Interlogix Topaz User Manual - Manual (Page 325)

Chapter 11
Color Graphics Maps
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Acknowledge Alarm
To use this button to acknowledge a new alarm or an alarm that has returned to normal you must first
select the alarm by passing the mouse over the alarm icon requiring acknowledgement. You can
then click OK to acknowledge the alarm.
If you are acknowledging an alarm that has returned to normal, don’t forget to clear it.
The easiest and quickest way to acknowledge and clear the alarm is to double-click the icon to
display the Alarm Detail window or right click the icon to display the menu and click the Details
selection
Figure 208.Acknowledge window
Type any informational comments about the alarm or actions you take and click Clear. If you click
Cancel the window closes without clearing the alarm or saving any comments. You can open the
window at any time to type comments and clear the alarm. Once the alarm is cleared, the window
when displayed is blank once again.
Note: You may only clear an alarm that has returned to normal.
CAUTION: Make sure you have the correct icon selected before taking any action. Once an icon on the map is
selected and highlighted, you must be careful not to pass the mouse over any other icon while moving the mouse
to the toolbar. As stated above, once the mouse pointer is passed over another icon, that icon is then selected and
highlighted. This could cause you to take action on the wrong icon.
WARNING: If you have acknowledged an alarm that has returned to normal and you do not clear it, the icon for that
point will be green and appear to be normal. Until the alarm is cleared, new alarms for that point will only turn the
icon to steady red on the color graphics map. We suggest that once an alarm has returned to normal, you clear it
right away.