Emerson operation manual Setting up an E2 to be an Alarm Annunciator, Alarm Dial-Out

•Users can view alarm notifications and alarm logs for all controllers from the Alarm Annunciator.

•Only the Alarm Annunciator needs to be pro- grammed with alarm filter settings for dial-out, out- put, and display. All other controllers may be programmed to simply send all alarms to the Alarm Master via the LonWorks Network.

10.16.2Setting up an E2 to be an Alarm Annunciator

Any E2 on the network that has a modem or Ethernet connection can be set up as an alarm annunciator, but only one alarm annunciator per network is allowed. To set up from the Main Menu:

1.Press (System Configuration)

2.Press  (System Information)

3.Press (General Controller Info)

4.Set Alarm Annunc field to Yes.

NOTE: When the E2 is set up as an Alarm An- nunciator, the Home screen becomes the Alarm Log.

If the target E2 is configured as the Annunciator, the AnnuncIsHomesScrn property becomes available in General Services to select if the Annunciator log is to be the Home screen. The property will default to Yes. If the property is set to No, the Home screen will be either the default Home screen or the user-selected Home screen.

Figure 10-39- Alarm Annunciator

10.16.3 Alarm Dial-Out

Figure 10-40- Alarm Setup Menu

One of the E2’s most important alarm reporting fea- tures is its ability to dial-out to remote sites whenever a serious alarm condition occurs. Each E2 is capable of dial- ing out to up to three sites. The E2 may dial out to a com- puter, a fax machine, a digital pager, or a printer. To set up from the Main Menu:

Dial-out devices are set up in the Dial-out Setup screen. To reach this screen:

1.Press (Main Menu)

2.Press (System Configuration)

3.Press (Alarm Setup)

4.Press (Dial-out Setup)

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