DSC-BRAIN USER GUIDE · SETTINGS REFERENCE
Settings › Alerts
Delivery on this browser (toast, sound), quiet hours, away mode, acknowledge presets, push, and the alert catalogue with per-alert enable and severity.
● verified for 9.0.0 · corrected for 9.8.9 on 2026-10-01
● first mirrored 2026-09-15
What the hub tells you, and how. Every alert the hub can raise, its severity, quiet hours, and this browser's toast and tone.
Delivery
| Row | Scope | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Toast on a new alert | Browser | A popup when an alert rises on this browser. The baseline is taken on the first populated fleet read, so opening the page does not toast every existing alert. |
| Sound | Browser | A short tone from this browser: OFF, CRITICAL (default) or ALL, with a Preview button. Browsers only play sound after you have clicked the page once. |
| Quiet hours (start / end) | Brain | Silences the alert sound between these local times, critical alerts included; toasts still show. The emergency failsafe always sounds. Off by default. |
| Away mode | Brain | Deliver critical alerts only while away; everything is still recorded. |
| Acknowledge presets | Brain | The durations offered on a card (defaults 1 h, 4 h, 12 h, until hub boot; pick from 15 min, 30 min, 1 h, 2 h, 4 h, 8 h, 12 h, 1 day and until hub boot, at least one and at most 8). An acknowledged alert always returns at the next hub boot. One-click acknowledge duration is the default when you just click Ack (until hub boot). |
| Push to phone | Brain | Built and off by default; not set up on the reference rig. Phone alerts stay off until you enable them. |
Catalogue
Every alert the brain knows, with an enable switch and a severity select (critical, warn, info). The emergency failsafe cannot be disabled (the brain refuses it and the row reads always on); it sounds through quiet hours and away mode. The defaults, and the first thing to check for each alert, are in the Alert catalogue. Disabling an alert hides it on the desks and mutes it; the brain keeps evaluating and logging it. To act on a live alert, use the Issues screen (formerly the Alerts desk).
Where alerts come from
Most alerts are hub or brain binary sensors judged against the kit's own bands and horizons (Settings › Sensors). Automation rules can raise banner alerts with their own tone.
A smoke, gas or CO alarm bound to a hazard role raises Smoke detected, Gas detected or Carbon monoxide (critical), and Safety alarm silent (warn) when one has not reported for over a day. The runoff and dry-room alerts only fire against thresholds you set under Settings › Root › Runoff alerts and Settings › Climate › Dry and cure; Grow alert sensitivity (Off, Relaxed, Moderate, Strict) sets them together and is Off by default.
DSC-Brain user guide · Settings › Alerts · this page is edited on the site; the Notion original was retired after the mirror