Archiving inactive alarms, Alarm log record format – Verilink Access Manager 2000 (896-502037-001) Product Manual User Manual
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Archiving inactive alarms
To archive inactive alarm records:
1. Starting from the Main Menu, select
Alarm Status
. The Alarm
Status (Review Alarm Log Database) screen appears.
2. From
this
screen, select
Archive
. A
screen labeled (Inactive
Alarms: Choose Archive Option) appears.
Four options are available for deactivated alarms:
■
The
Archive
option copies deactivated alarm records to a disk
file.
■
The
option prints active and deactivated alarm records.
■
The
Archive (List)
option prints deactivated alarm records.
■
The
Delete
option deletes deactivated alarm records without
copying or printing.
The archived alarm log records are in a format compatible with:
■
Lotus 1-2-3 or similar spreadsheet file formats
■
dBase III Plus or similar database file formats
The format uses a comma-delimited ASCII record format. The maximum
file size is 65 kilobytes. If necessary, multiple files are created and
identified by the file name extension. The filename format is
Alarm Log Record
format
ALyymmdd.XXX
year of archive
month of archive
day of archive
filename extension,
numbered consecutively from 001 to 999