User Guide

Alarm Management
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Overview of Alarm Handling
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 Unskilled operators: In case of immediate threat to life or health (for example, a
Fire Life Safety event), automatically displaying a floor plan graphic (or video
feed) of the area where the alarm occurred enables even unskilled personnel to
understand and react to an emergency situation on the site. In this scenario,
too, Desigo CC automatically displays the relevant event with its most
important details, without requiring those operators to send any alarm-handling
commands.
Activity Log and Event Log
During event treatment, entries are recorded in the History database for the
following:
 Operator’s activities relating to alarm handling (for example,
initiating/suspending alarm handling, acknowledging/resetting an event, and so
on). This log data is available when generating an
Activity Log report.
 Evolution of the events in the system (for example, a new event occurs in the
system, an event is acknowledged/reset and so on), and evolution of the
operating procedure steps in Assisted Treatment (for example, an operating
procedure is initiated or closed and so on). This log data is available when
generating an
Event Log report.
Technical Notes
 The available event treatment modes are configuration-dependent.
 The way events display depends on user’s privileges. This means that the
Summary Bar, Event Detail Bar, Event List, Investigative Treatment, and
Assisted Treatment display only the alarms coming from the points that you are
allowed to see in System Browser. If an alarm is generated by a point not
visible to you in System Browser, it does not display.
 The system allows Fast/Investigative treatment of an event by more than one
user at the same time. If the connection is lost for any reason (for example,
computer not reachable), the system quickly updates the list of users who are
handling the same event, and removes the disconnected users. When the
connection is restored, the system refreshes the event details and displays the
current situation on the server (events, being processed by, and so on).
5.5.1 Event Categories
Each event is color-coded by its level of severity, and belongs to a specific
category.
The following presents details only about the basic event categories. For details on
any extension to event categories, see Section Appendix A: Client Profiles
Extensions [➙ 396].
Category Name
Color
Notes
Emergency Red Events relating to an immediate threat to life,
safety, or health created by Emergency call.
Life Safety Red Events relating to an immediate threat to life,
safety, or health created by system.
Danger Magenta Events relating to an immediate threat to
property or may become life-threatening.
High Dark orange Events relating as a major threat to property.
Medium Orange Events relating to improper operation, major
occupant discomfort.
Low Yellow Events relating to general improper operation,
minor occupant discomfort.
Fault Yellow Events relating to technical equipment failure.