RAD Data comm Masking Port Alarms, To mask RIC-155 alarms, RIC-155 Alarms and Warnings

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting and DiagnosticsRIC-155Installation and Operation Manual

Note	You can always reset all alarm severity values to their default settings by selecting
	Default Alarms Settings from the Alarm Configuration menu.
	System alarms			RIC-155
				Alarm Name	Default Severity
		1.		Severity	Mask	MajorOFF
			Self-test failure		Major
		2.	Line Excessive Error Defect		Major	MajorOFF
		3.	Line Signal Degraded Error		Major	MinorOFF
	v	4.	Loss Of Signal	Major	Minor	OFF
	1.	5.	Loss Of Frame	Major	Minor	OFF
		Minor
	2.	Major
	ESC-prev.menu; !-main menu; &-exit; ?-help

Figure 5-13. System Alarms Menu

Masking Port Alarms

RIC-155 management software allows you to mask alarms to prevent them from being reported.

To mask RIC-155 alarms:

1. From the System Alarms menu, select Mask column of the alarm that you intend to mask by moving cursor up/down or left/right.

2. Mask alarm by selecting ON or remove alarm masking by selecting OFF.

Table 5-2. RIC-155 Alarms and Warnings

Terminal Message	Description	Severity
Self test failure	Failure occurred during self-test	Major
Line Excessive Error	Number of the Line Excessive Error Defect errors exceeds	Major
Defect	threshold
Line Signal Degraded	Number of the Line Signal Degraded Errors exceeds threshold	Major
Error
Uplink Port Loss Of	Loss of Lock is detected	Major
Signal
Uplink Port Loss Of	Loss of Frame is detected	Major
Frame
Line AIS: remote	Alarm Indication Signal is received from the Ethernet interface of	Minor
Ethernet port	the remote device
Line Remote Defect	Line Remote Defect Indication signal is detected	Minor
Indication
Path AIS: Rx Facility	Path Alarm Indication Signal is detected	Minor
Defect
Path Rx Facility Pointer	Path Loss Of Pointer defect is detected	Minor
loss

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