2.11 System Alarm Reporting
Occasionally,the DSU system will fail to communicate with a
particular station; it could be that the station has been disconnected
from its station portor t hat the systemprinter is off line. When the
system experiencesthese disruptions, an alarm signal will display at
the attendant’sstation or any LCD speakerphone when enabled by class
of service programming. In order to reviewthe system alarms, the
attendant can command the system topresent alarm codes on the
station display.
When this feature is provided, a flashing✳appears on the first line of
your telephone’sLCD to indicate that new alarms are present. It is a
good idea to write downw hich alarms are displayed so that you may
report the nature of the alarmsto your system installer.
•To display alarm codes,
1. Press and hold ✳for 5 seconds. The following status reports will
be displayed:
—Station disconnectedfrom station port for more than five minutes.
Month, day,station port number, and station extension number are
shown.
Display shows:“Mo/DaPxx xxxx A”
—Communications difficulty between a station and the common
equipment. The number of parity errors, up to 256, and the
affectedstation port are shown.
Display shows:“xxxPARITYPxx”
—Data printeroff-line.
Display shows:“PRINTEROFF LINE”
Youmay press 0to cancel the alarm report displays.
After the information has been shownon the display, the ✳disappears
until another alarm occurs.
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