Monitoring device alarms, Monitoring device alarms -11 – Grass Valley Xpanel Vertigo Suite v.4.8 User Manual
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Operating panels in Production mode
Monitoring device alarms
Enabling the S
HOW
ALARM
TAB
IN
P
RODUCTION
MODE
setting (T
OOLS
>O
PTIONS
>D
IAGNOSTICS
)
opens the Alarm panel, which shows the status of the device alarms for devices associated
with the current channels (figure
). The device alarms must have been configured on the
device itself in order to be displayed on the Alarms panel.
N
OTE
The device must be actively connected to Xpanel for the alarms to be displayed on the Alarms panel.
See
“Monitoring device connectivity” on page 7-9
for more information.
Figure 7-7. Device alarms are displayed on the Alarms panel in Xpanel’s Production mode
Clicking the arrow buttons
on the Alarm panel allows you to scroll through the
available devices, in which case the device information and alarms are updated and represent
the selected device.
If any of the device readings fall outside the expected range, the Alarm panel’s tab turns red
and the LED on the specific alarm’s health meter will also turn red to highlight the potential
problem. You can turn alarms on or off by toggling the O
N
button within the appropriate alarm’s
health meter box.
N
OTE
You can add and configure your own device alarms directly to the panel using Xpanel’s
Health Meter objects. See
for more information.