Alarm Console control buttons

You work with the alarms in the Alarm Console view by selecting one or more rows and clicking a control button
Figure 6.   Alarm Console row of buttons
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  • Image Acknowledge the selected alarm(s) recognizes that an alarm state exists at the point(s) represented by the selected row(s) in the table. This button displays on the Alarm Console view and on the Recurring Alarms view.
  • Image Acknowledge most recent alarm from selected source(s).
  • Image Go to alarm url opens a hyperlink to the location that generated the alarm.
  • Image Notes opens the Alarm Notes window, which provides a text field for adding descriptive information to one or more alarms.
  • Image Remove alarm from console deletes all selected alarms from the table. This button is available to users who have invoke permission. Otherwise, this button does not appear.
  • Image Show Alarm Details opens the Alarm Details window, which provides additional information about the selected alarm.
  • Image Silence all alarm sounds turns off the audible alarm sounds.
  • Image The Filter alarms buttons open and close the Filter Results window from which you can limit the number of alarms based on alarm class, priority, etc.
  • Image The Toggle Sound buttons enable and disable the alarm sound.
  • Image Plays alarm sounds continuously until silenced.
  • Image Set alarm console options opens the Multi Source View Options for the alarm console.
  • Image Selects all visible rows.
  • Image Show open alarms for the selected source opens a view that includes all alarms for the source of the alarm you selected in the Alarm Console.
  • Image Shows a video applies to video alarms. With a video alarm selected, clicking this button opens a video playback window that automatically plays the associated video.
  • Image Shows AX AlarmConsole opens the alarm console provided by earlier versions of the security system.