnvSet("WEBGET_POST_DEBUG","1")` in the `st.cmd` of the runcontrol IOC. This is suppressed by default as it may contain sensitive user data. + +The PVs in IBEX which hold the URL & password for sending alerts are in the form: + +``` +%MYPVPREFIX%CS:AC:ALERTS:URL:SP +%MYPVPREFIX%CS:AC:ALERTS:PW:SP +``` + +There is further documentation in the [`RUNCTRL` README file](https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/EPICS-ioc/blob/master/RUNCTRL/README.md).