Alarms in icontrol, Key concepts, Alarms – Grass Valley iControl V.4.43 User Manual
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Alarms in iControl
This chapter describes alarms and their role in the monitoring of devices, signals and services
in an iControl environment.
Summary
Viewing Alarms on iControl Web Pages
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Viewing Alarms in iC Navigator
Displaying Alarm Status Details
Viewing Acknowledgments and Latches in Event Log Viewer
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Working with Operational Modes
Setting a Schedule for an Alarm
Setting a Schedule for an Alarm Inversion
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Example — Monitoring a Virtual Alarm
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Key Concepts
Alarms
Alarms are the central feature of monitoring in iControl. There are three types of alarms in the
General Status Manager (GSM): events, statuses, and text alarms.
An alarm:
• is a status report on a specific condition within a site
• can inform and/or alert
• refers to a single defined condition, usually generated by a device