How To Temporarily Silence The Buzzer For An Alarm Or Warning; How To Acknowledge An Alarm Or Warning - Furuno FAR-3210 Operator's Manual

20.3 How to Temporarily Silence the Buzzer for an
Alarm or Warning
When the buzzer for an alarm or warning sounds, you can temporarily silence it by do-
ing one of the following:
• Click the buzzer stop button in the [Alert] box.
• In the [Alert List], click the [Silence] button.
The buzzer is stopped and the alert state changes. An alert message remains in the
[Alert] box and [Alert List] until acknowledged and rectified. If an alarm or warning is
not acknowledged within 30 seconds, the buzzer sounds again.
20.4

How to Acknowledge an Alarm or Warning

When an alarm or warning is generated, the buzzer sounds and the name of the alert
appears and flashes in the [Alert] box and [Alert List].
To acknowledge the alert, do one of the following:
• Press the ALARM ACK key.
• In the [Alert] box or [Alert List], click the unacknowledged alert.
After acknowledgement, the buzzer and the flashing for the alert message are stopped
and the priority of the alert changes as shown in the table below. The alert message
remains on the display until rectified.
Priority no.
High
Low
Unacknowledged warnings
If a warning (Alert 150 "Early Course Change Indication" and 151 "Actual Course
Change Indication") is not acknowledged within 30 seconds then the priority changes
to alarm. If a warning (except for Alert 150 and 151) is not acknowledged within 60
seconds, the warning is generated again.
Category of alert and place of alert acknowledgement
The place of alert acknowledgement depends on the category of the alert.
Category
A
B
C
Priority of alert
1 Alarm
2 Warning
3 Alarm
4 Warning
5 Alarm
6 Warning
7 Caution
Where the alert is generated
Equipment that generated the
alert.
Equipment that generated the
alert.
IAS (Integrated Automation Sys-
tem) generated engine alert
Alert state
Not acknowledged/Not rectified
Not acknowledged/Not rectified
Not acknowledged/Rectified
Not acknowledged/Rectified
Acknowledged/Not rectified
Acknowledged/Not rectified
Not rectified
Place of alert
acknowledgement
Equipment that generated the
alert.
Equipment that generated the alert
or AMS.
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