West Control Solutions DataVU 7 - Manual (Page 122)

17 Configuration - External Binary Inputs
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17.2 Alarm Configuration
Overview
Status Status activates alarm monitoring.
Alarm type The alarm type determines whether the activating/inactivating of an input is to
be evaluated as a genuine alarm or only as an event.
Alarm active on Determines whether the alarm is present with an active or inactive input.
Alarm text Text that is entered in the event or alarm list and displayed in the “status & title
bar”, with the alarm type “Alarm”.
Alarm delay This parameter delays the reporting of an alarm. If the alarm is no longer
present after the alarm delay time has elapsed, it will not be triggered.
On Alarm monitoring is active.
Event The alarm text is entered in the event list only.
Alarm The alarm text is entered in the alarm list and the event
list. In addition, the alarm text appears in the “status &
title bar”, and the alarm bell is shown in red.
Alarm text Alarm bell
High (1) Alarm with active input.
Low (0) Alarm with inactive input.