GE v6 Count, Host Date/Time, Micro Date/Time, Instructions, Response Button, Acknowledge

Count

The number of times the alarm has entered an alarm state since the alarm was last cleared from the Alarm Monitor.

Host Date/Time

The date and time the alarm occurred according to the system date and time.

Micro Date/Time

The date and time the alarm occurred according to the micro’s date and time.

Instructions

Displays the instructions linked to the current alarm. When an alarm is displayed on the Alarm Monitor Form, select the alarm. The alarm instructions set up for this alarm will display in the Instruction windowpane, providing guidelines for the operator to resolve the alarm condition. Predefined Instructions were created on the Instruction Form of the Administration menu.

Response

This is a multi-line dialog box, allowing you to manually enter a response of up to 256 alphanumeric characters, for the current alarm.

Response Button

Click to display a list of predefined responses. Predefined responses are created on the Alarm Response Form of the Administration menu. If the entire list does not fit, scroll bars become available on the right of the window. Select a response and click OK for the selected response to display in the Response windowpane of the Alarm Monitor Form.

•You can manually extend the response by placing your cursor at the end of the entry and appending to a maximum of 256 alphanumeric characters.

•You can append an additional predefined response without overwriting the existing entry.

•When you append an additional predefined response to the existing entry, a warning message displays if the response exceeds 256 characters. The additional response will not be appended.

The selected response is recorded in alarm history when the alarm is acknowledged.

Acknowledge

Click to acknowledge an alarm. Forced acknowledgement to an alarm is required only if the Operator Acknowledge check box has been checked to enable this function on the Alarm Form.

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