How To Interpret The [Alert] Box; How To Acknowledge An Alert; How To Silence The Alert Buzzer - Furuno FAR-2228-NXT Operator's Manual

1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW
1.52.2

How to interpret the [ALERT] box

When an alert condition is found, the applicable alert message appears in the [ALERT]
box. A buzzer sounds for alarm and warning alerts. When no active alert and indica-
tion occurs, "NO ACTIVE ALERTS" appears in the [ALERT] box.
The [ALERT] box is composed of three lines of text information, and several icons, as
shown below.
The alert icon shows the level of the alert (alarm, caution, warning or indication) and
the active alert counter shows how many alerts are unacknowledged.
When an Alarm or Warning level alert is released, the alert message flashes in the
[ALERT] box. The message is accompanied by the appropriate alert icon and the
buzzer sounds. The buzzer and alert continue to flash and sound until the buzzer is
silenced or the alert condition is rectified.
The alert also appears in the [ALERT LIST] (see section 1.52.5) until acknowledged
and rectified.
1.52.3

How to acknowledge an alert

Alerts can be acknowledged in one of the following manners:
• Press the ALARM ACK key.
• Click the alert name in the [ALERT] box.
• Click the alert name in the [ALERT LIST].
The icon for an acknowledged alert changes as shown in section 1.52.6.
1.52.4

How to silence the alert buzzer

You can temporarily silence the buzzer by menu operation or the function key. The
icon for a silenced alert also changes, as show in section 1.52.6.
To silence the buzzer by the function key, assign the buzzer stop function to the func-
tion key, referring to section 1.9. For the menu operation, do as follows.
1. Open the menu.
2. Select [4 ALERTS].
3. Select [6 BUZZER STOP].
4. Close the menu.
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