User Guide

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Alarm Management
Overview of Alarm Handling
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– Silence/unsilence [➙ 113] a field panel.
– Start/stop [➙ 114] remote notifications.
3. Once the cause of the alarm is gone, reset [➙ 112] the event.
4. Close [➙ 113] the event or suspend [➙ 113] it.
5.5.10.1 Handling Multiple Events with One Command
You can handle multiple events simultaneously, regardless of the event category or
discipline to which they belong.
 Event List [➙ 81] displays on the screen and you want to handle multiple
events simultaneously.
1. Click an event descriptor [➙ 84].
2. Do one of the following:
– Use CTRL+A to select all the events.
– Hold CTRL, and click to add events, one-by-one, to the selection.
– Hold SHIFT and click to add a contiguous set of events to the selection.
To unselect an event in a selection, press
CTRL.
 The selection includes multiple events. Alarm handling is in progress and
the available commands are active. Each command is available if at least
one of the selected events has this command.
3. According to commands availability, proceed as follows:
– Acknowledge [➙ 112] the events.
– If available by configuration:
- Silence/unsilence [➙ 113] the field panel.
- Start/stop [➙ 114] remote notifications.
– Once the cause of the alarm is gone, reset [➙ 112] the events.
– Close [➙ 113] the events or suspend [➙ 113] them.
 Each command is sent to all the events in the selection.
5.5.11 Using Investigative Treatment
Investigative Treatment is available in a specific window [➙ 105] and allows you to
send alarm-handling commands [➙ 103] while investigating the alarm occurred in
the building control site.
Starting Investigative Treatment
 In Event List [➙ 81], double-click an event button [➙ 83].
 The Investigative Treatment window [➙ 105] displays in the work area. The
details of the event and any available alarm-handling commands
(Acknowledge, Reset, and so on) display in the event detail pane. In System
Browser, the corresponding event source point is highlighted. Any other
available applications display additional information/commands related to the
same event source.
Investigative Treatment Workflow
1. Acknowledge [➙ 112] the event.
2. Investigate the cause of the alarm.
3. If available by configuration: