Sicon-8 Technical Manual
CircuitWerkes, Inc.
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92 – Alarm reporting menu
The Sicon-8 maintains two alarm stacks. One is for current (new) alarms and the second stack is for
saved alarms. Alarms that are new include any critical alarm that has not been acknowledged by a
user or any warning alarm that has not been acknowledged by a user. Alarms are considered
acknowledged once a valid password has been entered and the call has been ended. Until the call
ends, all new alarms remain current. Once a call has ended, new alarms are placed on the saved
alarm stack unless they have been marked for deletion or saved via DTMF command.
‘New’ alarm reporting commands are:
71 – Back up to previous alarm
72 – Re-read current alarm
73 – Skip to next alarm
74 – Mark the current alarm to be saved on the alarms stack.
75 – Mark for deletion. Alarm stays in stack until call ends.
93 – Jump directly to the channel that caused the alarm. Entering 93 a second time while in the
channel menu will jump you back to the alarm menu.
Saved alarm reporting commands are the same as the “new alarms” command set:
71 – Back up to previous alarm
72 – Re-read current alarm
73 – Skip to next alarm
74 – Mark the current alarm to be saved on the alarms stack.
75 – Mark for deletion. Alarm stays in stack until call ends. Alarm can still be saved until end of call.
77 – Jump directly to the channel that caused the alarm. Entering 76 a second time while in the
channel menu will jump you back to the alarm menu.
When the Sicon-8 is done reporting alarms it will say “no more alarms”. Enter 92 to replay. You
may also enter any system command or a channel number to jump to a command/metering channel.
About readings, alarms & Alarm Dialing:
Like most remote controls, the Sicon-8 takes reference readings, particularly when it is first powered
on and after a phone call. Reference readings are used to establish the current configuration of
meter and status values. For instance, let’s say you decide to turn off your transmitter for any
reason. When you call in and turn off the transmitter, several readings fall below the warning or
critical alarm threshold but, because the Sicon-8 establishes new references, it recognizes that the
transmitter has been intentionally turned off and so does not set any alarms. When the Sicon-8 is
first powered up it waits five minutes before taking its first reference readings. Similarly, it waits
briefly after a phone call is terminated, or after a timed event, before establishing new reference
readings. This is to give whatever the Sicon-8 is monitoring a chance to stabilize. If a reading is
above or below the alarm threshold but returns to a “non-alarm” condition at any time, the Sicon-8
will use this new reading to re-establish the alarms. If the alarm condition then re-occurs, the Sicon-8
will set the appropriate alarm and take whatever actions you have programmed.
Out of tolerance conditions must exist for at least 30 seconds before the Sicon-8 will set an alarm
.
93 – Jump to alarm stack at next un-played alarm
- Similar to 92 above, this command lets
you listen to any alarms that have not been heard. If no unread alarms remain, the Sicon-8 will say
“no more alarms” & leave you in the
MAIN
menu. If you wish to return to the channel menu, enter
the channel number you wish to select. All functions behave exactly as in 92 above.
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