Alarm History report

This report contains a table of time-stamped alarm records that include a listing of activities, such as alarm acknowledgments, alarm descriptions, as well as associated sources, credential numbers, and owner names.
Figure 76.   Alarm History report
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This report opens when you click Reports > Alarm History.

Control buttons

In addition to the standard control buttons (Auto Refresh, Column Chooser, Filter, Manage Reports and Export), this report includes these control buttons:
  • Image Show Alarm Details opens the Alarm Details window, which provides additional information about the selected alarm.

    This button is available on the Alarm History view.

  • Image Purge Config opens the Purge Config window for setting up when and how to remove history records from the database.
  • Image Review Video plays back a video associated with an alarm. The alarm video icon (Image) next to the alarm identifies alarms with associated videos.

Columns

Alarm History Report columns

Column Description
Alarm Time Reports when the alarm condition occurred.
Normal Time Reports when the alarm condition returned to normal.
Source Name Reports the location that caused the alarm.
Alarm Class Reports the Alarm Class, which identifies alarm routing, for the alarm.
Source State Reports the current condition of the alarm (in alarm, acknowledged, normal, in alert).
Ack State Reports if the alarm is unacknowledged or acknowledged.
Priority Reports the alarm’s priority number. The lower the number, the higher the priority.
Message Reports any message associated with the alarm.
Badge If the alarm was triggered by an access control violation, identifies the responsible badge.
User Identifies the user who was logged in when the system generated the alarm.