Alarm Popup window

The Alarm Popup window 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 11. Alarm Popup window

To enable this view for a user click Controller (System) Setup > User Management > Users, add a new user or edit an existing user, and set the Alarm Console Popup property.

When enabled, you open this view from the Alarm Console view by selecting an alarm and clicking . The console pane displays open alarm sources. The video panes display real-time and recorded video.

Window configuration links

These control buttons are in the top right corner of the view configure view options.

toggles automatic video loading on and off.
opens a window with layout options that are similar to the Alarm Console - Popup options:
- Off disables the Alarm Popup window for the user type.
- Video Alarms Only enables the Alarm Popup window for the video alarms, causing the window to open only when a new video alarm occurs.
- All Alarms enables the Alarm Popup window for any type of alarm, causing the window to open whenever a new alarm (with or without video) occurs.
opens the Select Layout window, which configures the alarm console.

Alarm control links

recognizes that the alarm state exists.
opens the Recurring Alarms view for a single, selected point, and changes to the button. Clicking this button returns to the Alarm Console view, which reports alarms on all points.
opens the Notes window, which is used to add a note to one or more selected alarms.Notes opens the Notes window, which is used to add a note to one or more selected alarms.
stops any audible notification associated with an alarm.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.
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

load another video, either the one before or after the current video.
loads the video captured most recently.
Acknowledge button 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.