Set Up Alarming
Setup
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• Users can view alarm notifications and alarm logs
for all controllers from the Alarm Annunciator.
• Only the Alarm Annunciator needs to be pro-
grammed with alarm filter settings for dial-out, out-
put, and display. All other controllers may be
programmed to simply send all alarms to the Alarm
Master via the LonWorks Network.
3.9.2
Setting up an E2 to be an
Alarm Annunciator
Any E2 on the network that has a modem or Ethernet
connection can be set up as an alarm annunciator, but only
one alarm annunciator per network is allowed. To set up
from the Main Menu:
1.
Press
(System Configuration).
2.
Press
(System Information).
3.
Press
(General Controller Info).
4.
Set
Alarm Annunc
field to
Yes
.
NOTE: When the E2 is set up as an Alarm An-
nunciator, the Home screen becomes the
Alarm Log.
If the target E2 is configured as the Annunciator, the
AnnuncIsHomesScrn
property becomes available in
General Services to select if the Annunciator log is to be
the Home screen. The property will default to
Yes
. If the
property is set to
No
, the Home screen will be either the
default Home screen or the user-selected Home screen.
Figure 3-26
- Alarm Annunciator
3.9.3
Alarm Dial-Out
Figure 3-27
- Alarm Setup Menu
One of the E2’s most important alarm reporting fea-
tures is its ability to dial-out to remote sites whenever a
serious alarm condition occurs. Each E2 is capable of dial-
ing out to up to three sites. The E2 may dial out to a com-
puter, a fax machine, a digital pager, or a printer. To set up
from the Main Menu:
Dial-out devices are set up in the Dial-out Setup
screen. To reach this screen:
1.
Press
(Main Menu).
2.
Press
(System Configuration).
3.
Press
(Alarm Setup).
4.
Press
(Dial-out Setup).
Figure 3-28
- Remote Dialout Setup Screen
This screen and the other screens that follow it are used
to set up dial-out sites for both daytime and nighttime
operation, including specifying phone numbers and IP
