Owner's Manual

Alarms 805
See also Alarm Table Columns on page 807 for a description of the columns visible in this display
of alarms. The
Action or right-click menu displays the following items (some installations conceal
some of these):
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Open -> Entity— This opens an editor where you can configure the device from which this
alarm came. See Editing Resources on page 217.
- Open -> Alarm— Opens a screen describing all the details of the selected alarm. See Alarm
Details on page 809.
- Open -> Event Definition— This opens an editor where you can configure the device from
which this alarm came. See Event Definitions on page 825.
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Open -> Equipment —This opens an editor where you can configure the device from which this
alarm came (an
Entity , if different, is a subcomponent of the equipment). See Editing
Resources on page 217.
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Open -> Processing Rules —This opens an editor where you can configure the rules from which
this alarm came. See Event Processing Rules on page 815.
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Acknowledge Alarm —Acknowledges the selected Alarm(s). The current date and time appear in
the Ack Time field, and the name of the currently logged-on user appears in the Ack By field.
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Unacknowledge Alarm —Unacknowledges previously acknowledged alarm(s), and clears the
entries in the Ack By and Ack Time fields.
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Assign User— Assign this alarm to one of the users displayed in the sub-menu by selecting that
user.
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Map —Open a topology view displaying the equipment selected alarm(s) came from. See
Chapter 21, Topology Views.
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Email Alarm —E-mail the alarm.
Figure 33-3. E-mail the Alarm
Enter an e-mail address to which you want to mail the alarm’s content, and click Add in the
subsequent screen when you select this option. You can also type a subject, header and footer