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Enabling an Alarm

For a alarm to become functional, several conditions must be met:

• The alarm must be enabled.
• The alarm must receive a trigger that corresponds to one of the alarm's transitions out of the Ground state.
• The alarm's property must be in the property group of the node associated with the trigger.

This section explains how to enable an alarm.

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Note    If you later turn an alarm off or reset the alarm to ground, any pending triggers fired by that alarm are cleared if the Clear Triggers for Reset To Ground or Off checkbox is checked in the alarm's definition window.

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  To enable an alarm:

1. From the client's Admin menu, choose Alarm Definition List.

   The Alarm Definition List window is displayed.

   Alarm Definition List Window

   

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2. Select the alarm you want to enable from the list.

   The Open button becomes enabled.

3. Select the Open button.

   The Alarm Definition window is displayed and shows the definition of the alarm you selected.

   Alarm Definition Window

   

4. Select the On radio button in the Enabled frame.
5. Select the Save button.

The alarm is now enabled.

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Tip    You can also enable an alarm by selecting the alarm in the Alarm Definition List window, right-clicking the entry for the alarm, and choosing On from the popup menu.

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