# Destination Settings

The Destination Settings dialog box is used to establish the Destination number and Destination type, as well as a name that will be assigned to this Destination in text reports. The Destination Name is important in order for the text reports to be fully descriptive.

In general, a Destination is considered a "receiver" of reports that are sent by the RTU when certain conditions (such as an Unacknowledged Alarm) exist.

Available Destination types are:

- Telephone (for personnel to receive alarm calls)
- Numeric/Beeping Pager
- Alphanumeric Pager
- Fax Machine
- Remote Data Terminal (a central computer running a commercial communications program such as ProComm)
- Public Address System
- Email Reporting

The selection of Destination type in turn determines which types of reports and report tabs are available. The types of reports include:

- Notification Reports (occurs as a result of a channel in an Alarm State)
- Status Reports (delivered at configured intervals)
- Log File Reports (delivered at configured intervals)

The Destination Settings dialog box also has a Groups button, which takes the user to the Groups dialog box. This provides a convenient means to link selected destinations to selected channels (or alternatively, channels to destinations). For example, grouping might be used to cause channels dealing with electrical problems to report to the electrical crew, plumbing problems to report to the plumbing crew, etc. Another use might be to cause only selected channels to be included in data sampling if data sampling is configured. The factory default is for all channels to be linked to all destinations.

The Copy From and Copy To buttons facilitate the easy configuring of multiple destinations with similar settings.