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Operator Messages
Chart Annotation
1 - 6
7 - 12
13 - 18
19 - 24
<user defined>
Start of batch
End of batch
Standby mode active
Cleaning in progress
No message
No message
Alarms
Operator Messages
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Chart View
Add one of 24 predefined Operator Messages (see Section 4.4.7) or one User-Defined
Message to the alarm event log. If '<user defined>' is selected, a data entry keyboard
appears to enable the message to be entered – see Fig. 4.5, Page 49. The selected or
user-defined message is displayed briefly on screen. If Operator Message annotation is
selected (see Chart Annotation below) the message is also added to the chart.
Note.
When the instrument is in Historical Review mode, Operator Messages generated
are added at the current time, not the time indicated by the cursor.
If an alarm or operator message is obscuring part of a chart trace, use the Chart
Annotation option to hide or display alarms and messages on the screen.
Select the annotation required.
indicates the annotations selected.
The possible combinations are:
– No annotation (Alarms and Operator Messages both disabled)
– Alarm annotation only
– Alarms and Operator Message annotation
Operator Message Annotation cannot be enabled unless Alarm Annotation is also
enabled.
Notes.
• If more than 15 icons are present on the screen, chart annotation is disabled
automatically.
• If chart annotation is disabled, new operator messages and alarms are still added to the
Alarm Event log – see Section 2.7
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