GAI-Tronics Sonic Alarm Sonic Alarm System Software Programming and User Manual - Manual (Page 72)

Pub. 42004-410A
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Reset Alarms Button
The Reset Alarm button, unlike the Play Alarm button that is described in the Alarm Mode section
of this manual, is visible at all times (if enabled through the configuration).
When the system is configured, this button can be used in a several different ways, in addition to being
disabled altogether. Alarms can either be reset on a site-wide reset (where all alarms in the system are
cancelled), or on an individual area basis.
See the Alarm Mode section for more detail about the resetting of alarms.
Select All / Clear All Buttons
The Select All and Clear All buttons operate as their name implies. It is used to quickly select all
areas on a map for some type of operation (Alarm Play, Alarm Reset, or Page).
When first entering in to the Map View screen, all areas on the map that have been configured as
destinations appear as a colored overlay. An area’s overlay color while unselected appears as whatever
color was set during the map configuration process.
When an area is selected it turns red to allow the user to quickly identify that area as a destination for
some type of audio broadcast or alarm reset. These one-touch buttons are helpful to quickly select all
areas or clear all currently selected areas on a specific map.
The Map
At the heart of the MapGUI functionality is the map. The map is generally a drawing or picture
showing the facility layout but, it can be any graphical representation not necessarily a picture. If a
facility is too large to be clearly shown on a single map, there can be multiple maps (12 maximum) with
each map showing only a portion of the overall facility.
Generally, multiple areas are outlined on each map. These geographical areas correlate to the alarm and
paging “destinations” that were defined during the system configuration process. A destination might
include a specific building or an entire area of the faculty. Areas are normally determined by the sound
coverage of the public address system associated with the RTU or group of RTUs included in the
destination.