"system is triggered" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe an event that sets off an action or sequence of events. For example, "When the alarm clock rang, the system was triggered and I quickly jumped out of bed."
When a customer's alarm system is triggered, Ms. Lindstrom said, the company will first call the house — or any other numbers provided by the homeowner — to make sure the alarm wasn't set off by accident.
When the system is triggered, road crews are notified by a central computer or with a message on their beepers, alerting them that dangerous conditions may soon appear on adjacent roadways.
After fault identification, the prognostics system is triggered for RUL estimation Fig. 13.
A combo point system is triggered when you fire a round into a street sign adorned with a skull.
The IFN system is triggered at the onset of virus infection via cellular recognition of viral components.
When anomaly is detected by the VMC diagnostics system, the prognostics system is triggered for data trending based on the available information in the vehicle database.
Its sprinkler system was triggered, however, and the combination of standing water, contaminants from the trade center, sealed windows and little direct sunlight spawned a robust strain of mold throughout much of the building.
When the code was introduced, the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) said it was "potentially world leading", but the RGT report found that just 1,400 FOBT sessions out of 3.9 million examined made use of a new voluntary warning system, while a new mandatory warning system was triggered in less than 10 per cent of all sessions.
At the onset of each eruption the system was triggered by an email from the OVPF director, declaring the date and time of eruption.
The JMA EEW system was triggered for the Mw 9.0 earthquake when station OURI detected the initial P wave at 14 46:40.2, Japan Standard Time, March 11 (JMA, 2011a, b).
Furthermore, the children reported experiencing less stress as a benefit of the integrated system, especially when they were on their way to the bus, since they knew that the system was triggered when they were in the vicinity of the bus stop.
