ZSC-1000 User Manual.doc
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Alarm
The ZSC-1000 incorporates a fully featured alarm handling system. It is fully configurable for alarm sources,
alarm actions and alarm reports. See the Alarm Handling section for more information on how alarms
operate.
Alarm definition
An alarm is individually identified by three values:
Type
Alarms are classified in three different types
Camera:
all alarms generated at a camera receiver
Panel:
alarms generated by contact alarm, or third party serial alarm panels
Peripheral:
typically alarms generate through ZVS-MSI-xxx interfaces from e.g. DVRs
Alarm Config Site
The site the alarm originated from.
Default = Local
Device
The alarm device usually indicates the address of the device generating the alarm, depending on the
type of the alarm. Device 0 represents all devices of a particular type (i.e. global mapping)
Default = 0
Number
The actual number of the alarm circuit on the alarmed device. Number 0 represents all alarms on a
particular device(i.e. global mapping)
Default = 0
For each alarm, in the range 0 to 499 :
Event
The alarm event number associated with this alarm. This event will be actioned on this alarm being raised.
Multiple alarms can all reference the same alarm event
Default = 0
Priority
The priority that this alarm should have , in the range 1 to 8
Default = 1
Group
Assigns a group number to the alarm. This group number will be used to determine which alarm monitors will
be used to display the alarm.
An alarm can only belong to one group. Alarms that are listed for multiple events will take their group number
from their first entry in the list.
See
Global Alarm
section for further details on alarm monitors.
Default = 1