Graphics Display Screen
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IFI-WS Installation and Operation Manual – P/N LS10050-000JC-E:A 12/11/2014
5.3.1 Graphic Elements
5.3.1.1 Point Icons
Point icons represent a physical, addressable device on the system. Examples of point icons are fire panels and fire
protection devices. The name of the point displays above the icon and if the point’s status becomes off-normal, its
icon flashes and information about its status is displayed below it.
Clicking on a point icon displays a box across the bottom of the workstation screen with detailed information and the
current state of the associated point.
5.3.1.2 Navicons
Navicons represent a method to navigate between workstation floor plan areas to find points or an event. Each
workstation floor plan area (parent) has one navicon that hyperlinks to each of its respective subordinate (child
screen) workstation floor plan areas (refer to the Navigation Tree hierarchy). Navicons change color to match the
off-normal event that is reported to the workstation. They are used to locate an event on parent or child screen; follow
the same colored navicon to find an event.
5.3.1.3 Linked Media
Linked media provides important information during monitoring such as a photograph, text document, video, or a
sound clip. Linked media is identified with an asterisk (*). One suggested use is to provide firefighters with an image
of hazardous materials stored on-site.
5.3.1.4 Control Commands
Factory defined and Administrator assigned control commands are available for all point icons. They are accessed
with right-clicks on its icon or navigation tree label.
Control commands are available only when you have a node control and security profile that allows it. Only one
workstation can control any single system device at a given time. Taking control of a device removes control from the
previous supervisor of that device.
5.3.1.5 Point Right-Click Choices to Respond to Events
Addressable devices have right-click menus that provide you with a list of device-specific choices used to control a
device. The choices that appear in menu depends on the type of device, the situation, and the user’s security option
permissions. An asterisk next to a choice indicates that another workstation has control of the device. A workstation
must have control of the device in order to perform a command on it.
The following descriptions are provided for an overview of some right-click menus options:
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<Point Description>
– Selecting the top line Device Description displays window which shows the devices
provided description. This description may have been entered by the Admin User or the description was read
from a panel on the system.
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Enter User Response
– This choice displays a window with predefined User responses for reporting various
conditions and operations related to the device. There is also a custom field for text-entry if a unique situation
occurs. The selected response is logged to the history file.
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History of Device
– Opens the History Manager window that displays the history information relating to the
selected device.
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View or Play: Text, Bitmap, Video, Audio
– Only if the device has an asterisk displayed adjacent to a choice,
it has linked media and a choice will also display in the list of choices.
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Zoom
– This choice allow the selection of various zoom levels and a return to the previous zoom level choice.
When a zoom is selected, the zoom will center on the current mouse pointer location.
