DSM570
User’s Manual
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Revision 1.8.3
8 Alerts
The DSM570 can act as both an Alert Source and an Alert Monitor. An Alert Source monitors
parameters received on the NMEA2000
®
bus against a user entered threshold, and displays alerts
when parameters go out of range. It will also transmit this Alert information to other Alert Monitors on
the
bus (Platinum copies of N2KView™ or other DSM570s) and sound the ALM100 annunciators as
required. Operators may accept or cancel the Alerts from the buttons on the front of the DSM570.
An Alert Monitor, the DSM570 monitors the bus for Alert messages from Alert Sources, and displays
the remote Alert information on the DSM570
’s screen. Operators may accept or cancel the remote
Alerts from the buttons on the front of the DSM570, in which case an Alert Command Message is
sent back to the Alert Source.
8.1 Displaying Active Alerts
Active Alerts are overlaid on all the favorite screens.
Figure 270
– Alert Display
The number of Alerts with pending operator actions is shown in the top right corner. This will be
colored red if the highest pending Alert is an Alarm and yellow if it is a Warning. The description of the
active Alert with the highest priority is shown at the bottom left of the screen. This will be colored red if
it is an Alarm and yellow if it is a Warning. In addition, the state of the alert (0) will be shown as
follows:
Active
– The enclosing box will flash between a solid red or yellow and white.
Accepted
– The enclosing box will be a solid red or yellow.
Awaiting Cancel
– The enclosing box will be outlined in red or yellow, as shown in Figure 270.
8.1.1 Alert Status Screen
The list of Active Alerts is displayed in tabular form on the Alert Status Screen. This Screen may be
displayed by selecting the
Alert Status
option from the Main Menu.
