Operating Instructions

General settings
Configuring the alarm poll rate
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Building Technologies
2019-01-15
9.5 Configuring the alarm poll rate
The Alarms polling function periodically checks the database to identify any objects
with an active alarm state, an acknowledge-required state, or a reset-required state.
● Typically, the default Alarm polling settings can be used.
● For sites with a very high network load, you may need to adjust the Alarm polling
settings in order to optimize the performance of the device.
Configuring the Alarm poll rate
 Alarms is selected in the core function pane.
1. Select > > Alarm polling.
2. Select a value from the Poll rate drop-down list.
3. To save your selections, click Apply.
9.6 Configure alarm history
By default, alarms in the History view that are more than one year old are purged
by the Operation application every day at 10:00 P.M. If this setting is not appropriate
for your site, do the following to configure alarm history:
 Alarms is selected in the core function pane.
1. Select > > Configure alarm history.
2. Use the following table to make selections in the Configure alarm history dialog
box.
3. To save your selections, click Apply.