AX Alarm console
This view is an optional view you can configure or disable for each user. It provides a split-screen view with the Alarm Console
on the top and two video camera panes below.
Figure 13. Alarm Popup window
- Window configuration controls
- Alarm console
- Alarm controls
- Video panes
- Video alarm controls
Before you can access this view you must enable it for a user. Click , add a new user or edit an existing user, and set the Alarm Console Popup property to All Alarms or Video Alarms Only.
Then, open this view from the Alarm Console view by clicking the Show AX Alarm Console button (
). This button is the furthest to the right in the row of buttons at the top, right side of the view. The console pane displays
open alarm sources. The video panes display real-time and recorded video.
Window configuration controls
These control buttons are in the top right corner of the view configure view options.
- Auto Video Loading is a play and pause button for the video panes.
- Alarm Popup Setting
- Change Layout opens the Select Layout window, which configures the alarm console.
Alarm controls
- Acknowledge recognizes that an alarm state exists at the point represented by the selected row in the table. This button displays on the alarm console views and on the Recurring Alarms view.
- Show Recurring opens the Recurring Alarms view for a single, selected point, and changes to the Show All button. Clicking this button returns to the Alarm Console view, which reports alarms on all points.
- Notes opens the Notes window, which is used to add a note to one or more selected alarms.
- Silence stops any audible notification associated with an alarm.
- Filter opens the Filters window used to define a query for the purpose of limiting system output to only selected criteria.
- Review Video opens the Alarm Video viewer for reviewing video that is recorded as a result of an alarm. This link is only available when an alarm video is available.
Video alarm controls
- Previous loads and plays back the previously-recorded video.
- Next loads and plays back the next recorded video (if one exists).
- Most Recent Video loads and plays back the video captured most recently.
- Acknowledge recognizes that an alarm state exists at the point represented by the selected row in the table. This button displays on the alarm console views and on the Recurring Alarms view.