User`s guide

63230-216-217/A2 Power Server Model PWRSRV750 Operation

9/2002 Using Alarms

Viewing Alarm Information By default, the alarm icon is yellow and the alarm list is empty. When an

alarm becomes active (alarm pickup state), the alarm icon (Figure 7) starts

flashing and a new entry is added to the active alarm list and the alarm log

list.

Figure 7: The Active Alarm indicator

An active alarm stays in the active alarm list as long as it is in a pickup state.

When it is no longer active (dropout state), it is deleted from the active alarm

list and a dropout alarm is added to the alarm log. The alarm icon continues

to flash to signal that alarm activity has occurred.

Silencing Alarms

You can “silence” alarms on your Power Server user interface by stopping

the alarm icon from flashing red. To silence an alarm, click the Silence Alarms

icon.

If a new alarm picks up, then the icon will start flashing again. If the Alarm

icon is flashing and no entries are in the Active Alarms list, it means that all

the active alarms have already dropped out. Click the Alarm Log to view

those alarms. See “Retrieving Information from the Alarm Log” on page 22.

NOTE: In case of bad communications or setup changes on devices, some

alarms may display in the active state even though they have dropped out

already. In this case, click the Home tab to refresh the user interface. If these

alarms still appear in the active alarm list, connect to the Power Server with

NetMeeting, click the Power Server application icon in the taskbar and restart

the Power Server.

This icon on the alarms tab

alternately flashes red and yellow to

indicate an active alarm.

Click to silence alarms.