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Operation of the Monitor Wall
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3. Export the database to the Kaleido-X.
4. Trigger the action by clicking the widget.
The GPI line’s state changes.
Note: GPI lines configured as outputs can have their state set manually for test purposes in XEdit’s System
tab.
Acknowledging Alarms
To prevent users from missing temporary alarms on the monitor wall, widgets that are capable of
displaying an alarm status (e.g. video windows, UMDs, alarm status widgets) can be configured with a
latching mechanism. An alarm latch will keep the error state visible until someone acknowledges the
associated alarm.
Video widgets can provide alarm status information through their borders’ color and blinking behavior,
and show the latched state as small indicators in each corner of the video window. UMDs (text and tallies)
and alarm status widgets can change their text or background color and blinking behavior to reflect the
alarm status, and show the latched state through their borders. See “Configuring a Video Widget’s Alarm
Reporting Behavior” on page 206 for details on configuring the alarm reporting and latching attributes for
these layout elements.
The Kaleido-X system tracks the latched state of all alarm levels in a channel at all times, even when alarms
are not being monitored on the wall, or via SNMP traps or background actions. It could thus happen that
some widgets will show a latched status indicator after a layout is loaded, even if the current state of the
corresponding alarm is normal and the alarm was not monitored in the previous layout (the alarm
occurred on the feed while the feed was not monitored).
• Latching only occurs when an alarm severity is above normal (i.e. minor, major, or critical). All other
alarm states (unavailable, unassigned, pending, unknown, etc.) are not latched.
• Unlatching a global alarm unlatches all its contributing alarms. Unlatching the last alarm contributing
to a global alarm unlatches the global alarm itself.
• The color of the latch indicator reflects the highest level of alarm received since the corresponding
alarm was last unlatched.