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User Interface

User Interface


Products: WorkStation
Functionalities: Alarms, Basic Functionality
Product version: 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 2022, 2023
12/11/2018

Alarms Pane Context Menu

Use the Alarms pane context menu to manage the alarms in the Alarms pane.

 
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Figure: Alarms pane context menu

Table: Alarms Pane Context Menu

Command

Description

Acknowledge

Click to acknowledge the alarm state or reset state.

For more information, see Alarm Acknowledgements .

Enable alarm

Click to enable the alarm. If the alarm state changed, for example from alarm state to normal state during the time the alarm was disabled, the alarm is given the new state once it is enabled.

For more information, see Disable and Enable Alarms .

Disable alarm

Click to disable the alarm. The alarm is disabled and cannot be acknowledged or reset until it is enabled.

For more information, see Disable and Enable Alarms .

Recheck

Click to update the current alarm state.

Show alarm

Click to show the alarm.

For more information, see Hide and Show Alarms .

Hide alarm

Click to hide the alarm from the Alarms pane. The alarm is still logged in the event log.

For more information, see Hide and Show Alarms .

Enable state-change logging

Click to start logging an event each time the alarm is changing its state.

For more information, see Alarm State-Change Logging .

Disable state-change logging

Click to stop logging an event every time the alarm is changing its state.

For more information, see Alarm State-Change Logging .

Self-assign

Click to assign the alarm to yourself.

For more information, see Alarm Assignments .

Assign

Click to assign the alarm to another user.

For more information, see Alarm Assignments .

Reject

Click to reject the alarm.

For more information, see Alarm Assignments .

Accept

Click to accept the alarm.

For more information, see Alarm Assignments .

Release

Click to release an alarm that is assigned to you.

For more information, see Alarm Assignments .

Add comment

Click to add a comment to the alarm.

For more information, see Alarm Comments .

Add cause note

Click to add a cause note to the alarm.

For more information, see Cause Notes .

Add action note

Click to add an action note to the alarm.

For more information, see Action Notes .

Checklist

Click to view the checklist of the alarm.

For more information, see Checklists .

Turn off visual and audible alert

Click to turn off visual and audible alert.

Attachments

Click to open the file or document that is attached to the alarm.

For more information, see Alarm Attachments .

Go to alarm object

Click to open the settings of the alarm in the Work area.

Go to source object

Click to open the object that triggered the alarm in the Work area.

View

Click to view the history, comments, cause notes, action notes, or checklists of an alarm in the work area. For more information, see Alarms Pane Context Menu - View Submenu .

Alarm View settings

Click to open the Alarm View settings submenu where you can make a number of Alarm View settings for the current Alarms pane or Alarm View. For more information, see Alarms Pane Context Menu - Alarm View Settings Submenu .

See Also

  • Alarm Acknowledgements
  • Disable and Enable Alarms
  • Hide and Show Alarms
  • Alarm State-Change Logging
  • Alarm Assignments
  • Alarm Comments
  • Cause Notes
  • Action Notes
  • Checklists
  • Alarm Attachments
  • Alarms Pane and Alarm View Toolbar
  • Alarm and Event Detail View
  • Events Pane and Event View
  • Alarms Pane Context Menu - View Submenu
  • Alarms Pane Context Menu - Alarm View Settings Submenu
  • Alarm Details Dialog Box