Chapter 22System Events
SmartSwitch 1800 alarm, or event, messages can be displayed locally (see Dis-
play ing Even ts” on page 22-3), as well as sent to an async terminal, a serial or paralle l
print e r, anothe r node, or any other d evice cap able of int e rpretin g event me ssages.
Events parameters are set in Node Defaults ([A], [A], [C] from the Main Menu). The
message file ERRMSG.TXT contains the format of events for message construction.

Configuration

To configure a SmartSwitch 1800 to collect events from other Cabletron frame relay
access devices (SmartSwitch 1800, FRM, FRX4000, FRX6000), do the following in
Node Defaults (described in Chapter 4):
1. Set Collecting Node to Y. (The default setting is N, so the parameter may have to
be reconfigured.)
2. Confi gure Max Congestion and Line Idle Time r according to the guidelines in
Chapter 4.
3. Specify a Collecting Node ID and Collecting Node Pwd (Pa ssword). (Keeping the
default password is recommended.) These will be used by other nodes t o place a
call.
4. If you want this node to route all events (including its own) to another device
(such as a printer), specify a Primary Alarm Output ID and Primary Alarm Output
Pwd (Password). (Keeping the default password is recommended.) Note that the
password serves no function if a printer is specified.
5. If you want this node to route all events to a second device as well as that defined
in step 3, specify a Secondary Alarm Output ID and Secondary Alarm Output Pwd
(Passwor d). (Keeping the default password is recommended.)
At each node that will send its events to the collecting node:
1. Set Collecting Node to N (the factory default setting).
2. Specify the Primary Alarm Output ID and Primary Alarm Output Pwd (Password ) to
match the Collecting Node ID and Collecting Node Pwd (Password) of the col-
lecti n g node.
3. In the Port record for the physical or logical X.25 port that will be used for inter-
node connections, configure Maximum LAPB Window Size to match the same
parameter in the collecting node.