Overriding Alarm Settings on a BACnet Device
By default, all devices grouped under a channel inherit the alarm settings from the channel configuration. If needed, you can override these general settings on individual devices.
To override the alarm settings on a device:
- Open Workbench and in the Project Explorer pane, expand your project > Data Connectivity > BACnet > Channels.
- Expand the desired channel and network, and then double-click the desired device to open the settings.
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Navigate to the Alarm Settings section and select the checkbox for each parameter that you want to edit. This activates the options in the drop-down list.
- In Enable Alarms, select Enable or Disable to switch the alarm function on or off.
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In AE Summary Type, select the service type for reading the initial state of alarms. We recommend selecting the Automatic option that uses the best available service supported by the device. If the device supports multiple services, the order of preference is GetEventInformation > GetAlarmSummary > GetEnrollmentSummary.
- In Use timestamp from the ACK notification, select Enable to use the device timestamp or Disable to use the server time for alarm acknowledgment. Then click Apply.
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