User Guide

Alarms
Alarms and Event Treatment Reference
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Siemens
User Guide Version 3.0
A6V10415471
Building Technologies
2017-11-30
Source
Indicates the object in alarm. Whether the source name or description displays
depends on the current display mode. See Setting How Objects are Labeled in
System Manager [➙ 36].
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 object in alarm using its name.
● Source Description. Indicates the object in alarm using its description.
– Source Description [view]. Indicates the object in alarm 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. See Inspecting the Source of an Event in System
Manager [➙ 82].
Counter
Counter for recurring events. See Recurring Events Reference [➙ 114]. This
column does not appear in the Investigative Treatment and Assisted Treatment
windows.
The Counter column is not available in UL 864-compliant and ULC S527-
compliant fire stations, Danger Management AT, and Total Building Solution AT
profiles.
Commands
Available alarm handling commands for this event. You can directly click the
command icon/button to send the corresponding command. See Alarm-Handling
Commands Reference [➙ 109].
NOTE:
You cannot remove or resize the Commands column.