Which of the following is NOT listed as a recipient of BAS alarms besides off-site PCs?

• A. Printers
• B. Pagers
• C. Fax machines
• D. Cell phones

Answer: (A)

Alarms in a Building Automation System are meant to reach people quickly, even when they’re away from the controllers. Recipients are chosen for immediacy and reach: off-site PCs can monitor alerts remotely, while mobile and quick-notification devices like pagers, cell phones, and sometimes fax machines are used to push urgent information to staff who aren’t in the building.

Printers, by contrast, are facilities for producing physical records. They don’t deliver timely alerts and can’t alert someone to a problem in real time, which is why they aren’t typically included as alert recipients. So among common BAS alarm recipients besides off-site PCs, pagers, cell phones, and fax machines are used, but printers are not.