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Resetting and Disabling Alarms

Some alarms, such as IfLoad, are designed to revert to their original state when a condition is met. Others, such as IfData_LogToFile, remain in a particular state until you manually reset the alarm. When you've obtained the information you need about an alarm instance, you may want to reset some or all alarm instances. You can reset alarms using a number of methods from different NerveCenter windows. For now, we'll use the Alarm Summary window.

 
  To reset alarms:

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

   The Alarm Summary window is displayed.

2. Select all the alarms in the list.

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      To highlight a block of items in a list, select the first item in the block, press and hold the Shift key, and then select the last item in the block. To highlight nonconsecutive items, select the first item, press and hold the Ctrl key, and select each additional item.

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3. Right-click and choose Reset to Ground from the pop-up menu.

   The alarm instances disappear from the screen.

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      If you select only one alarm instance -- or the instances you select all belong to the same alarm -- the pop-up menu offers you another choice besides Reset to Ground. You can also reset the instances to one of the alarm's other states. If you reset instances to a particular state, the entries in the alarm list display the state you selected. The trigger that caused the transition to that state is a NerveCenter built-in trigger named USER_RESET.

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After resetting an alarm instance, if the condition that triggered the alarm persists, the alarm will again transition from its ground state. To reset an alarm so that it doesn't re-instantiate, you must turn the alarm off.

 
  To turn off the IfData_LogToFile and IfLoad alarms:

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

   The Alarm Definition List window is displayed.

2. Highlight the IfData_LogToFile and IfLoad alarms.
3. Right-click and choose Off from the pop-up menu.

Your alarms are now disabled. Any alarm instances that were listed in the Alarm Summary window are gone.