Setting Up Alarm Monitors; Adding Monitor Definitions - American Dynamics MegaPower 3200 Administrator's Manual

Figure 65. Alarms links

Setting Up Alarm Monitors

The Alarms–Monitor screen allows you to arm
monitors to respond to alarms. You can arm each
monitor by setting up methods for displaying,
queuing, and clearing alarms.
Click on the Alarms–Monitor link in the Explore menu
to begin. The Monitors screen appears.
Figure 66. Alarms – Monitor screen
The Alarms–Monitor screen is split into an upper and
lower screen. The upper screen shows existing
monitor definitions and allows you to add new
definitions.
The lower screen provides two tabs that allow you to:
• Add contact arming to selected monitors.
• View or delete event timers associated with
selected monitors.

Adding Monitor Definitions

To create monitor definitions, click Add on the right
side of the Alarms-Monitor screen. The Add Monitors
dialog box appears.
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Figure 67. Add Monitors dialog
To add monitors, complete the following fields:
• Number of Monitors – Enter the number of the
monitor you want to define. The system will
number monitors consecutively starting with the
next highest available number.
If you plan to group several monitors together,
select a range of monitors.
• Name – Enter a name up to 21 characters or
digits in length.
• Type – Defining the type of monitor determines
how the monitor treats incoming alarms. From a
dropdown list, you can define each monitor as:
− Single – incoming alarms are displayed on a
single monitor. Multiple alarms received at a
single monitor will be either sequenced or held
based on the monitor's alarm queuing method.
For an explanation of alarm queuing methods,
refer to APPENDIX G: Monitor Arming
Methods on page 63.
− Block – incoming alarms are displayed on a
block (group) of monitors with which they are
associated. The first incoming alarm is
displayed on the first (lowest numbered)
monitor of the block. The second alarm is
displayed on the next lowest numbered monitor
of the block, and so on. When all monitors in a
given block are displaying alarm video signals,
all subsequent alarms are either held in queue
or sequenced until the displayed alarms are
cleared depending on the monitor alarm
queuing method.
− Dual Hold – an incoming alarm is displayed
and held on the monitor until cleared. All
subsequent alarms are queued in order until
the current held alarm is cleared.
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