Alarm Priorities: Mapping
Notification classes must be defined to enable Tracer Ensemble to notify the intended recipients of building alarms in the most efficient manner possible. Tracer Ensemble supports as many alarm notification classes as needed for each panel type.
- Non-Trane BACnet panels can have up to 256 alarm priority levels. The building priority level is specified by the Notification Class or Event Enrollment objects that are associated with the alarm event. In Tracer Ensemble, by default, alarms from all priority levels map to Service Required alarm notification class.
- Trane BCUs use 20 alarm priority levels, numbered 1 through 20. In Tracer Ensemble, by default, alarm priorities 1 through 4 map to (1) No Alarm, (2) Informative/Advisory, (3) Service Required, and (4) Critical.
- Trane Tracker panels (version 10 and later) have three BACnet alarm priority levels, numbered Event Class 2 through 4. In Tracer Ensemble, by default, these alarm priorities map to (Event Class 2) Informative/Advisory, (3) Service Required, (4) Critical.
Notes: To receive alarms from Tracker panels, the Tracer Ensemble system must be configured in the building control panel as a recipient of alarms with the Tracker service tool. The workstation ID of the Tracer Ensemble system must match the workstation ID used in the programming of the Tracker alarm event receiver for the Tracer Ensemble system to receive Tracker alarms. See table below. To receive alarms from Tracker Version 12 or higher panels, Tracer Ensemble will "register foreign" with the building control panel during the building discovery process.
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Workstation number
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Workstation ID
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1
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82
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2
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83
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3
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84
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4
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85
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5
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86
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6
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87
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7
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88
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8
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89
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9
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90
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10
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91
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To map alarm priority levels to notification classes:
- In the header, select Actions and Settings | Priority Mappings.
- Select the Panel Type and click Next.
- Using the drop down boxes, select an alarm category for each priority.
- Click Finish. The new priority levels will be applied immediately to existing and new panels of the type specified, but alarms received before the change will not be affected.
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