Alarm States

An alarm can be in one of several states and these states have an associated solid or blinking color as described in the following table. 

 

State

Color

Description

Active

Blinking red

The alarm is new, unacknowledged, and unresolved.

Acknowledged

Solid orange

An operator has acknowledged that he/she is aware of the alarm, although it remains unresolved.

Cleared

Solid green

The alarm has been acknowledged and resolved. Note that the default filter in the Alarms module hides cleared alarms, so these are generally not seen.

 

See also:

Main Alarm Window

Viewing Alarms