Picture Perfect 4.6 User Manual - UTCFS Global Security Products

Chapter 13
Alarm/activity monitors
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Figure 110.Alarm Response window
Fields and controls
Table 106.Alarm Response form fields
Field
Instructions
Responses to
Date
Description
Displays alarm instructions, such as who to call or who to dispatch to the area. Messages can be
defined in the Alarm Messages form. Up to five messages can be assigned to each alarm in the
Alarm form.
Displays all the responses to the alarm event up to the current time.
Date/Time
The date and time of the response.
Operator
Response
The operator’s user name.
The response text.
Enter new
response
RSVP
Use to enter a custom text response. Use up to 255 characters.
Click to select from a list of predefined alarm responses. To create a new response based on a
predefined alarm response, click Add. The selected response displays in a window where you may
edit it and save as a new response.
Related procedures
To respond to an alarm:
1. Silence the alarm by clicking Silence on the Alarm Alert window.
2. Select Monitor, and then Alarm Monitor.
3. Select the alarm. The Alarm Response window appears.
4. Optional: Click Outputs to toggle associated outputs on or off.
5. Optional: Enter a response--either click the RSVP button to select from a list of alarm
responses, or type a new response. When you click Add, the selected response appears in
the Enter New Response box. The maximum length of a response is 255 characters. If the