DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 7
Maintenance for R7r
555-230-126 Issue 4
June 1999
Maintenance Commands
8-318test alarms
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log for a single objec t, the test alarms command will only te st each physical
object once.
Defaults
The default options for this command are: short, repeat of 1.
Parameters
auto-page This option provides the ab ility to continue testing and d isplaying test
results, by providing a new screen every time the SAT screen is filled
with test results. The screen does not scroll to accommodate new
results; instead a new screen is p rovided after the cur rent screen fills
up.
If the auto-page option is not specified, the SAT screen will not b e
refreshed once it is filled wi th test results and testing will stop un til the
user enters the "PAGE" key to continue or the "CANCEL" key to halt the
testing.
failures This requests that only the failures be dis played on the screen. All
passes will not be disp layed on the output screen. Hard ware failures
as well as aborts, conflic ts and EPN-down failures will be display ed.
step This option will allow the user to step to the next or previous alarm and
not have the current alarm tested. When this op tion is specified, the
user is presented with the alarm information and prompted for a
keypress. The user may enter CANCEL to abort the command , ENTER
to test the currently disp layed alarm, NEXT ALARM (function key) to
move to the next alarm, PREV ALARM (function key) to move to the
previous alarm without testing the c urrently displayed alarm. If thi s
option is given, then the NEXT ALARM (function key) or PREV ALARM
(function key) may be p ressed at any time during the c ommand (even
during test results). If the NEXT ALARM or PREV ALARM is pressed
during a test, the test is aborted , testing of the current alarm stop s, and
the next alarm or previous alarm is disp layed. If the first alarms is
displayed, and the PREV ALARM is pressed, then the last alarm is
displayed. Also, if the l ast alarm is currently displayed , and the NEXT
ALARM is requested, then the first alarm will be shown.
NOTE:
When this option is given the only way to terminat e this command
is to press CANCEL.
short This will cause the command to exec ute a series of nondestructive
diagnostic tests.
long This will execute a more comprehen sive and longer version of the
diagnostic tests. This may involve b oth destructive and nond estructive
tests.