Paradyne T1 Access Mux 916x, Technical Reference

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Troubleshooting
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9161-A2-GH30-30 April 1998
Automatic Dialing Out When an Alarm Occurs
You can control whether generated alarm messages will initiate a call if a
connection on the COM port external device has not already been established.
To dial out when an alarm occurs you must:
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Connect the modem to the COM port using the appropriate cable.
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Select the ASCII alarms to receive for each interface.
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Configure the phone directory to use for Dial Out Alarms.
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Enable Alarm & Trap Dial Out.
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Enable Call Retry, if desired.
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Procedure
To enable the desired ASCII alarms for each interface:
1. Follow this menu selection sequence to display the Load Configuration From
screen:
Main Menu
→
Configuration
2. Select the desired configuration area and press Return. The Configuration
Edit/Display screen appears.
3. Select the ASCII alarms to enable for the interface.
To enable . . . Set the configuration option(s) . . .
T1 alarms Configuration
→
Network
DSX-1 alarms Configuration
→
DSX-1
Sync Data Ports alarms Configuration
→
Sync Data Ports
OCU-DP Ports alarms Configuration
→
OCU-DP Ports
4. Configure the phone directory to use for dialing out alarms (see
Displaying
Directory Numbers and Changing Directory Numbers in Chapter 8, Operation
and Maintenance).
5. Select Alarm from the Configuration Edit/Display menu and press Return.
The Alarms Options screen appears.
To . . . Set the configuration option . . .
Automatically initiate a call (dial out) Alarm & Trap Dial-Out to Enable.
Retry the call if the call cannot be
completed Call Retry to Enable.
Enable ASCII alarms Configuration
→
Alarm