Action Buttons
Use the Action buttons to manage the alarms for your application. The Action buttons are as shown:
The Action buttons enable you to control alarm sounds, and manage alarms by acknowledging them.
Once you have determined the cause and the priority of an alarm, you can turn off the alarm indicators by acknowledging the alarm. This does not fix the alarm condition, but ends the siren and flashing indicators.
Some alarms may have been configured such that, if the triggering condition remains active for a given length of time after you acknowledge the alarm, the alarm will revert to its unacknowledged state, including the re-activation of all visible and audible warnings.
You may also choose to silence an alarm without acknowledging it, or mute all alarm sounds.
Note: If you are not logged on to the application, or do not have the appropriate user privileges, then you will be unable to use the Actions buttons.
Actions Buttons And Descriptions
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Alarm Action Buttons |
Description |
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Ack All |
The Ack All button acknowledges all currently unacknowledged alarms. When all alarms are acknowledged, the alarm siren ceases. |
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Ack |
The Ack button acknowledges a single, selected alarm in the alarm list. |
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Silence |
The Silence button silences the currently playing alarm sounds on the PC speaker. Any new alarms activating after this option is selected cause the alarm sounds to begin playing again. Note: Depending upon the configuration of your application, the Silence button may terminate the currently playing alarm sound on the speakers of all PCs running the application. |
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Mute |
The Mute button stops all alarm sounds from being played. This button must be used with caution, as it stops sounds for all alarms from being played, even for alarms that become active after the Mute button has been selected. A high security level is required before this option can be selected. Your VTS developer can inform you as to whether you have the ability to use this option. Note: Depending upon the configuration of your application, the Mute button may terminate all alarm sounds (present and future) on the speakers of all PCs running the application. |
Acknowledge One Alarm