Triggering alarms manually - Security Center 5.9

Security Center Administrator Guide 5.9

Applies to
Security Center 5.9
Last updated
2022-10-25
Content type
Guides > Administrator guides
Language
English
Product
Security Center
Version
5.9

To test an alarm that you just created, or if something critical occurs and you want to activate an alarm, you can trigger the alarm manually.

Before you begin

  • The alarm must be configured in Config Tool.
  • If you want to trigger alarms from the Monitoring task, you must enable alarm monitoring.

Procedure

To trigger an alarm manually:

Do one of the following:
  • In the Config Tool Alarms task, select an alarm, and then click Trigger alarm () in the toolbar at the bottom of the workspace.
  • In the Security Desk notification tray, click Hot actions () > Manual action. Click Trigger alarm (), select an alarm, and then click OK.
  • In the Security Desk Alarm monitoring task or Monitoring task, click Trigger alarm (), select an alarm, and clickTrigger alarm.

Results

All pre-configured alarm recipients receive the alarm if they are logged on to Security Desk.