3.7 SOFTWARE OPERATING SYSTEM: ALARMS
A. Alarms shall be generated by the BMS upon the occurrence of one of the following events:
1. Failure of a PC, DDC controller, or any other BMS hardware components.
2. Failure of communications between nodes on any LAN or the BMS Management
level Network.
3. A monitored status indicates a discrepancy between the actual and the required value.
4. A monitored value does not meet criteria established by the operator.
5. The deviation of a variable from set-point exceeds operator-established criteria.
6. The output to a final control element is outside operator-established criteria.
7. A digital input is in the state defined by the operator as indicating an alarm condition.
8. Software failures and errors shall be diagnosed and annunciated by the BMS.