Cat® Alarm and Protection System Control Panel Caterpillar


Alarm List (DCU 410)

Usage:

C280-16 A4F

Alarm List Colors

  • Alarm and shutdown (automatic stop) entries are displayed in red. A warning is displayed in yellow.

  • New alarms (unacknowledged) are displayed in bold text, and acknowledged alarms are displayed in normal text.

  • An alarm that is not acknowledged, then goes inactive, is displayed in normal text on a gray background.

Note: Red text color indicates an alarm or shutdown. Yellow text color indicates a warning.

Table 1
Alarm Color Chart    
Alarm or Shutdown     New active alarm     Red background    
Acknowledged active alarm Red background    
Unacknowledged inactive alarm Red text, gray background    
Warning     New active warning     Yellow background    
Acknowledged active warning Yellow background    
Unacknowledged inactive warning Yellow text, gray background    
Diagnostic     New White Diagnostic     White background    
Acknowledged white diagnostic White background    
Unacknowledged inactive diagnostic Black text, gray background    

Alarm List Access




Illustration 1g02459820

To view the alarm list, press the "Alarm List" soft key.

Press the button again to exit the alarm list, or press the Exit button.

New Alarms

New alarms are displayed in bold text. As in Illustration 1, the alarm "Engine Stop Failed" is new. The alarm is unacknowledged.

Once the alarm is acknowledged, the alarm text is no longer bold.

Filter Alarms

The alarm list can filter alarms in three groups:

All Alarms - all alarms and diagnostics

Panel Alarms - all alarms, no diagnostics

Diagnostics - diagnostics only

To switch between the different views, press the corresponding soft key 2 and/or soft key 3.

Silence the Buzzer




Illustration 2g02517259

Alarm List Button

If the buzzer sounds, press the alarm list button to silence the buzzer.

If the display does not already show the alarm list, the alarm will cause the display to open the alarm list automatically.

If the alarm list is already open when the buzzer sounds, pressing the alarm list button to silence the buzzer will not exit the alarm list. Pressing the alarm list button will only silence the buzzer.

Acknowledge Alarms




Illustration 3g02459822

Use the following procedure to acknowledge a single alarm.

  1. With the alarm list open, select the desired alarm that is to be acknowledged by using the arrow buttons.

    The selected alarm line will expand to reveal additional information, if there is any.

  1. Press the "Acknowledge" button to acknowledge the selected alarm.

Acknowledge All Alarms

Open the alarm list. Press and hold the "Acknowledge" button for 1 second. All alarms will be acknowledged.

Note: Alarms that are still active will still be displayed in the screen. The active alarms will remain displayed until the alarm is inactive.

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