Evco RICS 4.30, User Manual

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33 RICS
Diagnostics
By clicking on the General button, for each alarm category you can define, (see Screenshot 5.3):
• Name (ID): name of the alarm category
• Enable sound (PC): it activates the speaker of the Personal computer during this kind of alarm category;
the checkbox Enable sound of the frame Global settings must be selected
• IFC\Activate buzzer: triggers acoustic alarm of interface IFC29
• IFC\Activate k1: activates relay K1 of interface IFC29
• IFC\Activate k2: activates relay K2 of interface IFC29.
The last three checkboxes are visibile on condition that the IFC module is enabled (Main
menu>Configure>Devices network).
If you click on the E-mail button (or Fax or SMS) you will find the following options:
• Enabled: allow sending of e-mails
• Destination: destination e-mail address (you can define up to 3 e-mail addresses)
• Delay (only the Top version) : time that passes between the activation of the alarm and the sending of the
e-mail message to the associated addresses.
Note: the same fields in the e-mail section are also found in the Fax and SMS Text Messages sections. To use this
message service during an alarm you must first activate the general e-mail, FAX, and SMS Text Messages sending
service. These services can be set-up on Main menu>Configure>Messenger.
Lastly, and for every alarm category, with the Auto reset field in the Advanced section you can specify after how
much time an alarm that is over will be automatically reset by RICS (only the Top Version); in the same section
it is possible to enable/disable the category.
The settings selected through the frame Global settings will be applied to all alarm categories.
5.5 Advanced Diagnostics Mode (only the top version)
Note: This mode is only available in the RICS Top Edition.
If you choose to use Advanced Diagnostics (in Main menu>Configure>General>Alarms and selecting the
relative checkbox), the Extended Diagnostics checkbox appears on the page in Screenshot 5.2. If you select it
the information shown for the alarm will be much more detailed.
Depending on the type of alarm, they can be split into macro-sections (see Screenshot 5.5), for example:
GLOBAL Section. This shows global information for the alarm concerned, such as:
• Time of first activation
• Time of last de-activation (last time that the alarm was over)
• Counter for the number of times the alarm has been activated
• Worst value reached for the magnitude that the alarm controls (for example the value measured by the main probe)
CURRENT ALARM Section. This contains information regarding the current alarm status, such as:
• Time started
• Duration
• Worst source value (the alarm may not have been activated)
• The time the worst value was read (the alarm could have been in delay phase)
• Worst source value, but with an active alarm status
• The time the worst value was read, with an active alarm status
LAST ALARM Section. This concerns information regarding the last state in which the alarm was active, such as:
• Initial time – end time
• Time during which the worst source value was read (the alarm may not have been activated yet)
• Worst value on alarm
• Time during which the worst value was read, but with alarm activated
SOURCE Section. This concerns information about the source of the alarm, such as:
• Origin: can be the device or a PC alarm
• Value read on the associated probe
• Time of last activation
• Last duration of the alarm
• Worst value read during the last alarm activation
• Counter of number of times the alarm is triggered
• Worst value read during all alarm activations