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Types of Alarms
When alarms are triggered, an LED on the User Interface will be turned On to
notify the operator of this condition. If the alarm is of a serious nature (i.e., a
Fault alarm), the alphanumeric display will flash to alert the operator that im-
mediate attention is required. The alarm condition will also be recorded and
displayed in the SCode and XScode sub-menus and stored in the SCode (^SC)
or XSCode (^XSC) History Buffer. These alarm conditions can be viewed at any
time from the User Interface, which makes this an excellent diagnostic tool.
There are three categories of alarms:
Warning Alarms
Warning alarms indicate that the analyzer presently has an abnormal SCode
condition. Warning alarms indicate that the analyzer requires immediate atten-
tion (investigation to the cause of this alarm is required). When this SCode con-
dition occurs, LED 3 turns On to alert the operator to this condition. Examples
of a Warning alarm is if there is an abnormal ending to one of the measuring-
cycle stages (such as the HCDP Off-Spec Alarm has been triggered – if LED
6 is On), a condition of the analyzer not locating the HCDP (if LED 4 is On), or
possibly a more serious problem.
A warning alarm may also reveal an Off-Spec condition if the Off-Spec Alarm is
enabled (LED 1 is Off when the Off-Spec Alarm is enabled), such as the current
HCDP temperature is above (greater than) the HCDP temperature Off-Spec
Alarm setpoint value (ApplicCFG : HCDPA).
Measurement results obtained under a Warning alarm condition are usually
valid, but if one or more of the serious SCodes are output, the resulting data
may be suspect. Check the SCode and XSCode for symptoms.
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