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  1. Alarm Dispatch Window

    Alarms are handled in the Alarm Dispatch Window.  Alarm Dispatch can be accessed from a Site Lookup, Alarm Buffer, or by Auto Feed. The Alarm Dispatch Window is designed to bring as much information as possible to the operators during dispatch....
  2. Dispatch Queue

    Accounts in Alarm are organized into Dispatch Queues to ensure access by appropriate operators. Operators are assigned to specific Dispatch Queues for their qualifications. stages™ allows for dynamic setup of Dispatch Queues to facilitate Operator s...
  3. stages® Release Notes 2.7.5 (September 2024)

  4. Devices

    stages® Documentation - Home Devices Devices are identified by stages® by their transmitter (Xmit) code . Sites can have multiple devices, but devices can only belong to one site.  If a device is being used to monitor more than one separa...
  5. stages® Release Notes 2.7.3 (May 2022)

  6. Hierarchy

    Signal Processing When a signal comes in, stages™ first looks at the Site Device Configuration for an Event Code applied to the point generating the signal. It goes down the list until it finds an event code to apply. If no event c...
  7. Site Groups

    Stages™ organizes sites by Site Groups. Sites can belong to one or more site groups. Site groups can represent different relations. Some types of site groups include dealers, installers, branches, homeowner associations, service companies… Site ...
  8. On Test

    stages™ Documentation - Home On Test Devices can be put on test so its test or runaway alarms are not put into a dispatch queue . Events associated with devices on test or runaway will appear italicized and grayed out in the Histo...
  9. Abort Group

    Abort Groups are used to cancel an Alarm.     (Setup > Alarm Processing Setup > Abort Group) There are two options for the Abort Group: Abortable until Dispatched and Abort During Delay. The Abortable until Dispatched option will c...
  10. Action Module

    stages® Documentation - Home Action Module Action Modules enable commonly used series of Action Plan Steps to be set up in a global library of Modules that can be referenced in Action Plans .  The Modules are set up as a "mini actio...