Alarm messages

All open alarms that have been assigned to the current logged-in profile are displayed in the alarm messages (see Persons involved). The type of alarm can be recognized by the color-code. The color in which the alarm is displayed can be set in configuration mode in the alarms control (see Alarms).

Changing the alarm status

An alarm has the following statuses:

  1. Click the entry in the Status column of the alarm list to change the status of the alarm messages.
  2. Optionally, click Confirm all to acknowledge the alarms and remove the red circle displaying the number of unconfirmed alarms.
Message window (pop-up)

As soon as an alarm occurs, a message window is displayed for high- or medium-priority alarms.

Low-priority alarms are removed from the alarm list at the end of the alarm if they are acknowledged and another alarm occurs. Low-priority alarms do not have an alarm status.

You can add a comment for this alarm if necessary.
The comment can be displayed in report mode and archive mode.

  1. Click Confirm to acknowledge the alarm.
    The alarm is deleted from the alarm list and the next alarm is displayed.
  2. Reject the alarm.
    The alarm is deleted from the alarm list and the next alarm is displayed.
  3. Reset the alarm.
    The alarm is marked as deferred in the alarm list. No further alarm is displayed until an alarm is either called from the alarm list or acknowledged. This allows multiple alarms to be acknowledged simultaneously.
Alarm notification

A new alarm is displayed in a highlighted pop-up window that opens from the bottom of the screen (alarm notification).

The notification window displays the alarm name, its status and the time of occurrence.

  1. Click Switch off alarm notes to prevent the alarm notifications appear on the screen.
  2. Select the time interval for the alarm message to be hidden ("snooze"). After the selected interval has elapsed, the alarm notification will be displayed again.
  3. Select the alarm and click Edit alarm to display the message window for editing.
  4. Click Close to close the message window.