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7.2
Checking for Alarms/Events
When an alarm condition exists, the transceiver registers it as an
“event”. These events can be viewed the Device Manager’s
Maintenance
& Status>>Alarm Summary>>All Alarms/Events
screen. Here, users can check
for currently active alarms, whether they be Major, Minor, Status Con-
ditions, or Informational Events.
In addition, all historical events may be viewed by accessing the Device
Manager’s Event Log screen. To access the Event Log, select
Mainte-
nance & Status>>Event Log
and click
Show Log
to view stored events (see
Figure 36).
Invisible place holder
Figure 36. Event Log Screen
Both setting and clearing of major/minor alarms and status conditions
are logged, as well as informational events (
i.e.,
remote rebooted, repro-
gramming in process, etc.).
Major Alarms vs. Minor Alarms
Major Alarms
report serious conditions that generally indicate a hard-
ware failure, or other abnormal condition that will prevent (or seriously
hamper) further operation of the transceiver. Major alarms generally
indicate the need for factory repair. Contact your factory representative
for further assistance.
Minor Alarms
report conditions that, under most circumstances will not
prevent transceiver operation. This includes out-of-tolerance conditions,
baud rate mismatches, etc. The cause of these alarms should be investi-
gated and corrected to prevent system failure.
Status and Informational Events
Status
events indicate current states or conditions that are not errors.
They are used merely to indicate process functions (
i.e.,
Reprogramming
in Process
).
Informational
(Info) events pertain to those items which have occurred
since bootup. They may or may not indicate an error, and they do not
show current conditions, just an even that occurred at some point after
boot-up (
i.e.,
Event #32
Booting Up
).
