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Alarm Overview
The FSD contains an audible alarm that can be en-
abled or disabled by the installer or service technician
and is pass-code protected. See Section 5.4.1., Alarms
Tab for alarm parameter configuration details.
The FSD retrieves an alarm list from the controller ap-
proximately every 20 seconds, depending on your
connection speed and other factors. The FSD will re-
ceive the alarm list from a single E2 or multiple E2s
if one is configured as the alarm annunciator (Section
8, E2 Alarm Annunciator Setup).
If a new alarm is detected while in snooze delay, the
snooze will be cancelled and the audible alarm will be
activated.
4.1. Alarm Filtering
Alarms can be filtered by:
• Setting the minimum alarm priority - specifies
a minimum priority for alarms to be filtered.
Alarms with a priority greater than the Mini-
mum Alarm Priority will not be shown. Alarms
with a priority equal to or lower than this value
will be shown.
• Return to Normal flag
• Show Notices flag
Alarm parameters can also be set up in the E2 under
General setup of the Facility Status Display applica-
tion (Figure 6-1).
If an alarm is found active in the filtered list, the FSD
will:
• Indicate the alarm by asserting a visual indica-
tion (the blinking word alarm and sounding a
horn if internal/external horn is enabled).
• Enable the Snooze Alarm. If Snooze is active,
the remaining snooze time will be displayed in
place of the Snooze Alarm button.
The alarm light remains illuminated as long as any ad-
visory is active (independent of audible alarm) with
visible countdown timer (if Snooze is enabled) until
audible alarms is reactivated.
The audible alarm will annunciate any time there is an
Alarm Filtering
active alarm displayed on the alarm. If alarming or
Snoozing is active and the filtered alarm list indicates
that no alarm is active, any active state (alarm or
Snooze) will be canceled automatically.
Automatic color-coding allows for simple differenti-
ation between those advisories that are urgent and
those that have already been resolved.
TEXT COLOR
ADVISORY STATE
Red
Active advisory and/or
failure
Yellow
Active Notice
Green
Return-To-Normal Advi-
sories
Blue
Acknowledged Alarms,
Reset alarms
Table 4-1 - Advisory Text Color Key
4.1.1. Alarm Snoozing
The Snooze Alarm allows the user to silence the audi-
ble alarm for a configurable amount of time. If the
alarm is still active after the Snooze Delay, or if an-
other advisory is generated, the audible alarm will re-
activate. The maximum snooze time is 4 hours.
Snooze Delay and disable settings are part of pass-
code protected setup under Configuration Setup in the
FSD. When an alarm is in snooze, the Home screen
(see Figure 5-1) will indicate the remaining snooze
time.
An audible alarm is activated any time an advisory is
active (in Alarm or Fail State). Snoozing does not
change the state of advisories in E2.
Once an audible alarm has annunciated, the alarm
may be "snoozed" by touching Snooze Alarm on the
Home screen. The audible alarm can be disabled
through the E2 or the FSD alarm configuration screen
(see Figure 5-11) under the Audible Alarm setting.
NOTE: If communications are lost be-
tween the E2 and the FSD, an alarm will
generate. The delay for the alarm will be
consistent with the offline delays used in the E2 for
board offline alarming.
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