Configuring APS
432 Avidia System Configuration and Management User Manual
4If you selected Revertive in Step3, in the Wait Time To Revert box type the number of seconds
that you want the system to wait before switching traffic from the protection channel back
to the working channel after a failure on the main channel has been cleared. Otherwise, skip
this step.
The range is 300 to 720 seconds. The default is 300 seconds.
5Do one of the following:
•To activate the settings and close the APS Configuration window, click Set, then in the
confirmation dialog click Back.
•Click Get to cancel the new settings. You can only cancel the new settings if you have
not clicked Set.
Issuing Manual APS Commands
Once APS is enabled, if the APS is currently set to either Non Revertive mode, you can override
the configured APS operation by selecting one of the following APS commands. After issuing
a manual APS command, you must issue a Clear command to resume the configured APS
operation.
1In the Switch Command box, select the desired manual APS command.
•Clear—clears any of the following manual commands.
•Lockout Protection—disables APS.
•Force to Protection—switches traffic to the protection channel.
•Force to Working—switches traffic to the working channel.
•To Working If Ready—switches traffic to the working channel if there are not other
conditions (such as the configured Wait To Revert Time or a failure condition) that
prohibit switching to that channel.
2Do one of the following:
•To activate the settings and close the APS Configuration window, click Set, then in the
confirmation dialog click Back.
•Click Get to cancel the new settings. You can only cancel the new settings if you have
not clicked Set.