Printing - Operation Manual - P54592-P101-A1 - P54592-P118-A1

The PDF file is saved in the following format:
[timestamp]-[type]-[workstation]-[additionalinformation].pdf

Example: 20151203-110512-event-AP2-Building36.pdf

The parameters have the following values and meanings:

You can print messages. The printout contains the following information:

• All information from the Rate Message window
• All submessages belonging to the message
• The note information
• All message-related Siveillance Control graphic sections
• Optionally configured additional information with a manual event

• The Events/Messages perspective is displayed.

• A printer is operational. The system does not check whether the printer has low toner, no paper or is switched off.

1. You have the following options to print a message:

• In the Message List view, right-click a message and select Print.

• In the Rate Message window, right-click a message and select Print.

• In the Messages tab of a displayed event, right-click a message and select Print.

• In the Rate Message window, click the following symbol:
  

2. Select a printer.

3. Decide on the number of copies for the printout.

4. In the Printout Type drop-down list, select Alarm and click Print.

You can print access route plans for messages from a detector belonging to a detector group. In general, the printout contains the following information:

• The first page displays the access route from the central fire alarm system to the respective building. If no description of the route is needed, the content of the second page will be displayed.
• The second page displays the access route within the building to the detector group.

• The Events/Messages perspective is displayed.

• A message of a detector that belongs to a detector group is displayed.

• A printer is operational. The system does not check whether the printer has low toner, no paper or is switched off.

1. You have the following options to print an access route plan:

• In the Message List view, right-click a message and select Print.

• In the Rate Message window, right-click a message and select Print.

• In the Messages tab of a displayed event, right-click a message and select Print.

• In the Rate Message window, click the following symbol:
  

2. Select a printer.

3. Decide on the number of copies for the printout.

4. In the Printout Type drop-down list, select Access route plan and click Print.

The event printout contains the following information:

● All information from the Rate Message window

● The operation procedure step list for the event with the status of the individual operation procedure steps at the time of printing

● The event log

● The main messages assigned to the event with message text, alarm location, triggering object and date of creation

● The graphic sequence of the leading message. Optionally a composition of graphic sequences of all messages is printed, if the corresponding preference is set.

● Optionally configured additional information with a manual event such as name, address, phone, email

Preferences for the event printout under Window > Preferences > Siveillance Control > Events:

The additional information configured for a manual event is only printed if the administrator has marked the Show Leading Message Details check box .

A composition of graphic sequences of all messages is printed if the administrator unmarked the Only Graphic Sequence of Leading Message check box.

• A printer is operational. The system does not check whether the printer has low toner, no paper or is switched off.

1. You have the following options to print an event:

• In the Event List view, right-click an event and select Print Event.

• In the Rate Message window, right-click an event and select Print Event.

• In the Rate Message window, click the following symbol:
  

2. Select a printer.

3. Decide on the number of copies for the printout and click Print.

You can print graphics.

• A graphic perspective is displayed.

• A graphic is displayed.

• A printer is operational. The system does not check whether the printer has low toner, no paper or is switched off.

1. Zoom the section you want to print.

2. Click the following symbol:

3. To adjust the orientation and margins, click the following symbol:

4. Click OK.

5. Click Print.

• A standard print dialog is displayed.

6. Select a printer.

7. If necessary, adapt the print parameters.

8. Click Print.

You can print the operator log using a CUPS printer configured.

In the Print Jobs dialog window and view, all print jobs are always displayed, regardless of the printer on which the context menu was triggered.

• Pending: The status of a print job once it enters the print queue.
• Rendering: The status of a print job once the rendering of the actual printout content has begun.
• Printing: The status of a print job once the content of the printout is sent to and processed by the actual printer.
• Finished: The status of a print job once it has been successfully completed. The content of the printout is available by the corresponding printer.
• Cancel requested: The status of a print job once a user requests it to be canceled.
• Cancelled: The status of a print job once a user cancels it. The print job changes its status at the next possible time.

You can cancel print jobs while they are being processed. Keep in mind that you can only cancel the print jobs with the Pending, Rendering and Printing statuses.

You can clean up the print job details to make the overview more concise and as short as possible. Keep in mind that you can only clean up the print jobs with the Finished, Cancelled and Failed statuses. Print jobs from the previous day will be deleted. In this way, at least all jobs from yesterday to today are available in the overview. Also, after each server startup, all print jobs are cleaned up regardless of their status or age, and the print jobs overview is always empty.

To manually clean up print jobs, proceed as follows:

An error message is reported, when a printer is not operational. When the printer is operational again, the error message is reset to quiet. The Message Details in the Rate Message window provide details of the error message. The following error message details are possible:

• Printer is out of paper
• Printer has a paper jam
• Printer is powered down or removed
• Printer is low on toner
• Printer is out of toner
• Printer is unable to accept more jobs, spool area full
• One or more printer covers are open
• CUPS server is disconnected

You can switch off printers. If a printer is switched off, it is not available for printouts and not monitored for faults. While being in the fault state, its fault state changes to quiet.

You can switch on printers. If a printer is switched on while being in the fault state, its faulty state is displayed after the next monitoring cycle.