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Communication with the Automation System
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Alarm Log
Log Principles
Alarms are automatically stored in a log file one after another. Once the log file is
full, new alarms overwrite the oldest alarms. In this way each alarm event (for
appearance, acknowledgment, disappearance see Listing Alarms in Operating
Mode (see page 105)) is recorded and time-stamped.
NOTE: XBT R411 and XBT RT511 are the only terminals that save a log. The
retention period for the log is limited to twelve hours. After that time the log may be
cleared. Any other XBT terminal types loose the information stored in the log as
soon as they are switched off.
NOTE: To store an alarm panel in the log, the store option must be enabled for the
panel.
You can view, clear and print the log which will be described in the following
sections.
Viewing the Log
You can access the alarm log from the MENU system panel (see Displaying System
Panels (see page 110)).
MENU system panel
Once inside the log, you can browse through the various alarms (see Viewing
Alarms (see page 141)).
Clearing the Log
To clear the log file proceed as follows:
Step Action
1In the MENU system panel select ALARMS LOG.
2 In the following panel select CLEAR.
Result: The alarm log is empty.