Alarm Configuration
Setting and Changing Alarms
1.In the Alarms window, click mouse button 1 on a repeater selection in the scroll list.
2.Click mouse button 1 on to open the Set Repeater Alarms window.
Figure 3-2. Set Repeater Alarms Window
3.In the Set Repeater Alarms window, select one of the alarm types: Collisions, Errors, Traffic, or Broadcast. If you select Errors, the Mask check boxes become active and you can select all or just some of the five different error types. The mask CARGO, displayed in the alarm type list, is an acronym for the error types: C = CRC, A = Alignment, R = Runts, G = Giants, O = OOW Collisions.
4.Highlight and edit the Alarm Threshold, which is the number that, if reached within the Timebase, triggers the alarm.
5.If necessary, highlight and edit the Timebase, which is the number of seconds you are allowing for an alarm condition to take place. For example, if the Timebase is set to 10, the Broadcast Alarm Type is enabled, and the Alarm Threshold is set to 25, the
6.Click mouse button 1 on the Enable or Disable button to set the highlighted
alarm’s status, then click .
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