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Alerts Radar/Chart Radar User Guide
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Alerts on a Multi-node System
Alert management enables system features to designate alerts that they
generate as either `System' or `Local'.
In general, an alert generated on one node will be displayed and audibly
announced on all nodes in the system. These are known as system alerts.
When the operator acknowledges an alert on a node it is shown as
acknowledged on all nodes in the system.
Some alerts are displayed and audibly announced only on the node that
generated it (unless the alert is configured to be displayed on all nodes at
commissioning). These are known as local alerts and relate to conditions
that impact only the node that generated the alert. Examples of local alerts
include: display warnings, computer hardware problems,
authorization/licensing errors, database connection errors, transceiver and
video errors, target alerts, etc.
Alerts cannot be acknowledged if Station In Control (SIC) is
enabled and your node is assigned as `Never In Control', see
Appendix A `Station In Control’ in Chapter 3, Basic Operation of
Radar.
Alerts on a Client/Server Radar System
On a Client/Server Radar (CSR) system all alerts raised on a Server node
are defined as System alerts.
Alerts raised on Client nodes retain their Local/System definitions, as
described previously.
The table on page 7-31 `Client/Server Radar Alerts’ lists the alerts that are
generated due to failure conditions specific to a CSR . Some alerts listed in
this table are replicated on standard VisionMaster FT systems (see List of
Alarms, Warnings and Cautions) however the possible causes of the alerts
will be different and are described in the table.
CSR alerts are displayed on all Clients networked to the Server.