Reading And Clearing Alarm Messages - NorthStar 961 Reference Manual

Chapter 1 - Quick Start

Reading and clearing alarm messages

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To show the ALARMS screen, and read and clear an alarm
message:
1. Press the STAR key until you reach the ALARMS screen.
The alarm message with its corresponding time and date
is shown in the NEW ALARMS box. The word NEW
means that you haven't acknowledged the alarm
message or the message hasn't self-cleared.
2. To acknowledge an alarm message, press the CLEAR
ALARM key at the upper right side of the screen.
3. To return to the CHART screen, press the CHART key.
Some alarms can't be manually cleared; for complete details
about alarms, see "Alarms, TideTrack, Currents, and Echo
Sounding" starting on page 12-1.
During an alarm condition, the alarm message always appears on
whatever screen
SOUNDER
screen, if the 490 is installed) as well as on the
ALARMS
screen itself; however, you can only clear an alarm
message at the
NOTE:
you're displaying
ALARMS
screen.
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