Alarm Status

The user can choose to see a continuously updating display of the modem bank’s alarm and loopback status. As with the modem switchhook status display, the screen is updated once per second. Also, as with the Modem switchhook status display, “spinner” will be visible on the left margin to provide a visible heartbeat that indicates updating is in progress. Once started, the display can be canceled by pressing any key.

The Received Alarm indication (RcvAlarm) can show one of four values:

1.None

2.Yellow

3.Blue

4.Red

The Transmitted Alarm indication (TxAlarm) can show one of three values:

1.None

2.Yellow

3.Blue

The Signal indication will show one of two values:

1.Present

2.LOS

The Loopback indication will show one of three values:

1.None

2.Line

3.Payload

An example of the alarm and loopback status display is given below. In this case no alarms are in effect and no loopbacks are active.

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Modem Bank Alarm Status

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Hit any Key to Cancel Display

RcvAlarm TxAlarm Signal Loopbacks

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-

None

None

Present

None

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Digi 90031300 manual Alarm Status