Verilink 2000 (34-00182) Product Manual - Manual (Page 55)

Utilities Screen 4-21
COA
Parameters
The following fields pertain to the call on alarm (COA) parameters.
Alarm Notification
This field controls remote alarm reporting. The choices are as follows.
OFF. Disables alarm reporting.
DIRECT. Sends reports to a printer or terminal connected directly to the
supervisory port.
DIAL. Sends reports through an attached AT-command-set-compatible modem
connected to the SUPV serial port, which must dial out to a remote modem. The
message format is described in the Element ID field.
DIAL NMS. Sends reports through a modem to an EM8000 Network Manager or
8100A Site Controller workstation.
Primary Phone#, Secondary Phone#
These fields are ASCII strings for the primary and secondary call on alarm phone
numbers used in the DIAL and DIAL NMS modes. The strings must be compatible
with the standard AT modem command set. They should not include the ATDT
dial command prefix.
The unit make three attempts to connect using the primary number. If all three
attempts fail, it make three attempts to connect using the secondary number (if it is
not blank). If the secondary number fails, the unit waits five minutes and then
attempts to communicate with the primary number again. When a connection is
detected, the unit outputs the notification message (as described in the Element ID
field) then disconnects.
Element ID
This field allows the entry of an ASCII string (29 characters in length) which
identifies the unit to the device receiving the alarm notification messages.
Call on alarm messages are reported in the following format in the DIAL or
DIRECT modes only.
Element ID HH:MM:SS MM/DD/YY
NET Alarms: alarms
DTE Alarms: alarms
where (alarms) is a string consisting of some or all of the identifiers LOS, OOF,
RAS, AIS, UAS, ERRS, or the word NONE. The following is an example.
Joesunit 17:24:55 08/04/93
NET Alarms: LOS AIS ERRS
DTE Alarms: LOS
The user-programmable Element ID string is transmitted first which allows the
COA function to send a message with a specific meaning to some host (such as a
log-on message).
The identifier ERRS represents an alarm caused by ES, SES, and/or BPV errors.