Alarm Properties

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An alarm has the following properties, available in the table view or the detail window:

Alarm Properties

Field

Description

Time

The date and time when the alarm occurred.

Time Received

The time the alarm was received and stored in the database. If the event was processed by an external device such as a controller, this may differ from the time, depending on delays or interruptions in communications between the host and the device.

Site

The site where the alarm occurred.

Log Code

The internal code to identify the event. Log codes can be viewed in the Event Policy Manager and defined as alarms. See Modifying Default Event Policies .

Priority

The level of importance assigned to the alarm. Priorities range from a low of -10 to a high of 10. To configure these priorities, see Setting Event and Alarm Priorities.

Description

A description of the alarm.

Device

The device associated with the alarm, such as a workstation or hardware module.

·         Edit...: Displays information about the device including type, name, and address. Some fields are editable, depending on the type of device.

·         View Status...: Displays the status of the associated device. For example, if the workstation is logged in to the system or if the hardware module is enabled.

·         Commands: lists any available commands for the device. For example, apply a controller configuration, or send a message to a workstation.

·         Show in Graphics : see Map Viewer.

Credential

If the alarm has an associated credential (such as a badge or login), the identifying information of the credential (such as a card or username) is displayed in this field.

·         Edit...: Revise the credential (badge, login, etc.) record associated with the event.

Watch Level

Displays the Credential Watch Level for the badge associated with the event. See Adding a Color Border to Event Photos (Credential Watch) .

·         Edit...: Revise the credential watch level associated with the badge.

Address

The address of the device.

Personnel Record

If a personnel record is associated with the alarm, this field displays the person’s name.

·         Edit...: Edit the personnel record associated with the event.

·         View Photo...: Displays the associated personnel record photo, if any.

Data

This field displays detailed information about the event, the exact value and meaning of which depends on the type of event. This field is generally for advanced or troubleshooting use. If the event is associated with an attempt to gain access to an access point using a badge that is not in the database, this field contains the card number.

Count

The number of times this alarm has occurred, including duplicates. Duplicate alarms have all attributes the same except time).

Alarm State

The state of the alarm. See Alarm States.

·         Ack...: Acknowledges the alarm, placing it in an acknowledged state. This means that the operator is aware of the alarm, but it has not been resolved. A solid orange color indicates this state.

·         Clear...: Clears the alarm, placing it in a cleared state. This means that the alarm has been resolved. A solid green color indicates this state.

·         Comment...: Adds a comment to an alarm. Does not change the state of the alarm. A new comment may be entered, or a previously entered comment may be selected from the drop-down list. For more on this, refer to Alarm Comments.

·         View Instructions...: Opens an alarm instructions detail window with instructions for dealing with the type of alarm, if any. This button is only active if instructions have been enabled for this alarm.

Target device

The device associated with the event. For example, the device where a command was executed.

·         Edit: modify the device settings.

Camera

The camera associated with the device.

·         Live Video: opens the video player to view live video from the camera associated with the device.

·         Event Video: displays archived video associated with the event, if available.

See System Configuration Settings for more information.

See also:

Viewing Alarms

Events & Alarms

Configuring Events and Alarms