1152700Issue 1 February 2001 Section 2 Operations and Maintenance

TAP-100

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Table 4-1. Alarm Identifications, continued

ALARM

MESSAGE

T3 Loopback

DS3Loopback

T3 Remote

Alarm

Indication

DS3Rai

SEVERITY

 

IMPACT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Informational

 

Service

Alert

 

Affecting

 

 

 

Minor

Not service

 

affecting

 

 

DESCRIPTION

T3 Loopback Indication. Indicates a loopback condition has been initiated by a user which causes a T3 RAI.

T3 Remote Alarm Indication or yellow alarm. CPE equipment is receiving a yellow alarm at T3 port.

SUGGESTED COURSE OF ACTION

Check for troubleshooting activity by other users and release loopback if necessary.

Check EIM connections, signal level and pulse mask.

Twenty Four

Hour Interval,

Errored

Seconds

Threshold

Crossing Alert

EESCMajor24 hTca

Unavailable

Seconds Line

Far

EndThreshold

Crossing Alert

UAS-LFETca

Informational Alert

Informational Alert

Service Degradation

Service Degradation

Exceeded errored seconds have crossed a user definable major or minor threshold crossing alert for a 24 hour period causing an alarm report.

Unavailable seconds threshold crossing alert for line layer at far end. Line layer was unavailable at the far end network element for more seconds than the threshold was set for. UAS overrides all other error counts.

Retrieve PM data to determine problem cards/ports. Check inputs and signal levels. Replace problem cards if necessary. See Section 6 of this manual for warranty and return authorization information.

Check input and transmitter at local node.

Unavailable

Informational

Service

Seconds Line

Alert

Degradation

Threshold

 

 

Crossing Alert

 

 

UAS-LTca

 

 

 

 

 

Unavailable

Informational

Service

Seconds Path

Alert

Degradation

Far End

 

 

Threshold

 

 

Crossing Alert

 

 

UAS-PFETca

 

 

 

 

 

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Unavailable seconds threshold crossing alert for line layer. Line layer was unavailable for more seconds than the threshold was set for. UAS overrides all other error counts.

Unavailable seconds threshold crossing alert for path layer at far end. Path layer was unavailable at the far end network element for more seconds than the threshold was set for. UAS overrides all other error counts.

Check input and transmitter at far end node.

Check input source and transmitter at local node.

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ADC Release 3.1 T3 Loopback, T3 Remote Alarm Indication, Unavailable Seconds Line Far EndThreshold Crossing Alert