Dealing with Alarms

How to Configure My Monitor to Report Alarms?

Your Monitor can report Alarms using different meanings. The following steps will guide you through the creation of an Alarm and will also explain how to associate an Alarm to some of the Components that can be found inside of a Monitor.

Creating an Alarm

From within your KEdit open the Layout where you'll want to use the Alarm. An Alarm is not associated to a Layout but is created for the system, so that an Alarm can be used by several Layouts on the same machine.

Associating an Alarm with a Monitor

In a Monitor, the Alarm can be reported by many Components: Video, UMD, Text Label, Status Indicator and Tally can be used to report Alarms.

Associating an Alarm with a Video Component

From now on, the Video border will report the status of the Alarm.

Associating an Alarm with a UMD Component

The following steps describe how to associate an Alarm with a UMD that is part of a Monitor, but an Alarm could also be associated with a UMD that is not part of a Monitor (leave out the first step of the following procedure in the later case).

From now on, the UMD will report the status of the selected Alarm.

Associating an Alarm with a Text Label Component

The following steps describe how to associate an Alarm with a Text Label that is part of a Monitor, but an Alarm can also be associated with a Text Label that is not part of a Monitor (leave out the first step of the following procedure in the later case).

From now on, the Text Label you configured will report the status of the selected Alarm.

Associating an Alarm with a Status Indicator Component

The Status Indicator is a Component whose primary function is to report the status of an Alarm Monitor. A Status Indicator can be part of a Monitor but it can also be placed independently in the Layout (leave out the first step of the following procedure in the later case).

From now on, the Status Indicator you configured will report the status of the selected Alarm Monitor.

Associating an Alarm with a Tally Component

The Tally is a Component that can modify its displayed color in order to report the status of its associated Alarm Monitor. A Tally can be part of a Monitor but it can also be placed independently on the Layout(leave out the first step of the following procedure in the later case).

From now on, the Tally you configured will report the status of the selected Alarm Monitor.


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