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Alarm Cards

Reference Guide

Release 5.3.1

September 2000

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Page 1: ...Alarm Cards Reference Guide Release 5 3 1 September 2000 ...

Page 2: ... 1459 Second Edition Third Edition CSA listed to C22 2 No 950 M89 COPYRIGHT 1992 2000 Premisys Communications Inc All rights reserved This publication is protected by federal copyright law No part of this publication may be copied or distributed transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any human or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical m...

Page 3: ...card has switches for outbound alarms and sensors that detect incoming alarms from the external equipment Alarm Cards ALR ALR 4 4 840160 ALR 4 3PF 840260 ALR 28 14 840360 Using this Alarm Card Reference Guide This Alarm Card Reference Guide assists technicians with switch settings connector pinouts configuration and troubleshooting information for the Alarm Cards Chapter 1 Alarm Card ...

Page 4: ...Model No Running Head ...

Page 5: ...larm Sensor Modes 1 6 1 5 Jumper Pair Assignments 1 7 1 6 Jumper Installation for Active Mode 1 7 1 7 Jumper Installation for Passive Mode 1 8 1 8 Alarm Filter Screen 1 9 1 9 ALR 4 4 and ALR 4 3PF Card Main Screen 1 10 1 10 ALR 28 14 Alarm Sensor Screen 1 12 1 11 ALR 28 14 Alarm Switch Screen 1 14 1 12 ALR 28 14 Voice Screen 1 17 ...

Page 6: ...vi Alarm Cards Model No Running Head Figures ...

Page 7: ...ngs and Defaults 1 11 1 3 ALR 28 14 Alarm Sensor Screen Actions 1 13 1 4 ALR 28 14 Alarm Sensor Option Settings and Defaults 1 13 1 5 ALR 28 14 Alarm Switch Screen Actions 1 15 1 6 ALR 28 14 Alarm Switch Option Settings and Defaults 1 15 1 7 ALR 28 14 Voice Screen Actions 1 17 1 8 ALR 28 14 Voice Option Settings and Defaults 1 18 ...

Page 8: ...viii Alarm Cards Model No Running Head Tables ...

Page 9: ... 1 3 1 2 3 ALR 28 14 Card Description 840360 1 4 1 2 3 1 Card Jumpers Switch Settings 1 5 1 2 3 2 Installing the Alarm Card 1 8 1 3 Alarm Card User Screens and Settings 1 9 1 3 1 Alarm Filter Screen Sensor Setting 1 9 1 3 2 ALR 4 4 and ALR 4 3PF Card Main Screens 1 10 1 3 3 ALR 28 14 Card Screens and Settings 1 12 1 3 4 Alarm Sensor Screen 1 12 1 3 5 Alarm Switch Screen 1 14 1 3 6 Voice Screen 1 1...

Page 10: ...x Alarm Cards Model No Running Head Contents ...

Page 11: ...h sensors on the card 1 2 Alarm Card Descriptions 1 2 1 ALR 4 4 Card Description 840160 The ALR 4 4 Card has four outbound alarm switches and four inbound alarm sensors The outbound switches report internal alarms to external devices by triggering form C relay contact closures 120 VAC 0 5A The inbound sensors report external alarms to the system All external alarms reported by sensors are listed i...

Page 12: ... informational alarms and activates an external device Two relays are provided for each Alarm Card port The relays are dual pole double throw 1 2 1 1 Card Jumpers Switch Settings The US Euro jumper pair on the ALR 4 4 card must be configured to the same setting as that of the chassis The factory default setting for cards and chassis is US position Figure 1 1 ALR 4 4 Card ALR 4 4 P 1 US Euro Jumper...

Page 13: ...n outbound alarm to show the system power unit has failed The ALR 4 3PF Card is especially helpful in locations where a loss of power to any system units is a critical problem See Figure 1 2 A 48 VDC power source is optional with this card It may be provided by either an AC to DC Converter or an external source 1 2 2 1 Card Jumpers Switch Settings There are US EURO jumper settings with the ALR 4 3...

Page 14: ...ing external alarms Each sensor controls its own alarm The card also uses 14 switches to control external devices and provides a single FXS voice port Figure 1 3 ALR 28 14 Card Settings US Euro Jumper Voltage Control Switches Alarm Sensor Jumpers for Connector J4 Onboard Buzzer Buzzer Volume Control Alarm Sensor Jumpers for Connector J3 ALR 28 14 P 1 P 2 P 3 ...

Page 15: ... or other user defined parameters Audible Alarm Buzzer Volume Setting The ALR 28 14 Card has an on board buzzer for audible alarms You can set the buzzer to activate when a particular sensor detects an incoming alarm The buzzer volume is set by a control dial marked VOL which you can adjust with a small screwdriver U S European Voltage Jumpers You can configure the ALR 28 14 Card for either U S or...

Page 16: ...ides 2500V of isolation Figure 1 4 shows these options Figure 1 4 Active and Passive Alarm Sensor Modes The jumpers are separated into two groups of 14 jumper pairs The upper group is associated with the sensors on the upper amphenol connector J4 and the lower group is associated with the sensors on the lower amphenol connector J3 The jumper pair sensor assignments are silk screened on the card Th...

