Ansul AUTOPULSE IQ-396X - Read History Functions; History File Overview and Access Methods

14 AUTOPULSE IQ-396X Operations Doc. 50403:B 07/22/96
Read Status
The control panel maintains a history file of the last 800 events, each with a
time and date stamp. History events include the following:
 All alarms, troubles and operator actions, such as: Acknowledge, System
Reset, Alarm Silence, Alarm Activate, and Walk Test.
 Programming entries, along with a number (0-9) indicating the program-
ming submenu (for example, 0=Clear).
The control panel contains two event buffers: a History buffer that can store
up to 800 events (all types); and an Alarm buffer that can store up to 200
alarm events.
View Event History
From the Read Status screen, press <2>; then, press <Enter>. The control
panel displays the Event History screen (Figure 24):
Viewing and printing Hidden History is similar to Read Point. Once you
read a Hidden History, you can do the following:
 Press L to view the next event in sequence; or
 Press M to view the previous event in sequence.
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EVENTS IN HIST : 800
ALARM HISTORY START (ESCAPE TO ABORT)
ALARMS IN HIST : 200
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View or Print Hidden History
If you clear History, events remain in a shadow fileknown as a hidden
history file. To display or print a hidden history file, follow the instructions
in Figure 26. To clear the history file, refer to the instructions in the
IQ-396X Programming Manual.
Figure 24: Event History Screen
Figure 25: Alarm History Screen
Figure 26: Hidden History Selections
View Alarm History
From the Read Status screen, press <2>; then, press <Enter>. The control
panel displays the Event History screen (Figure 25):
The number of events in the
History buffer
The number of events in the
Alarm buffer
Read History