Print alarms

You use the InTouch Alarm Printer utility to print alarms from multiple nodes. You can print alarm records stored in the alarm memory on an event-by-event basis using a dedicated line or network printer. Also, you can use the Alarm Printer to save alarm records to a file.

You can configure the Distributed Alarm system to print certain events on a line printer as they occur. Typically, you print alarms immediately to record information in the event of a catastrophic failure. Generally, you use a dot matrix printer connected through a serial or parallel port directly to the computer running the InTouch application. Windows network printers and laser printers are usually inappropriate for gathering data for catastrophic events because they hold entire pages in memory before actually printing a page.