Tait TB8100, User Manual

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TB8100 Service Kit User’s Manual
Alarms 13
Alarms
The base station monitors a large number of conditions. When a condition rises
above or falls below a defined threshold, the base station generates an alarm and
stores it in its alarm log. The alarm log contains the 50 most recent alarms.
Some alarms are inappropriate for particular systems; you can disable any that
you do not want.
Most alarms indicate a fault condition, but some are generated by conditions
external to the base station, such as mains power failure or loss of RF input.
Alarm Notification Options
The base station is able to notify you in the following ways when an alarm is
activated:
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Transmitting pip tones
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Sending pip tones over the line
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Activating a digital output line
These methods are configured in the Service Kit but enabled by Task Manager
action . As Task Manager has an input for each alarm, its response can vary
depending on the alarm. You can create Task Manager tasks that optimise the
response for your particular system.
In addition, alarms can be sent to an Alarm Center or to a syslog collector,
depending on whether the base station is remotely connected via RS-232 or
Ethernet.
Enabling Alarm Notification
Alarm notification methods need to be set up and configured. Choose carefully
which ones to implement, based on the available resources and your policy for
remote monitoring. See TN-742,
Remotely Monitoring and Configuring the Tait
TB8100, for details.
To set up an alarm notification method, you may need a physical link (for
example, modems and a telephone line). Then you use the Service Kit to
configure the method. Finally, you define suitable Task Manager tasks. When
something happens, a task is processed that tells the base station to use the
method to notify the alarm. Tasks can initiate notification:
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When the base station is started or reset
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When any alarm occurs
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When particularly important alarms are triggered