period

Occurrence

optional, single

Attributes

Description

Inside <period> the duration in seconds (as a real number) of an alarm to be given by the dive computer at a certain event is set. The alarm signal — determined via <alarmtype> — needs not to be acknowledged.

Note: In an alarm which shall be acknowledged, the <acknowledge/> switch must be given.

If neither <acknowledge/> nor <period> is given, the dive computer generates the alarm signal for a certain time span; an acknowledgement is not necessary in this case.

Parent Elements

<dcalarm>

Child Elements

See Also

<dcalarm>

Examples

(see also <dcalarm>)

<!-- alarm of 10 seconds -->
<period>10.0</period>