Types of Alarms & Alerts

There are 2 main types of alarms and 1 type of alert:

• Sensor alarms: triggered if a sensor goes out of range (e.g. temperature range, humidity range, etc.)

• Sensor alerts (optional feature): a warning that a sensor may be about to go out of range

• System alarms: triggered if a piece of Checkit equipment requires attention, such as reconnecting a device to the AC power supply, replacing a battery, etc

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• Alarms triggered by sensors are classified as incidents and require the completion of an incident audit.

• Alarms triggered by non-sensor devices are not classified as incidents and do not require the completion of an incident audit.

• Alerts are not classified as incidents and do not require the completion of an incident audit.