Setting/activating alarm events – Videoswitch Vi-POSCON User Manual

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Setting/Activating Alarm Events

This menu lets you configure up to four alarm
inputs. To access the menu, highlight and click
Set/Activate Alarm Events

on the

EVENT MENU

. The ALARM MENU appears.

Setting the Current Alarm

Use this option to identify the alarm you want to
configure.

1. Highlight and click Current Alarm on

the ALARM MENU. The ALARM NUMBER
menu appears.

2. Highlight and click the alarm you are

identifying. The ALARM MENU reappears
displaying the current alarm number and
its associated details.

Setting the Identifier

This setting lets you enter a text string name to
identify the current alarm.

1. Highlight and click Identifier on the

ALARM MENU

. The Alarm Identifier

window and an on-screen QWERTY
keyboard window open.

2. Use the mouse to highlight and click up to

20 characters (including spaces) to name
this alarm. Highlight and click Shift to
toggle between uppercase and lowercase
letters.

(To correct a character, highlight and click
Error

as required to erase, from right to

left, characters entered.)

3. Highlight and click OK to save the text

string. The ALARM MENU reappears
displaying the identifier.

Setting the Setup

Use this option to associate the current alarm
with any of the activated input channels.

1. Highlight and click Setup on the ALARM

MENU

. The ALARM ALLOCATION menu

appears.

2. Highlight and click the active channel to

which to associate the current alarm. The
ALARM MENU

reappears displaying the

setup selected.

Setting the Contact Type

The Contact Type display is for information
only. Contact your Customer Engineer if you
need to change this setting.

Setting the Alarm Status

Use this option to enable or disable the current
alarm. The default setting is Disabled.

1. Highlight and click Alarm Status on the

ALARM MENU

. The EVENT STATUS menu

appears.

2. Highlight and click the option for the

current alarm. The ALARM MENU
reappears displaying the selected status.

Setting the Alarm Duration

Use this option to set the length of time the
alarm is displayed on the monitor. The default
setting is 30 Seconds.

1. Highlight and click Alarm Duration on

the ALARM MENU. The SET EVENT TIME
menu appears.


Current Alarm : 1
Identifier : Emergency Exit Door
Setup : Channel 1
Contact Type : Norm. Open
Alarm Status : Disabled
Alarm Duration : 0 Seconds
Alarm Period : All
Start Time : 00:00
End Time : 23:59
Exit

ALARM MENU


Alarm 1
Alarm 2
Alarm 3
Alarm 4

ALARM NUMBER


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Shift Space Error
OK Cancel


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Alarm Identifier


On Channel 1
On Channel 2
On Channel 3
On Channel 4

ALARM ALLOCATION


Enabled
Disabled

EVENT STATUS


Increment
Decrement
Exit

SET EVENT TIME

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