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Chapter Four: Operation
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(iv) The logical alarm number will appear in the Current Alarm box if the number was valid.
Error messages will appear in the System Error box if access to the alarm was denied.
(v) If Disarmed appears in the Status box, the alarm has already been disarmed, go to Step 4.
If Armed appears in the Status box, go to Step 3.
(b) To search all armed alarms:
(i) Click < or >. All alarms that are armed will sequence through the Current Alarm box.
(ii) When the required alarm appears in the Current Alarm box, go to Step 3.
3. To disarm the alarm click Disarm. “Disarmed” will appear in the Status box.
4. To disarm more alarms, repeat Steps 2 and 3.
5. When all required alarms have been disarmed, click Close to close the Alarm Arming window.
4.5.3 Finding the Status of Alarms
To find out if an alarm is armed or disarmed:
1. Click on the Arm Alarm icon, the Alarm Arming window (illustrated in Figure 4-4) will appear.
(a) To check on the status of a specific alarm:
(i) Click Alarm No. The Select window (illustrated in Figure 4-11) will appear.
(ii) Position the mouse cursor over the digits in the Select window and click the left mouse
button to enter the digits corresponding to the logical number of the alarm whose status
you wish to check. If an incorrect number is selected, click Clear and repeat Step
2(a)(ii).
(iii) When the correct number appears in the number display click Enter.
(iv) The logical alarm number will appear in the Current Alarm box if the number was
valid. Error messages will appear in the System Error box if access to the alarm was de-
nied.
(v) The status of the alarm will appear in the Status box, either Armed or Disarmed.
(b) To check on the status of all armed alarms:
(i) Follow step one (1) above.
(ii) Click << or >>. All alarms that are armed will sequence through the Current Alarm
box. If an alarm number appears in the Current Alarm box it means the alarm is armed.
If an alarm number does not appear, it means the alarm is not armed.
(iii) When finished, click Close to close the Alarm Arming window.
4.5.4 Clearing Triggered Alarms
When an alarm is triggered, a beep will sound and the logical number of the triggered alarm will appear in
the Alarm box at the bottom of the Graphic Controller window.
NOTE: For correct alarm processing, an operator must be given access to the alarm and also ac-
cess to any cameras, GPIs and Macros used by the alarm.
To clear a triggered alarm:
1. Ensure the Active Alarm window (illustrated in Figure 4-3) is open. If it is closed click on the
Alarm icon.