Operating Instructions

General settings
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2019-01-15
9 General settings
The Settings menu provides general functions for configuring a Desigo Control
Point device. Once a device is configured, only occasional updates are required.
Access to Settings depends on the user role; most end users do not need daily
access to these functions.
The following table outlines the Settings that are accessed through .
Setting
Description
SMTP settings
Configures an SMTP server to send emails through the Operation application.
Configuring an SMTP server [➙ 70]
FTP settings
Configures the Operation application to save data to a server.
Configuring the FTP settings [➙ 71]
Configure email
recipients
Allows you to add, edit and remove email addresses for those who are allowed
to receive emails from the Operation application.
Configuring email recipients [➙ 72]
Alarm polling
How often the database is checked for any objects with an active alarm state
or an acknowledge-required state. By default, the database is polled every two
seconds.
Configure alarm history
Determines when old alarms are purged from the system. By default, alarms
older than one year are deleted every day at 10:00 PM.
Configure alarm routing
Configures the number of minutes the application waits before resending an
email for an unacknowledged alarm.
Data point integration
settings
The selections for Data point integration settings determine if data points are
automatically integrated to the Operation application and how many BACnet
objects are saved to the Desigo Control Point device when data points are
integrated.