Chapter 5 Troubleshooting and Diagnostics RIC-155 Installation and Operation Manual
5-10 Handling Alarms

You can always reset all alarm severity values to their default settings by selecting

Default Alarms Settings from the Alarm Configuration menu.

RIC-155
System alarms
Alarm Name Default Severity
Severity Mask
1. Self-test failure Major Major OFF
2. Line Excessive Error Defect Major Major OFF
| 3. Line Signal Degraded Error Major Minor OFF
v 4. Loss Of Signal Major Minor OFF
5. Loss Of Frame Major Minor OFF
1. 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
Defect
Number of the Line Excessive Error Defect errors exceeds
threshold
Major
Line Signal Degraded
Error
Number of the Line Signal Degraded Errors exceeds threshold Major
Uplink Port Loss Of
Signal
Loss of Lock is detected Major
Uplink Port Loss Of
Frame
Loss of Frame is detected Major
Line AIS: remote
Ethernet port
Alarm Indication Signal is received from the Ethernet interface of
the remote device
Minor
Line Remote Defect
Indication
Line Remote Defect Indication signal is detected Minor
Path AIS: Rx Facility
Defect
Path Alarm Indication Signal is detected Minor
Path Rx Facility Pointer
loss
Path Loss Of Pointer defect is detected Minor
Note