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SPECIFYING AN ALARM INPUT LOCATION
1. In the Alarm box, select an alarm number (1 through 16). The right panel displays the settings for the selected alarm input. The physical
input label displays a read-only number that represents the number of the alarm physical input connection to the DVR5100. The physical
input is numbered 1–16.
2. Click Location. The Set Location dialog box opens.
3. Click Unknown Location.
4. Click New. The Add Location dialog box opens.
5. Enter a location name, and then click OK.
6. Click OK in the Set Location dialog box. The Locations label displays the new location.
SETTING ALARM RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS
In the Alarm box, select an alarm number (1–16).
To set the alarm status:
1. Select the “Silence alarm” check box if you want to disable the alarm (the default is unchecked/enabled).
2. Select the “Supervised” check box if you want a loss of voltage to the input to trigger an alarm condition (the default is unchecked/
unsupervised).
3. Select the alarm’s severity from the Severity box. The severity determines how alarms are announced and who receives the announcement:
Minor, Normal (default), Major, and Critical.
SETTING AN ALARM INPUT POLARITY AND DWELL TIME
1. In the Alarm list box, select an alarm number (1–16).
2. Select the alarm’s polarity from the Polarity box: normally open (default) or normally closed.
3. Set the dwell time. The alarm dwell time can be set from 5 tenths of a second to 1,000 tenths of a second (1000 x 0.10 = 100 seconds).
The default value is 110 tenths of a second (110 x 0.10 = 11 seconds). Click the check box if you want to follow the input instead of setting
a specific dwell time.
4. Write any comments about this alarm in the Comments box. Use this field to communicate actions you would like the operator to take if this
alarm is triggered. You can view these comments in the Alarm Manager screen.
