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Managing Alarms
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cancels the manual alarm and all other active general and manual alarms
within the system.
3. To cancel an alarm activated by an external warning system wired to an
Internal or External router's switch input, reverse the switch or re-press the
button used to raise the alarm.
After cancellation, all network routers and Tags return to their normal operational
state unless another alarm is active.
7.5
False Alarms
WARNING:
Never cancel an alarm unless you are sure that everyone is
accounted for.
A false man overboard alarm may occur on the Crewsafe system if:
a. A person leaves the vessel carrying an active Tag and disconnects from the
network.
b. An active Tag is lost overboard and cannot be retrieved.
c. A Tag's battery runs flat.
A false duress alarm may occur if:
a. Someone unintentionally presses the Tag BUTTON for 3 seconds.
A false manual or general alarm may occur if:
a. Someone unintentionally presses the ALARM BUTTON on a Display Console or
Internal Router, or
b. Someone unintentionally activates an external alarm system that has been wired to
an Internal or External Router's switch input (i.e. presses an emergency button).
To cancel alarms raised in error, please see the relevant section:
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Cancelling a Man Overboard Alarm
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