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Alarm handling
The highest-priority active alarm always flashes on the first line of
the message window. If no alarm is active, the first line displays the
highest-priority autoreset alarm. You can use the menu function to
view all remaining active and autoreset alarms. (Chapter 6 of this
manual tells you how to use the menu function.) Figure 7-1
summarizes how to view active alarms.
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ALARM SETTINGS
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7.1 Autoreset alarms
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ALARM
Red ALARM indicator flashes when
high-priority alarm is active.
CAUTION
Yellow CAUTION indicator flashes
when medium-priority alarm is active.
Figure 7-1. Viewing active alarms
Silences alarm sounds but
does not change visual
indicators.
The highest-priority active
alarm flashes on the first line
of the message window.
If the active alarm is an operatoradjustable
alarm, its key light flashes and
the ALARM SETTINGS window is blank.
When an alarm is autoreset (that is, reset because the condition
corrected itself), it is added to the Autoreset alarms list. You can view
the Autoreset alarms list using the MENU key. (Chapter 6 tells you
how to use the MENU key.)
When an alarm autoresets, the CAUTION or ALARM indicator lights
steadily (instead of flashing). Any alarm key lights that were flashing
when the alarm was active return to their previous states (off or
steadily lit).
Pressing alarm reset immediately clears all autoreset alarms. For accurate
alarm condition evaluation, press alarm silence and view autoreset
alarms (using the Autoreset alarms function, as described in Chapter 6).
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