User Guide

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Alarm Management
Overview of Alarm Handling
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Exclusion Orange Events relating to manual operation that might
cause operational risk.
Anomaly Bright blue Events that are reminders of something that is
not normal in the system, and the situation may
have an impact on your decisions.
Information Gray
Events relating to remarkable information, status,
or operation.
5.5.2 Event Disciplines
Each event belongs to a discipline. They include:
Icon (examples)
Discipline
Building Automation
Building Infrastructure
Energy Management
Fire
Management System
Notification
Security/Video
5.5.3 Event Status
The Event Status column in the event descriptor indicates the status of an event.
The event status is...
When…
Unprocessed The event is new and still unprocessed. This means that you
either did not yet select the event, or that you selected it but
did not acknowledge it yet. You can also silence/unsilence the
field panel.
Ready to be reset In Assisted Treatment, you selected an event and the source
status is back in normal condition. The Reset command is
available.
Ready to be closed
In Fast/Investigative Treatment, you selected an event and the
Reset command is available. You can also silence/unsilence
the field panel.
In Assisted Treatment, you reset an event, and all the
mandatory steps of the assisted procedure were executed.
The Close command is available.
Waiting for
condition
You suspended the event.
In Fast/Investigative Treatment, you acknowledged the event,
but cannot reset it yet. You can also silence/unsilence the field
panel.