Alarms
The front panel alarms display lists alerts for events as determined in the Web page (see
Alarms
on page 142). The following table lists alarms generated by the SMP 351, what
they mean, and how they are cleared.
NOTE:
All active alarms can be manually cleared by an administrator via the Web page.
Alarm
Alarm Generated
Alarm Cleared
Audio Loss Alarm
The SMP generates this alarm only during
a recording when either of the following
conditions are met:
•
If audio is absent (signal is at or below
-60 dBFS) before a recording starts, an
alarm triggers after 5 minutes of the start
of the recording.
•
If audio is lost during a recording, the
alarm triggers after 10 seconds.
•
During a recording, the audio signal
is maintained above -60 dBFS for a
contiguous period of 60 seconds
•
The current recording ends
Authentication
Failures
Any combination of access interfaces (Web
page, Telnet, API, SFPT, SIS via SSH) that
requires authentication, there can be a
maximum of 20 failed login attempts within
20 seconds on any combination of user IDs
(including non-existent user IDs).
Can only be cleared by an administrator via
the Web page (see
Alarms and Traps
on
page 110)
CPU Usage alarm
When the device exceeds 90% utilization for
75% of a 5 minute window.
Automatically by remaining below 75%
utilization for 75% for a 1 minute
Disk Error alarm
•
The internal system storage volume
registers one or more read or write errors
that cannot be recovered.
•
Inability to write to the target storage (for
example: a write protected drive).
•
The target storage volume is not found
(for example:
USBFront
is selected but
the SMP does not detect any external
storage).
•
Replace the affected USB storage
•
Choose a different target storage volume
•
Remove the write protection from the
volume
Video loss alarm
•
When video sync is lost during a
recording for a period of 0.5 seconds
that is not the result of an input change
•
The input is changed and video
sync cannot be established within a
2 seconds limit.
Video sync is detected for about 2 seconds.
Disk space alarm
•
The SMP is recording and the external
USB storage volume has dropped to
<10 minutes of recording time.
•
At the start of an event for which the
target volume does not have sufficient
space to record.
•
For USB: Replace the affected storage
with one having adequate space.
•
Choose an alternate target storage
volume with adequate space.
HDCP video alarm
For an active input, if the signal is HDCP
protected and the SMP cannot negotiate
HDCP for any reason.
•
The HDCP source is no longer active or
is taken off the input
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