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Configuring alarm severity – RAD Data comm 10/100BaseT to STM-1/OC-3 Converter RIC-155 User Manual

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RIC-155 Installation and Operation Manual

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting and Diagnostics

Handling Alarms

5-9

The Event Log screen appears (

Figure 5-11

).

RIC-155

Event Log

Source Alarm Status Severity Time Date
4 Event Loss Of Signal ON Major 2:11:13 12/06/03
5 Loss Of Frame ON Major 3:52:31 13/06/03
| 3 Line Signal Degraded Error OFF Minor 13:45:27 13/06/03
V 16 Software download OFF Warning 14:52:17 13/06/03
2 Line Excessive Error Defect ON Major 20:46:02 13/06/03
54 Buffer Overflow OFF Event 9:13:20 14/06/03
ESC-prev.menu; !-main menu; &-exit;

Figure 5-11. Event Log Screen

To clear the event log:
1. From the System Monitoring menu (

Figure 5-9

), select Clear Event Log.

RIC-155 displays a confirmation message at the bottom of the screen:

Request to clear log file! Are you sure? (Y/N):

2. Type Y.

All the log file entries are deleted from the system log file.

Configuring Alarm Severity

Severity of the RIC-155 alarms can be defined by the user. Configuration of the
alarm severity is performed via the System Alarms menu.

To configure the alarm severity:
1. From the System Configuration menu, select Alarm Configuration.

The Alarm Configuration menu appears (

Figure 5-12

).

RIC-155

Alarm Configuration
System Alarms

[]>

Default Alarms Setting


>
Please select item <1 to 2>
ESC-prev.menu; !-main menu; &-exit;

Figure 5-12. Alarm Configuration Menu

2. From the Alarm Configuration menu, select System Alarms.

System Alarms menu appears (

Figure 5-13

).

3. From the System Alarms menu, select Severity column of the alarm that you

intend to configure by moving cursor up/down or left/right.

4. Select a new alarm severity value by typing 1 (Minor) or 2 (Major).