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Alarm Types and Causes

This appendix shows examples of probable alarm types and causes.

Table 130 Alarm Types and Causes

ALARM TYPE

PROBABLE CAUSES

 

 

Communications

Loss of signal

Degraded signal

 

Loss of frame

Communications subsystem failure

 

Framing error

Communications protocol error

 

Local node transmission error

LAN error

 

Remote node transmission error

DTE-DCE interface error

 

Call establishment error

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quality of service

Response time excessive

Threshold crossed

 

Queue size exceeded

Performance degraded

 

Bandwidth reduced

Congestion

 

Retransmission rate excessive

• Resource at or nearing capacity

 

 

 

 

 

Processing error

Storage capacity problem

Software program abnormally

 

Version mismatch

 

terminated

 

Corrupt data

File error

 

CPU cycles limit exceeded

Out of memory

 

Software error

Underlying resource unavailable

 

Software program error

Application subsystem failure

 

 

 

• Configuration or customization error

 

 

 

 

 

Equipment

Power problem

Receive failure

 

Timing problem

Transmit failure

 

Processor problem

Output device error

 

Dataset or modem error

Input device error

 

Multiplexer problem

I/O device error

 

Receiver failure

Equipment malfunction

 

Transmitter failure

Adapter error

 

 

 

 

 

Environmental

Temperature unacceptable

Leak detected

 

Humidity unacceptable

Pressure unacceptable

 

Heating/ventilation/cooling system

Excessive vibration

 

 

problem

Material supply exhausted

 

Fire detected

Pump failure

 

Flood detected

Enclosure door open

 

Toxic leak detected

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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