User Guide
Alarm Management
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Overview of Alarm Handling
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command sent) or not started
yet (and no alarm-handling
command sent yet)
Event source back to Quiet
Ready to be closed
Closed
5.5.4 Source Status
The Source Status column in the event descriptor indicates the status of the
source.
When the event status is...
And the source status color
in the event button is…
Source status is...
Unprocessed
Waiting for condition
The same as the event
category.
Active (event source is in an
off normal
condition).
Unprocessed
Ready to be reset
Ready to be closed
Closed
Gray Quiet (event source is
back
to normal
)
5.5.5 Suggested Action
The event descriptor [➙ 84] suggests the following actions to take to treat an
event.
When the event status is....
The suggested action is…
Unprocessed, Waiting for
condition, Ready to be reset, or
Ready to be closed, and the event is
unselected
Select the event
Waiting for condition and the event
is unselected in Assisted Treatment while
the mandatory steps have not been
completed yet.
Complete Operating Procedure
Unprocessed
Acknowledge event
Waiting for condition Wait for condition
or
Complete Operating Procedure
Ready to be reset
Reset event
Ready to be closed
Close event
Closed
Suspend event
5.5.6 Alarm-handling Commands
The alarm-handling commands allow you to quickly perform Fast Treatment
[➙ 117] from: Event Detail bar, Event List, and Investigative/Assisted Treatment
windows.
Technical Notes
You cannot handle events generated by field points for which you don’t have
proper user privileges (such alarms and the related commands will not be not
visible).