DISPLAYING ALARMS cont'd - TM-5-6350-275-100093

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RADCs, zones, or points, in order by time or priority.

b. When you press the [DISPQ] key, the soft-key options are shown as below. You are asked to choose an alarm

queue by the prompt Select Queue. If you want to use the Alarm Queue menu, you can ignore this prompt and press Fl.

In all other cases, you must first select the queue to be displayed.

[MENU] (OPTIONAL)

[OVIEW]

[ONLY]

[PRIOR]

[CHRON]

[ACKED]

[UNACK]

[DEFER]

[RANGE]

F10

[QUIT]

(1) The optional [MENU] soft-key accesses the Alarm Display menu. When you press the key, an indexed list of

up to 32 entries is shown. The first option is highlighted to indicate that it is currently selected. To select an option, you

move the highlight bar over the entry using either [NEXT] or any cursor control key. When you make the selection, press

[GO]. The system displays the alarm and returns to the Main menu. This display becomes the first link in a new chain.

(a) Selecting a Queue. When you press the [DISPQ] key, the alarm queue which contains the highest

priority alarm flashes the title in the alarm frame. If you want to select another queue from the alarm frame, press the

[NEXT] key. Each key press causes the title of the next queue in the alarm frame to flash, indicating that the queue is

selected.

(b) When you select the desired queue, press the [OVIEW] key for an overview of the queue.

(2) The [PRIOR], [CHRON], [ACKED], [UNACK] and [DEFER] keys let you select the type of alarms to be

displayed and the order in which they are presented. These keys alternate between the selected and de-selected states

each time they are pressed.

(a) The [PRIOR] key means "prioritized" and displays alarms in order of priority, with the alarm that has the

highest priority level appearing at the top of the display. [CHRON] means "chronological" and displays alarms in order of

time and date, with the most recent alarm appearing at the top.

(b) The [ACKED] key means "acknowledged" and selects alarms which have been acknowledged. [UNACK]

means "unacknowledged" and selects alarms which have not been acknowledged. [DEFER] means "deferred" and

selects alarms which have been placed into the deferred section of the queue.

the display. You must also select [ACKED] and/or [UNACK] to indicate the type of alarms required. The [DEFER] key is

optional, and you can use it to display deferred alarms in the order and of the type determined by the other four keys.

(d) When you first use the [DISPQ] key, the system selects the [PRIOR], [ACKED], and [UNACK] keys.

Unless you choose otherwise, any request for an alarm display (except by the Alarm Display menu) results in both

acknowledged and unacknowledged alarms being displayed in order of priority.

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