Alarms (LIghts?)
Alarms (LIghts?)
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A siren may be started automatically or manually.
How do you use the "set off" expresion for each case?
Is "goes off" also appropriate here? Or is it for lights?
Can anyone show all possible uses?
How do you use the "set off" expresion for each case?
Is "goes off" also appropriate here? Or is it for lights?
Can anyone show all possible uses?
Agustín Tomás





RE: Alarms (LIghts?)
If "set off" refers to initiating an action or sequence of events, the "goes off" logically refers to terminating the action or sequence of events, as in a light, a motor, whatever is initiated by the fuze, or possibly a fuse.
I would use either construction only in the circumstance of "being tied to a horse and dragged forty miles ... by my tongue".
I.e., if you want to be understood, don't use those expressions at all.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Alarms (LIghts?)
Clear enoug. Thanks for that.
So, what short expresion would yo use to denote that:
a) the alarm was triggered/started automatically
b) the alarm was triggered/started manually /on pupose
c) the alarm stopped (?) (unknown reason)
d) the alarm was stopped (?) on purpose by someone.
e) the lights extinguished (went off ?), like in a black-out.
Agustín Tomás
RE: Alarms (LIghts?)
a) alarm started automatically
b) alarm started manually
c) alarm stopped, cause undetermined
d) alarm stopped manually (or cleared or reset)
e) lights went out
If you're writing something technical, there may be a "style manual" that gives examples already found acceptable to your organization. If there isn't one, start it.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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RE: Alarms (LIghts?)
Initiated and active may be useful words.
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The alarm was reset.
Robert
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A related source of confusion is that an alarm's state cannot always be described with a single binary digit. I.e., a really annoying alarm like a horn or siren will commonly have a 'defeated' or 'silenced' state, where the triggering condition still exists, but the alarm itself has been manually turned off.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Alarms (LIghts?)
1) Activate or Initiate ("Goes off")
2) Acknowledge (Action taken by user or operator to acknowledge the alarm although the condition of the alarm may still exist)
3) Deactivate, Clear or sometimes Reset (Alarm condition is no longer and the alarm indication is removed. Many times this is automated once the user acknowledges the alarm. Sometimes the user has to manually clear or reset the alarm in addition to acknowledging.)
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RE: Alarms (LIghts?)
Depending on the situation it is either a manual action to reset the alarm or automatic and the detail of how and where the reset takes place is described elsewhere.