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The table below describes each property in the dialog.
Property Description
Block Name The analog alarm block's name. The maximum length of the name is 20 characters.
Block ID The analog alarm block’s ID number. Select a number between 64 and 79. The number is unique
among all analog alarm blocks of the panel application.
Type Specifies the type of the analog alarm block. There are two types:
Type Description
Continuous Words Select Continuous Words to create an analog alarm block starting from
the word device M with N continuous words
Random Words Select Random Words to create an analog alarm block with N specified
random words.
Legend: M: An address specified in Read Address field N: A size specified in Block Size.
Read
Address Specifies the starting address of an alarm block to monitor the status of alarms.
Click to enter an address for this field. Click to select a tag for this field.
Block Size Specifies the block size of an alarm block. The unit is word. The maximum block size you can specify
depends on the type you select.
Type Maximum block size
Continuous Words 16
Random Words 64
Read Interval Specifies the period between 1 to 3600 seconds that the panel reads Alarm Block and checks the
state of every bit in the block. The shorter the Read Interval is, the faster the alarm display object will
be refreshed, but it will make other objects refresh slower.
To specify all analog alarms, you need to do the setting on the analog alarm list and analog alarm properties field. The
analog alarm list located on the bottom-left part of the dialog shows all the analog alarms in the alarm block. The analog
alarm properties field located on the right of the list shows all the properties of the selected analog alarm.
The following table describes each column in the analog alarm list.
Column Description
No. The number of the analog alarm in the alarm block.
Address Shows the address of the analog alarm.
Use Check this option if you want to use analog alarm #n.
Message Displays specified alarm message in selected language.
You need to make selection before editing the analog alarm. To select an analog alarm, click the row of that alarm in the
list. To select multiple rows, click the row on its header column and use Ctrl + Click to add a row to the selection.
If multiple rows are selected, any modification on the common properties such as Level, Record alarm, Sound Buzzer,
Display message, Display screen, Required Acknowledgement, Record ACK, Notification, Tip Screen…will apply to all
selected analog alarms
CHAPTER 11 ALARMS AND ALARM DISPLAYS