User Guide

Alarms
Working with Alarms
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User Guide Version 3.0
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Building Technologies
2017-11-30
– Close event. Click the icon in the Commands column to send the
Reset command.
– Suspend the event. You finished handling this event, and the event is
ready to be cleared from the list. Click the event button again to deselect
the event. It will then be removed from Event List.
3. While handling the alarm according to the Suggested action, also check the
Command column for any other, optional commands available to you. These
may include:
– After you acknowledge an event, if the alarm has caused a field panel to
sound an audible alarm in the site, click Silence to silence the panel,
or click Unsilence to turn it back.
– If any remote notification is configured for that event, Start Remote
Notifications or Stop Remote Notifications become available.
4. To stop handling the event, click the event button again.
 In investigative treatment, the Investigative Treatment window closes. In fast
and investigative treatment, if you finished handling the event (event
status=Closed), the event is cleared from Event List. Otherwise, the event is
deselected but remains in the list. You can resume handling it at any time.
Related Topics
Event Descriptor Reference [➙ 102]
Interrupting Handling of an Alarm [➙ 80]
Alarm-Handling Commands Reference [➙ 109]
Event Status and Suggested Action Reference [➙ 110]
3.1.5 Handling an Event with Investigative Treatment
Scenario: You want to handle an alarm while inspecting the event source as you
would in System Manager.
1. From Event List, do one of the following:
– Double-click the event button of the event.
– In the Information column of the event, click Opens related treatment .
NOTE: If investigative treatment is not available for this alarm, the assisted
treatment icon ( ) is available instead. See Handling an Event with
Assisted Treatment [➙ 72].
 The dedicated Investigative Treatment window opens. This is a window
similar to System Manager, with the alarm’s event descriptor displayed
along the top, and the object that caused the alarm already selected in
System Browser.
 In Event List the event button for that event is replaced by a blank
placeholder to indicate it is under investigative treatment.
2. Use the panes of the Investigative Treatment window to inspect the event
source as you would in System Manager.
3. If required, you can send alarm-handling commands. See Sending Alarm-
Handling Commands in Fast Treatment or Investigative Treatment [➙ 70].