Displaying Alarm Desktops Automatically

EntraPass enables users to display graphics automatically - from any desktop - as soon as an alarm occurs. This feature enables operators on duty to automatically view new alarms without having to open the alarm desktop and secondary windows associated with it. If Display on new alarm is checked the alarm desktop (and its secondary windows) will be displayed as soon as an alarm occurs regardless of the active window.

  1. Define a desktop and customize it as an alarm desktop: For this, you have to check the items of the Alarms desktop section.
  2. Check the Display on new alarm option so that operators can automatically view new alarms without having to open the alarm desktop and secondary windows associated with it.
    Note: If this option is selected when defining a Filtered message desktop for instance and if the desktop button is selected, the filtered message desktop will be displayed (the background colour of its button turns blue), but the windows below the Display on new alarm section will not be displayed; they are only displayed when a new alarm occurs. If those windows are displayed (on new alarm), clicking the “X” in the top right hand corner of one of them will close all the open windows. If Display on new alarm is not checked, the alarm desktop and all its secondary windows will be displayed on call (that is, when the alarm desktop is selected).
  3. Click OK and Go for your configuration to take effect immediately.
    Note: When you define a desktop as an alarm desktop to be displayed on new alarm, it is recommended to reopen the Automatic Alarm Display desktop, to position its windows the way you want them to appear, then to click OK and GO again. This way, it will appear exactly as you have defined it.