4. Read Status Operation Viewing and Printing a Read Status
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How to View Read Status for Alarm History
Option 4 (
ALARM HIST=4) lets you view the total number of alarms in the
History buffer (up to 200), then view each alarm in chronological sequence.
From the “Read Status” screen, press 4, then press the
ENTER key to display
the “Event History” screen. A sample Alarm History screen is shown
below:
Figure 35 Sample Alarm History Display
To display alarms in the buffer, do the following:
• Press the
NEXT SELECTION key to step through each alarm from the first entry (oldest alarm
first) in the buffer, or
• Press the
PREVIOUS SELECTION key to step through each alarm from the most recent entry in
the buffer
Note: The NEXT SELECTION key will show the most recent event first, and then move to its normal function of
displaying the oldest events first.
A sample display for an alarm event:
Figure 36 Sample Alarm Event Display
next event
previous event
The number of alarms in the History buffer
ALARM HISTORY START (ESCAPE TO ABORT)
ALARMS IN HIST: 073
Type Code of the device
that alarmed
Type of event
(ALARM)
SLC address of the
device that alarmed
Time and date of the alarm
ALARM: PULL_STATION INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
EASTERN WING Z004 03:10P 071401 2M147
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