Reference Guide
IMACS System Release 5.1.9
5-11
CPU Card
CPU Card User Screens and Settings
Notes:
1. The Print Alarms option must be
off
if TCP/IP is
on
.
2. The choice of “empty” will eliminate that element from the NMS report.
PRT ALARMS
The Print Alarms option allows you to choose a remote device for alarm condition reporting.
The system uses the modem (if present) on the Interface card to call a remote device or
Network Management System. The system sends the alarm information for all alarm filters
set to
Report
in the Alarm Filters screen. Refer to Chapter 4
System Configuration and
Operation
.
Set the Print Alarms setting to
off
to disable all external alarm-generated messages. Choose
direct
to send all alarms reported since the last report cycle to a local device through the DB-9
computer port of the Interface card. The
modem
setting sends all alarms reported since the
last report cycle to a remote dial-up device through the modem port.
The remote device may be any asynchronous ASCII device that can accept lines of text up to
80 characters long. It must support XON/XOFF flow control and be capable of attaching to an
asynchronous dial-up modem. Figure 5-4 shows an OOS alarm reported to a remote device.
The remote device’s modem must be compatible with CCITT V.22bis and support connections
at 2.4 kbps. Set the remote modem for auto-answer mode.
Both the remote device and
modem should be set for 8 data bits, 1 stop bit and no parity.
PRT PHONE#
The Print Phone Number field shows the number the modem dials to report alarms to the
remote device. This number can be up to 14 digits long.
PRT ATTEMPTS
1 to 99
1
PRT MAJ&CRIT
1 to 500
1
PRT MIN&INFO
1 to 32000
1
ELEMENT 1
alarm model address time severity
number empty
2
number
ELEMENT 2
alarm model address time severity
number empty
2
alarm
ELEMENT 3
alarm model address time severity
number empty
2
model
ELEMENT 4
alarm model address time severity
number empty
2
address
ELEMENT 5
alarm model address time severity
number empty
2
time
ELEMENT 6
alarm model address time severity
number empty
2
severity