Page 17: ... voltages The default setting for all jumper pairs is the active mode as shown in Figure 1 6 The sensors are powered by the ALR 28 14 Card This setting provides surge protection for the sensors Figure 1 6 Jumper Installation for Active Mode To set the jumper pair to the passive mode remove both jumpers and then place a single jumper across the pair as shown in Figure 1 7 This provides full isolati...

Page 18: ...switch 1 can act as a fail safe switch to activate a device that notifies an operator For this to occur you must install a jumper on jumper pair JP63 near the center of the card The contact for switch 1 will close if the system loses power establishing a circuit that can be used to power an external warning device The current source must be provided by the external device 1 2 3 2 Installing the Al...

Page 19: ...this menu use the arrow keys to highlight the first column of the SENSOR line Pressing Enter displays the options ignore log and report The option chosen here will act as the highest level option for all alarm card sensors If this variable is set to ignore any alarm conditions on the alarm card will be ignored even if you set them up individually to log or report Likewise if you set this variable ...

Page 20: ...ply press the uppercase letter on your keyboard that corresponds to the desired action Table 1 1 lists these actions and Table 1 2 summarizes the card configuration option settings and default values Each parameter is also described in the following paragraphs Table 1 1 ALR 4 4 and ALR 4 3PF Card Main Screen Actions Action Function Save Saves changes to settings Undo Returns all settings to the la...

Page 21: ...message SENSOR The Sensor setting indicates the inbound alarm sensor is actv on or stdby off TRIG ON The Trigger On parameter defines if the sensor should report an external alarm upon sensing the opening open or the closure close of the C form contact to which it is connected MAJOR The Major accumulation register shows the current number of reported alarms designated as Major or Critical MINOR Th...

Page 22: ...nsor a name that corresponds to the incoming alarm then set each variable for every sensor as described in this section Figure 1 10 ALR 28 14 Alarm Sensor Screen The bottom highlighted line of the screen shows several actions that you can perform from this screen To perform an action simply press the uppercase letter on your keyboard that corresponds to the desired action For example to go to the ...

Page 23: ...y be set to log the alarm in the alarm register or to report the alarm Reported alarms are also logged by the system The default value is ignore ALARM TYPE This user definable parameter indicates the severity of the incoming alarm The options are info minor major and crit The default value is minor Action Function Refresh Redraws the screen dEfault Returns all settings to the default state pgUp Re...

Page 24: ... this screen press w sWitches command in the Alarm Sensor Screen Figure 1 11 ALR 28 14 Alarm Switch Screen The bottom highlighted line of the screen shows several actions that you can perform from this screen To perform an action simply press the uppercase letter on your keyboard that corresponds to the desired action For example to go to the next screen page press u pgUp command Table 1 5 lists t...

Page 25: ...ither open or closed one is Form A always open and one is Form B always closed In the event of system power failure switch 1 can be used as a fail safe switch to activate a device that notifies the user In order for this to occur a jumper must be set on jumper pair JP63 located towards the center of the card The contact for switch 1 will close if the system loses power establishing a circuit that ...

Page 26: ... alarms Alternatively the switch trigger can also be assigned to a particular sensor When sensor is selected SENSOR allows you to indicate the number of the sensor that will trigger the alarm The default value is major SENSOR When the ACT ON field is set to sensor you can enter a value from 1 to 28 indicating the number of the sensor that will trigger the switch The default value is n a STATUS Thi...

Page 27: ...form an action simply press the uppercase letter on your keyboard that corresponds to the desired action Table 1 7 lists these actions and Table 1 8 summarizes the configuration option settings and default values These parameters are described in the following paragraphs Table 1 7 ALR 28 14 Voice Screen Actions Action Function Save Saves changes to settings Undo Returns all settings to the last sa...

Page 28: ...ignaling For a display of the available time slots refer to your cross connect map for the WAN link The default value is n a See Chapter 4 System Configuration and Operation for more information regarding cross connect maps MODE The Mode setting should be determined by the type of equipment to which you are connecting the port All options use two wire balanced connections The fxs Foreign Exchange ...

Page 29: ...by setting RX TLP to 2 dB Acceptable values range from 10 0 dB to 2 0 dB The default value is 5 0 Tx TLP The Transmit Transmission Level Point setting controls the amount of gain or attenuation added to signals after they are received from the local analog port and before they are encoded to digital PCM signals To increase the signal level set the TX TLP setting to a negative number i e the more n...

Page 30: ...tings Alarm Cards RINGBK The ringback setting specifies whether a ringback tone is generated by the system and sent towards the network This option should be turned on when the network does not provide an audible ringing tone to the calling party The default value is off ...

Page 31: ... the arrow keys to highlight a new filter setting and press the Enter key again If you are satisfied with your selections remember to Save before exiting the screen If you make any changes and then attempt to exit the screen without saving you will be prompted Ok to lose changes y n You must select y or n If you select y any changes will be lost and all selections will revert to the last saved sta...

Page 32: ...it under test Connect a short across the Alarm card sensor input in question A SENSOR alarm should be reported If no alarm is reported the sensor port may be defective 7 If the Alarm card is determined to be faulty replace it and return the faulty unit for repair to the location specified by your distributor Note Refer to the Alarm Card Filters table located in the System Configuration and Operati...

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