RAD Data comm RIC-155 operation manual Displaying System Alarms, Working with the Log File

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting and Diagnostics RIC-155Installation and Operation Manual

An alarm or warning enters simultaneously both the alarms display and the log file, and the ALM LED turns on to indicate the condition. When the fault condition that caused the alarm is cleared, the alarm is removed from the alarm screen, but it remains in the log file, enabling you to view the alarm history.

Events enter only the log file.

The RIC-155 management software allows you to change alarm severity and perform alarm masking.

Displaying System Alarms

To display the system alarms:

1.From the Main menu, select Monitoring.

2.From the Monitoring menu, select System Monitoring. The System Monitoring menu appears (see Figure 5-9).

System Monitoring	RIC-155
	>
System Status
System Alarms	[]>
Event Log	[]>
Clear Event Log

>

ESC-prev.menu; !-main menu; &-exit;

Figure 5-9. System Monitoring Menu

3.Select System Alarms to display the system alarms. The System Alarms screen appears (see Figure 5-10).

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System Alarms
Code	Name	State
1	Self-test failure	Major
2	Line Excessive Error Defect	Major
3	Line Signal Degraded Error	Minor
4	Loss Of Signal	Major
5	Loss Of Frame	Major

ESC-prev.menu; !-main menu; &-exit;

Figure 5-10. System Alarms Screen

Working with the Log File

RIC-155 maintains alarm log files for system alarms. The file stores up to 200 alarm messages. The log file specifies alarm or event name, state (major, minor, or OFF), and time when the alarm was initiated. OFF indicates that the fault condition that caused the alarm is cleared.

To display the event log file:

•From the System Monitoring menu (Figure 5-9), select Event Log.

5-8 Handling Alarms