Alarms

The fundamental aspect of the OSL Demo web application and applications developed for customers is the ability to see alarm conditions on site, acknowledge these alarms, and report on them for quality control.  We have kept this in mind when developing the OSL Demo web application so that you can see how easy it is to view, acknowledge and report on the alarms that are crucial to the operation of your site.  Below are details on where you can view, acknowledge and report on alarms.

Overview & Zoom Mimics

The OSL Overview and the building Zoom mimics display alarms on the site drawing enabling you to quickly identify alarms and their respective locations.  The images on these graphics change colour and blink to indicate alarms and whether these alarms have been acknowledged.

Please refer to the appropriate section for detailed information on the display of alarms on these pages.

Tabular Data

Data displayed in tables throughout the various mimic pages in the system display alarms using the cell background colour making it easy to identify values in alarm.  All except the Alarm Status page display alarms in the following manner:

Alarm Status

The Alarm Status page is used to display the acknowledgement status of alarms in the system.  Users can easily identify which alarms remain to be acknowledge and use the Alarm Status page to select and acknowledge the desired alarms.  Alarm statuses are display in the following manner:

Alarm Display

The Alarms are displayed in the Alarms section of the OSL Demo web application menu.  You will note that this section is split into sections according the type of alarm or the area.  Please refer to the subsection of this chapter for details on these alarms.

Reports

The OSL Demo web application contains several pre-configured reports that can be used to report on alarms.  Please refer to the Reports chapter for further details on these reports.