The Alarm Status Tab

The Alarm Status tab contains a table showing all alarm events and their current activation status.

You can filter alarms by the various alarm statuses, as described in the following table.

Status	Definition
Inhibited	Shows only inhibited alarms.
Shunted	Shows only shunted alarms.
Normal	Shows alarms that are neither inhibited nor shunted.
Show All	Shows all alarms.

Note: It is possible to amend the configuration to ensure that inhibited alarms are handled as if they were normal alarms. See your system administrator for more details.

Note: Shunting an alarm means to temporarily prevent it from alarming for a specified time period, without inhibiting (disabling) it.

You can enter the alarm ID number in the Alarm field to see that alarm only.

To shunt an alarm, select it in the list and click the Activate Shunt button. The Select Shunt Time dialog appears.

Click a button corresponding to the duration you want for the alarm shunt. The Enter Shunt Reason dialog appears.

Enter the reason for the shunt and click OK.

Another way to set the shunt duration is to click the Shunt Until button. The Select Date dialog appears.

Today's date is highlighted in blue. Select the date and time for the shunt deactivation and click OK. The Enter Shunt Reason dialog appears.

Enter the reason for the shunt and click OK.

If you click the Permanent Shunt button, the alarm will remain shunted until you manually deactivate the shunt.

Click the Close button. The Enter Shunt Reason dialog appears.

Enter a reason for the shunt, and click OK.

If you want to manually deactivate an alarm shunt before its designated deactivation date, select the alarm on the list, and click the Deactivate Shunt button. The Confirm Shunt Deactivation dialog appears.

Click Yes.

To see an alarm's location on the map, select it in the table and click the Find On Map button. The alarm icon on the map associated with the alarm becomes highlighted.

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