User Guide

Alarms
Working with Alarms
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User Guide Version 3.0
A6V10415471
Building Technologies
2017-11-30
Related Topics
Event Descriptor Reference [➙ 102]
3.1.11 Inspecting the Source of an Event in System Manager
Scenario: From Event List, you want to jump to check the source of an event in
System Manager.
1. In the event descriptor of the event you are interested in, click the text in the
Source column.
 The System Manager opens and automatically navigates to the event
source. This means that:
- The event source (the point that issued the alarm) is selected in the
current view of System Browser.
- Textual Viewer or Graphics Viewer tabs display details about the point
that issued the alarm.
- The Operation tab displays the properties of that object, and any
commands available for it.
2. To go back to Event List, click Open Event List in the Summary bar.
NOTE: You can similarly jump to inspect the event source in the current view of
System Browser also from Investigative Treatment or Assisted Treatment windows.
Also, you can similarly jump to inspect event source from the following (optional)
columns of the event descriptor: Location, Designation, Source Alias, Source
Name, and Source Description. Furthermore, you can similarly jump to inspect
event source in a particular System Browser view from the following (optional)
columns of the event descriptor: Path [View] and Source Description [View].
Related Topics
Customizing the Columns in Event List [➙ 90]
Event Descriptor Reference [➙ 102]
3.1.12 Using the Contextual Pane in Event Handling
 You selected the event you are interested in.
 You want to open the Contextual pane in the Event List, Investigative
Treatment or Assisted Treatment windows to access properties and commands
of a point in alarm without leaving the list.
 To open the Contextual pane, do one of the following:
– In the Event List header, click the two-pane layout icon .
– In the Investigative Treatment and Assisted Treatment windows header,
click the three-pane, four-pane or five-pane layout icon , , .
 The Operation, Extended Operation, and Detailed Log tabs display at the
bottom of the window. Information, properties, and commands of the
selected event display. From here you can:
- Inspect the properties of the point in alarm.
- View and execute any commands/actions available for that object.
- View a detailed log of the event currently being handled.
 When you are finished, to hide the Contextual pane, do one of the
following:
– Click the splitter button .
– In the Event List header, click the single-pane layout icon .
– In the Investigative Treatment and Assisted Treatment windows header,
click the single-pane or the two-pane lay icon .