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Preface

February 7, 2006

T/MonXM 4.7 User Manual

Alarm monitor screen displays 30 windows at once

Remote Polling

T/MonXM obtains status information (alarms) from remote devices

(remotes) by polling them over the telecommunications network via

dial-up or dedicated lines or Ethernet. In polling, the T/MonXM

issues an address on the network and listens for a response from the

remote. The response includes identification of the remote and sta-

tus of its alarm points. T/MonXM can also issue commands for

remotes to operate relay contacts (control points).

Passive/Active Mode of Operation

In Passive Mode a T/MonXM at a local site can monitor the interro-

gations from an alarm center and report only those that are of inter-

est to the local site. It may also act as a secondary master, assuming

polling if the main alarm center goes down.

Multiple Alarm Windows

Alarms can be categorized into groups assigned to windows.

Windows appear as a rectangular icon on the main viewing screen.

Selecting an icon allows opening the windows assigned to the icon,

where additional

Standard

Features

An alarm can appear in

more than one

window