User Manual Manual

Chapter 6: Alarm settings
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The time out setting lets you define how long a signal remains active after the alarm
has ended.
If you select “Manually Clear”, the signal remains active until it is manually
acknowledged by pressing the alarm button on the front panel or remote control
(see “Clearing alarm outputs manually” below)
4. Select the arming schedules for the alarm output.
Click the Rule button. In the Rule window, select the day of the week and the
time periods during the day when alarm outputs can be detected. You can schedule
up to eight time periods in a day. Default is 24 hours.
Click Apply to save the settings. Click Copy to copy the settings to other days of
the week and holiday period.
Note: The time periods defined cannot overlap.
5. Click OK to return to the Alarm Output window.
6. Click Back to return to live view, or continue configuring the NVR settings.
Triggering or clearing alarm outputs manually
When an alarm is activated, the NVR can be set up so that the alarm must be manually
acknowledged in order to be silenced. See “Setting up external alarms” on page 39 for
information on setting up an alarm to be manually cleared.
All user levels (administrator, manager and operator) can manually acknowledge an
alarm.
To trigger or clear alarm outputs manually:
1. From the menu toolbar, click Alarm Settings > Alarm Output.
2. Click the Manual Alarm tab.
3. Select the desired alarm output and click one of the following buttons:
• Clear All: Stop all alarm outputs at once.
• Trigger: Trigger the selected alarm output manually.
• Trigger All: Trigger all alarm outputs at once. This action could be done, for
example, when you need to test them.
4. Click Back to return to live view. The alarm is silenced.
To clear alarm outputs manually from the front panel:
1. Press the Alarm button on the front panel. The alarm is silenced.