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TM0048
September 2003
LaserNET Program User's Guide
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VIEWING AND ACKNOWLEDGING ALARMS AND FAULTS
All active alarms and faults are shown in the Alarm and Fault status boxes at the bottom of the main screen.
If the system is configured for a Direct Detector connection, all alarm and fault conditions are displayed for
the connected Detector. If the system is configured for an IIM, all alarms and faults are displayed for all
networked Detectors as well as IIM faults, a common fault (if so configured) and the auxiliary alarm and fault
(if so configured).
When there are no active alarms or faults, the status boxes are empty, the borders of the status boxes are
green and the number zero displays in the title bar.
When an alarm condition occurs in a Detector (or an auxiliary alarm):
The word Normal (green) changes to Alarm (red) in the title bar of the status box and the number of
active alarms displays.
The alarm message displays in the Alarm box.
The computer beeps until each active alarm is acknowledged.
To acknowledge an alarm, click on
<A>
(Alarm Acknowledge) to the right of the box. Continue to click on the
<A>
button until all alarms are acknowledged. Once all active alarms are acknowledged:
The alarm message displays in halftone red,
The computer stops beeping, and
The scroll bar to the left of the
<A>
button will allow viewing of all active alarm messages.
When an alarm condition restores:
An alarm-off message is displayed, as above,
As each alarm-off message is acknowledged, the message and the corresponding alarm message
is deleted from the alarm box, and
When all alarm conditions are restored and acknowledged, the box empties and the border returns
to green.
When a fault condition occurs in a Detector or IIM (or an auxiliary fault):
The word Fault in the status box changes from green to yellow,
The fault message displays in the Fault box,
The computer beeps until each active fault is acknowledged, and
The number of active faults displays in the title bar of the Fault box.
Each fault condition must be acknowledged by clicking on the
<F>
(Fault Acknowledge) button to the right of
the box. Once all active faults are acknowledged:
The fault message displayed in halftone yellow,
The computer stops beeping, and
When a fault condition restores:
A fault-off message is displayed, as above,
As each fault-off message is acknowledged, the message and the corresponding fault message is
deleted from the fault box, and
When all fault conditions are restored and acknowledged, the box empties and its border returns to
green.
The scroll bar to the left of the
<F>
button will allow viewing of all active fault messages.
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DISCONNECTING
To hang-up on a remote site, select
Disconnect
from the main screen menu bar.
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