| □ | The Excessive Signals Report lists only on those Accounts which have sent Alarm Signals within the Date Range specified, and match one or more of the following cases: |
| 1. | All Accounts that are not being monitored for an Alarm Dealer that have exceeded the Signal Count Limitations established in the Excessive Signals Report dialog for Active and Passive Accounts. |
| 2. | All Accounts being monitored for an Alarm Dealer that do not have Signal Count Limitations set in their Dealer Form, and that have exceeded the Signal Count Limitations established in the Excessive Signals Report dialog for Active and Passive Accounts. |
Active and Passive maximums in the Excessive Signals Report dialog
| 3. | Specific set (of one or more) Dealer Accounts that have their Signal Count Limitations established on their Dealer Form and that have exceeded those Signal Count Limitations. |
Signal Information section on Dealers Form
| • | To view the Excessive False Alarms, on the Main Menu Select Reports and Choose the Central Station sub-menu then Click Excessive Signals. |
| □ | Excessive Signals tabs - There are three tabs on the Excessive Signals dialog. |
| • | Options - Initially only the Options tab is shown (until you make your Options selections and Select Print). |
Excessive Signals Report - Options tab
| • | Report For Dealer(s) - List this information for which Accounts? |
| ▪ | All Accounts - To include all Accounts - being monitored for Alarm Dealers (with no Signal Count Limitations established) and including In-House (Non-Dealer) Accounts, Click this button. |
| ▪ | Specific - To include Accounts for a specified set of (one or more) Alarm Dealers, |
| o | Click this Specific button |
| o | Click the Ellipse to open the Select Dealers dialog. |
| o | Choose the Dealer(s) that are to be included on this report by Checking the Selected box for one or more Dealers on this Select Dealers dialog. |
Select Dealers dialog
| o | Click the OK übutton to Close the Select Dealers dialog. |
| o | No Active and/or Passive values need to be entered because the Signal Count Limitations established on the selected Dealers Forms will prevail (see #3. above). |
Active and Passive maximums grayed out on Excessive Signals Report dialog
| • | If All Accounts is chosen: |
Active and Passive maximums in the Excessive Signals Report dialog
| ▪ | Active - Enter the maximum number of Active Signals that Non Dealer (and Non Configured Dealer's) Accounts are allowed. |
| ▪ | Passive - Enter the maximum number of Passive Signals that Non Dealer (and Non Configured Dealer's) Accounts are allowed. |
Questionable Report Criteria
| ▪ | If Signal Count Limitation values are not entered, and the Specific option is nt chosen, a warning message will be displayed offering options to continue, stop or cancel the report. |
| • | Report From: - There is no default Date. |
| ▪ | Use the Drop-Down Date Selection Box to Choose the Starting Date for this report. |
| • | Report To: - There is no default Date. |
| ▪ | Use the Drop-Down Date Selection Box to Choose the Ending Date for this report. |
| ▪ | To format the report so that each new Dealer starts a new page, Check this box. |
| • | Print - Click the Print button  to Preview and optionally Print (to a File or a Printer) this Excessive Signals Report. |
| • | Preview - The Preview tab presents the report which resulted from the Options you've selected. |
| • | Up Arrow/Down Arrow - hi - Moves the report one line up, or one line line down, respectively. |
| • | Page Up/Page Down - Moves the report to the previous or next page, respectively. |
Excessive Signals Report - Preview
| • | Home -  - Using either the screen or your Keyboard's Home key, moves the report to the top of the first page. |
| • | End -  - Using either the screen or your Keyboard's End key, moves the report to the bottom of the last page. |
| • | Arrows - The arrows allow you to move back and forth, from page to page. |
| • | Number - Indicates the page number you are viewing. |
| ▪ | You may also type in a specific page number, Press 8 Enter and that page will be displayed immediately. |
| ▪ | If you enter an invalid page number, it will be ignored. |
| • | Fit To Page - Click the first button after the arrows to size a full page of the report to fit the screen. |
| • | Zoom To 100% - Click the second button after the arrows to display the page at 100% (of the printed view). |
| • | Fit To Page Width - Click the third button after the arrows to size the page of the report to fit the full width of the screen. |
| • | Zoom To Percentage - Click the fourth button after the arrows to re-size the page of the report by percentage. |
| ▪ | When you Click the Zoom To Percentage button, the Percentage selector will be displayed. |
| ▪ | You may then Click the Up or Down ‚ arrows to set the exact amount of Zoom you want. |
| • | Print - Click the Print button to Print (to a File or a Printer)  the displayed Excessive Signals. |
| • | Email - Click the Email  button to send this report to an Email address of your choosing. |
| • | To Exit the Preview tab and Close this Report dialog Form, Click the Close button x on the right at the top of the Preview tab. |
| • | Data View - This view provides a tabular (spreadsheet style) presentation of the selected data. |
Excessive Signals Report - Data View
| • | Arrows - Click the arrows to move through the record. |
| • | Export - Exporting the data from this Data View tab (note the "fly-over" help available on these buttons): |
| ▪ | Export to CSV - Click the first button after the arrows to export the data to a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file format. |
| ▪ | Export To Excel - Click the second button after the arrows to export the data to an Excel (.xls) file format. |
| ▪ | Export To Html - Click the third button after the arrows to export the data to an HTML formatted file. |
| • | To Exit the Data View tab and Close this Report dialog Form, Click the Close button x on the right at the top of the Data View tab. |
