FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope and object
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Background explanations
4.1 Problems of alarm systems
4.2 Functional design elements
4.3 Other elements
5 Basic functional requirements
5.1 Alarm functions
5.2 Alarm signals
5.3 Alarm signal processing
5.4 Alarm display processing
5.5 Alarm control and management
5.6 Alarm presentation and display-control integration
5.7 Human factors
5.8 Evaluation
6 Design definition of alarms
6.1 General
6.2 Key alarms
6.3 Alarms needed
7 Alarm signal processing
7.1 General
7.2 Alarm signal validation
7.3 Alarm generation and reduction processing
7.4 Event sequence and time delay processing
7.5 First-out processing
8 Alarm display processing
8.1 General
8.2 Grouped alarms
8.3 Alarm suppression
8.4 Dark-board presentation
9 Alarm control and management
9.1 General
9.2 Audible warning and silence
9.3 Flash and reflash
9.4 Acknowledgement
9.5 Ringback
9.6 Reset
10 Alarm presentation and display-control integration
10.1 General
10.2 Alarm fascia and tile
10.3 VDU alarm list display
10.4 Audible annunciation
11 Reliability, testing, and maintainability
11.1 Reliability
11.2 Testing
11.3 Maintainability
12 Alarm recording
13 Alarm response procedures (ARP)
13.1 General
13.2 Contents
13.3 Format
Annex A (informative) Problems of alarm system
Annex B (informative) Information sources for signals used
to generate alarms
Annex C (informative) Examples of alarm processing logic and
dynamic prioritisation
Annex D (informative) Conceptual example of alarm grouping
and categorisation
Annex E (informative) Material for the need of distinction
between alarm and status information
Annex F (informative) Example of arrangement of alarm tiles
Annex G (informative) Examples of Points to Consider in the
Categorisation of Alarms