Defining an Alarms Desktop

  1. From the Desktop main window, select the desktop in which you want to display alarm messages, then define the window type. Floating or Desktop.
  2. Specify the secondary windows that will be associated with the Alarms desktop:
    • Display on new alarm: When you select this check box, the following actions can occur:
      • The Alarms desktop opens automatically, when an alarm occurs.
      • An area alarm window opens automatically, when a muster report alarm occurs, and you select Area Screen.
    • Message screen: This window allows operators to view and acknowledge alarms that have an “acknowledgement schedule” selected in the Trigger and Alarm definition menu (Definition > Trigger and Alarm > Alarm notification) or to display the auto-acknowledge button configured in the Operator dialog (System > Operator > Privileges).
    • Instructions screen: This window displays the instruction that is linked to the event to be acknowledged (i.e. call the police, send a message to a client application, etc.). Instructions are defined in the System > Instructions. Then after, they may be associated with events.
    • Graphic screen: This window will display the location of the alarm being reported (if graphics are defined in the system). For more information on assigning graphic, see Graphics Definition.
      Note: An Alarm desktop may be defined as a Message window, a graphic window and an Instruction window. These features may apply to a single desktop. When you select a desktop defined with these three features, three windows are displayed simultaneously. For a better display, you may need to re-size and to position the windows.
    • Area Screen: Select this check box to populate an area alarm window when a muster report alarm occurs. All the cards in the area of the muster report populate the alarm card list.