DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 6
Maintenance for R6vs/si
555-230-127 Issue 1
August 1997
Maintenance Commands and Trouble-Clearing Aids

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log for a single object, the test alarms command only tests each physical object once.
1. If

auto-page

option is not specified, the screen does not refresh once filled, and testing stops until the user
presses PAGE (continue) or CANCE L (halts testing).
2. Press CANCEL to abort the command, ENTER to test the currently displayed alarm, NEXT ALARM (function
key) to move to the next alarm, and PREV AL ARM (function key) to move to the prev ious alarm without testing
the currently displayed al arm. If this option is en tered, then the NEXT ALAR M (function key) or PRE V ALARM
(function key) can be pressed at any time during the command , even during test results. If N EXT ALARM or
PREV ALARM is pressed during a test, the test is aborted , testing of the current alarm s tops, and the next or
previous alarm displays. If th e first alarm is displayed and P REV ALARM is pressed, then the la st alarm is
displayed. If the last alarm is currently displayed and the NEXT ALARM is requested, then the first alarm
displays. The only way t o terminate this command is to press CANCEL.
3. If no alarms are registe red against the maintenanc e object then the test sequ ence is run only once. The

long

clear
option forces a clear of all a la rms i f no e rro rs a r e encou nt e red d uri ng t esti ng . Th e
short clear
option only
clears alarms pertinent to test s in the short sequence. SEE WA RNINGS BELOW.
4. Refer to the Report Schedu ler and System Printer feature sp ecification for more details.
Action/
Object Qualifier Qualifier Description Permissions Defaults Feature
Interactions
test alarms

auto-

page

failures

step

short
long

repeat

number
clear
schedule
New screen displays when current
screen fills1
Only the failures (hardware , aborts ,
conflicts, EPN-down) displa y
Allows “stepping” to the next o r
previous alarm (current alarm not
tested)2
Option for a brief seri es of
nondestructive diagnostic tests.
Option for a longer, more
comprehensive test seri es
(includes a destructive tes t)
How many times each test in the
sequence is repeated (1-1 00)
This option causes the test
sequence (short or long) to repea t
until the alarm (if any) is clear ed or
a single test in the sequ ence fails.3
Command is validated and then a
scheduling form displays to
schedule execution of the
command. The command is th en
placed in the command qu eue and
is executed at the specified time.
The information displayed by the
command is sent to the syst em
printer instead of the sc reen.4
Examples:
test alarms
test alarms step failures
test alarms long clear au to-page
test alarms long failures
init
inads
craft
nms
Test
sequence
= short;
repeat = 1
See below