System Alarm Contact Commands
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Syntax description description-string
Context config>system>alarm-contact-input alarm-contact-input-id description
Description This command describes an alarm contact input pin. The description provides an indication of the 
usage or attribute of the pin. It is stored in the CLI configuration file and helps the user in identifying 
the purpose of the pin.
Default None
normal-state
Syntax normal-state [open | closed]
Context config>system>alarm-contact-input alarm-contact-input-id
Description This command configures the normal state to be associated with the alarm-contact input. When the 
system detects a transition from the normal state, an alarm is generated. The alarm is cleared when the 
system detects a transition is back to the normal state.
Default open
Parameters open — The normal-state is identified as ‘open’. When the system detects a transition to the ‘closed’ 
state, an alarm is generated. The alarm is cleared when the system detects a transition back to the 
‘Open’ state.
closed-state — The normal-state is identified as ‘closed’. When the system detects a transition to the 
‘open’ state, and alarm is generated. The alarm is cleared when the system detects a transition 
back to the ‘closed’ state.
shutdown
Syntax [no] shutdown
Context config>system>alarm-contact-input [alarm-contact-input-id]
Description This command stops tracking the state changes associated with the alarm contact input .The system 
does not generate or clear the alarms for the alarm-contact input, but if an alarm is generated for the 
alarm-contact-input, the system clears the alarm when the shutdown command is executed.
The no form of the command starts tracking the state changes associated with the alarm contact input.
Default Shutdown
trigger-alarm-msg