User Manual

Operating Reference
Alarms
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Source
Indicates the object that issued the event. Whether the source name or description
displays depends on the current display mode. For instructions, see Setting How
Objects are Labeled in System Manager.
For workstation-based alarms, [object name].[property name] displays in
this column. How driver-based alarms display - [object name] or [object
name].[property name]) - depends on the specific driver.
For BACnet Event Enrollment (EE) events, the source text includes the EE
instance that generated the event followed by the original source in parentheses.
The following optional columns may also be available, for indicating the event
source in other ways:
● Source Alias Indicates a customer-assigned name used to identify the technical
equipment within the building/facility.
● Source Name Indicates the event-source object using its name.
● Source Description Indicates the event-source object using its description.
– Source Description [view] Indicates the event-source object using its
description in a specified System Browser view. Depending on the System
Browser views that are configured, multiple such columns may be
available:
– Source [Management View]
– Source [Application View]
– Source [Logical View]
– Source [Physical View]
– Source [user view]
In any type of Source column, you can click the [source] text to jump to the
event source in System Manager. For instructions, see Get More Information About
the Event [➙ 42].
Counter
Counter for recurring events [➙ 225]. This column does not appear in the
Investigative Treatment and Assisted Treatment windows.
Commands
Available commands for handling this event [➙ 221]. You can directly click the
command icon/button to send the corresponding command.
You cannot remove or resize the
Commands
column.
Event Text
Displays information to operators or intervention forces relevant to the object that
issued the event. Specifically, this is a custom text configured for normal and off-
normal conditions.
Information
The following become visible only when the event descriptor is selected:
● : Displays the History Database dialog box for that Event ID, where you can
add a note for the event. For instructions, see Log an Event Note [➙ 43].
● : Displays the information text, which indicates technical information
(instructions for operators or intervention forces) about a field point. It also
displays the same information shown in the Message Text column. The