22 Central alert management HMI
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22 Central alert management HMI

  22.1 All alerts should be displayed on the central alert management HMI.

  22.2 The central alert management HMI should offer the possibility to display category A alerts as “aggregated alerts”, i.e., a single visual indication indicates the existence of many alerts on the task station presenting the function, e.g. one alert should indicate the existence of multiple dangerous target alerts existing at the task station for collision avoidance.

  22.3 The central alert management HMI should provide the means to announce and indicate alerts to draw the attention of the bridge team.

  22.4 The central alert management HMI should have the capability to substitute the audible alert announcement of the individual equipment, except for category A alerts.

  22.5 The central alert management HMI should allow to identify alerts, and enable the immediate identification of the alert releasing function or sensor/source.

  22.6 The central alert management HMI should be designed that alert messages of the different priorities are clearly distinguishable from each other.

  22.7 The alert messages should be completed with aids for decision making, as far as practicable. An explanation or justification of an alert should be available on request.

  22.8 The central alert management HMI should enable an immediate acknowledgement of the alarms and warnings by a single operator action, except for category A.

  22.9 The central alert management HMI should be able to display at least 20 recent incidents/faults at the same time.

  22.10 If the central alert management HMI is such that it can not contain all active messages requiring the bridge teams attention, then there should be a clear and unambiguous indication that there are additional active messages requiring attention.

  22.11 It should be possible to display the additional active messages by a single operator action.

  22.12 It should be possible to return to the display containing the highest priority alerts by a single operator action.

  22.13 Silencing of audible alerts

  22.13.1 It should be possible to temporarily silence all audible alerts at the central alert management HMI.

  22.13.2 The audible signal should be reactivated, if the alert has not been acknowledged within the specified times in paragraph 20 for alarms and warnings.

  22.14 Category B Alert history list

  22.14.1 An operator accessible alert history list should be provided by the central alert management HMI.

  22.14.2 When a category B alert is no longer active the message should be kept with its entire content in an alert history list, with the date and time the alert was raised, acknowledged and rectified.

  22.14.3 The messages of the alert history list should be displayed in chronological order.

  22.14.4 Access to the alert history list and return to the active alert display should be possible by a simple operator action.

  22.14.5 The system should provide a clear and unambiguous indication when the alert history list is being accessed and displayed.

  22.14.6 The system should revert automatically to the active alert display when it detects a new alert condition.

  22.14.7 The central alert management HMI should support the search and identification of alerts in the alert history list.

  22.14.8 It should be possible to keep the content of the alert history list at least for 24 h.


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