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DLS-3 SA v1.3
Event Buffer
To open the
Event Buffer:
DLS-3 SA v1.3
The Event Buffer records all panel activities; this information
is stored in each panel's memory. The panel records many
events that occur, including which zones went into alarm,
system troubles, arming and disarming as well as other
important events. Also attached to each event is the time, day,
month, and year when each event occurred. For example, the
Event Buffer may show that a zone (Zone 1 - Front Door),
went into alarm on January 4, 2000, at 6:34 and 6:35am.
You can filter the information displayed in the event buffer.
That is, you can browse through the Event Buffer, and
observe specific activities only. For example, you can filter
the event buffer by asking DLS-3 to show all alarms that
have occurred on a specific partition in the last six months.
1 Open a panel with an event buffer (for example, the
PC4020 v3.0)
2 In the Table of Contents, select the Event Buffer hyperlink
To filter the log information, select one or more categories
from the dropdown lists at the top of the table.
• Partition - "All Partitions", "System Area", "Partition 1",
"Partition 2", "Partition 3", "Partition 4" and others may be
selected. This allows you to display all, or a specific area
of the security system that you are most interested in.
• Time/Date - "All Times", "Last Day", "Last Week", "Last
Month", "Last Six Months", "Last Year" or "UserDefined" may be selected. If you select "User-Defined",
you can select the time and date range you want to see.
• Event Type - "All Events", "Alarms", "Troubles", "Openings
and Closings", "Bypass", "Tests", "Access Control",
"Miscellaneous" or "User-Defined" may be selected. If you
select "User-Defined", a window will be displayed where you
must enter text that you would like to filter. For example, if
you enter "John", DLS-3 will display only the events that
have the User Label "John" in them. You can have multiple
filters on the Event Buffer to search for a particular event, by
clicking on the category dropdown box at the top and
choosing the criteria you would like to use.
Section 6: Communicating with control panels
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Section 6: Communicating with control panels
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