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Alarm States

Five alarm states can be represented by an alarm indicator:

Normal — no alarms are active.
On Unacknowledged — an active alarm has not been acknowledged.
On Acknowledged — an active alarm has been acknowledged.
Off Unacknowledged — the object has gone in and out of an alarm state without being acknowledged.
Disabled — the alarm is currently shelved (which means it is temporarily disabled).

These five state are demonstrated in the following table. The examples show medium priority alarms. For other priorities, the color and flag shape would be different.

State	Example	Behavior
Normal		No alarm indication.
On Unacknowledged		The alarm border and flag are shown around the object. The border and flag both flash between colored and white fill.
On Acknowledged		The alarm border remains around the object, but is filled with a lighter color. The alarm flag retains its usual appearance. There is no flashing for either element. If the alarm condition clears, the object returns to normal state.
Off Acknowledged		The alarm border appears around the object in a lighter color. The alarm flag retains its usual appearance. The alarm flag flashes. The alarm border does not flash.
Disabled		A white alarm border is shown with a generic alarm flag symbol; this is shown while alarms are temporarily disabled for the object.

Published June 2018