User Guide

Alarms
Alarms and Event Treatment Reference
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Tag
Lets you to tag/untag events, so that you can selectively show/hide them in Event
List. See Using Tags to Selectively Show or Hide Events [➙ 88]. This button will be
visible but inactive in the Event Detail bar, and the Tag column will not appear in
Investigative/Assisted Treatment.
3.2.1.7 Event Button Reference
An event button is a graphic indicator that displays on the left side of an alarm's
event descriptor [➙ 102]. It graphically summarizes some of the most important
information about that alarm.
An event button flashes until you acknowledge its associated alarm.
In some profiles, when the Event List is closed the event buttons still remain visible
(as an Event bar) on the left-hand side of the screen.
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Discipline icon
Discipline of the event source. For more details, see Event Disciplines
Reference [➙ 109].
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Main background
color of the button
Event category. For more details, see Event Categories Reference.
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Assisted Treatment
icon
This icon is available for an event that can be handled in assisted
treatment. For more details, see Overview of Event Handling [➙ 92].
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Bar along the right
hand side of the
button
The background color indicates the source status, whether the event
source is:
● Active (bar matches the background color).
● Quiet (bar is gray).
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Suggested action
icon
1)
Next action to be taken. For more details, see Event Status and
Suggested Action Reference [➙ 110].
Event Button and What it Tells You
Button
Event Status
Source Status
Suggested Action
Additional Information
Unprocessed
Active
Acknowledge
event
The event is unselected
and not yet acknowledged
or you already selected the
event but you must still
acknowledge it.
The event button is
flashing. The event lamp in
the Summary bar
corresponding to this
category will also flash.
Unprocessed
Quiet
Acknowledge
event
The event source is back to
normal.
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