Chapter 3 Lookout Runtime Menu Commands
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Setting Ack User Name restricts your alarm monitoring to alarms
acknowledged by that particular user. You can only enter one user name at
a time, but you can use wild card characters to widen the scope of the
alarms reported.
The Ack Comment filter restricts your alarms displayed to those with the
specified acknowledgement comment.
Setting Object Name restricts your alarm monitoring to alarms involving
the name you enter. You can only enter one name at a time, but you can use
wild card characters to widen the scope of those objects reported.
Setting Description restricts your monitoring alarms that meet your
criteria. You can only choose one description category at a time, but you can
use wild card characters to widen the scope of the alarms reported. The
Lookout categories HiHi, Hi, Lo, or LoLo are added as a prefix to any
descriptions, and are transparent to description filtering.
Setting Area Name restricts your monitoring to the alarm area you choose.
You can only enter one alarm area at a time. (Lookout 4 alarm areas are the
same thing as Lookout 3.xx alarm groups.)
Use the Browse Areas button to locate and select the alarm area you want
to use as a filter.
You can choose to have the Lookout alarm window show alarms only,
events only, or both alarms and events by checking the appropriate box in
the Show section of this dialog box.
Use the parameters in the Old Alarms section to display alarms after they
have been acknowledged.
Selecting Audible Alarms enables a sound alert when an alarm takes
place. The sound depends on your Windows system setting for error
sounds.
Alarms»Print
Security Level: 1
Shortcut Keys: none
The Alarms»Print command invokes a dialog box you can use to specify
the time period of the alarms you want to print.