Generic Penalty Box

A penalty box is an exception-only monitoring view used in broadcast Master Control Rooms (MCRs) and IT/Network Operations Centers (NOCs). Unlike a dashboard that shows the full inventory of monitored items, a penalty box shows only the items currently in an error, degraded, or alarm state, and keeps them visible until the issue is acknowledged or resolved.

Generic Penalty Box is a DataMiner application that puts a live wall display of active alarms in front of your team. It watches every element of a connector you choose and shows only the elements currently in alarm. These are presented as easy-to-scan cards ordered by severity, so the most urgent issues stand out first. The wall updates itself automatically as alarms change, and the entire look and feel, including what is shown, how it is organized, and how it is branded, can be adjusted after deployment without rebuilding the app.

Important

After deploying the Generic Penalty Box solution, you must edit config.json to match your environment before the app can be used. See Installing the Generic Penalty Box.