When Test Mode is active, this Icon will appear in the left
hand area of the Client Window (next to the Site Status and Attend Alarm
Icons)This mode prevents any test alarm signals going through the alarm attendance procedures, where alarm sounds are generated and attendance reports are required. The signals are still logged, but are all treated as benign signals. Test mode is generally used if a technician is on site, or a zone has gone faulty and you are waiting for the technician to fix it. As a safety precaution the test mode will time out and clear after the number of hours specified in the Test Mode Active Until field. If you wish the test mode to stay active indefinitely, you can do this by selecting the Offline option.
There are 3 modes available:
When Test Mode is active, this Icon will appear in the left
hand area of the Client Window (next to the Site Status and Attend Alarm
Icons)
To activate Test Mode for a particular client, open the client, and switch to the Tests Tab.
In the Test Mode section, click the insert button.
Choose "Client" as the scope, select the kind of test mode to apply, and enter a reason. Then click the save button to apply your changes.
From this same screen, any types and zones with test mode enabled will be shown in the list. You can also quickly make changes to any of the test mode settings, or place a Type number or Zone number on test.
When Test Mode is On this Icon will appear in the lower left hand area of
the Client Window, next to the Site Status Icon.
Test mode can be filtered to apply to only some action plans.
Apply To Assigned: Selected action plans will be on testmode, and all other events will generate alarms.
Apply To All But Assigned: Selected action plans will generate alarms, and all other events will be on test mode.
Test mode optionally allows you to enable warning notification to be logged before it expires. See General Client Settings documentation to enable settings.
Log Expiration Warning: Enable warning notification before test mode expiry
Warning Time: Time (before Test Mode expiration) to log the notification signal.
A system event signal (65512) will generate once the warning time has elapsed. Note that this event type must have a suitable action plan assigned in the template and/or client.
You can also put specific Event Types on test mode. This means that no alarms will generate for this event type while test mode is active. It will reset to normal once test mode expires.
To put an Event Type on test, navigate to the Event Types Tab of a client. In the list of event types, find the type you wish to put on test. Select it, and click on the Test Mode box. This will open a popup control where you can adjust the settings.
When an Event Type has test mode enabled, it will display a test mode icon beside it in the Types list.
You can also put specific Zones on test mode. This means that no alarms will generate for this zone while test mode is active. The Zone will reset to normal once test mode expires.
To put a Zone on test, navigate to the Zones Tab of a client. In the list of zones, find the zone you wish to put on test. Select it, and click on the Test Mode box. This will open a popup control where you can adjust the settings.
When a zone has test mode enabled, it will display a test mode icon beside it in the Zones list.
If a test mode record is linked with a Work Order, there will be a link to the Work Order. You can open the Work Order by clicking on the link.
