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UAS 7616 DIU
GDC 087R706-000-02
Figure 4-5
Alarm Configuration Screen
Each Alarm Mask Configuration Submenu lists all the alarms that the 7616 can report on a loop.
Consult the description of the Monitor/Alarms screen, which begins on page 3-15, for definitions
of the alarm conditions.
The unit evaluates most alarm conditions simply on the basis of whether or not the condition
exists. If the alarm condition exists, the unit displays it as ACTIVE on the Alarm Monitor
terminal interface screen and generates an SNMP trap to report it if it isn’t masked.
The two alarm conditions that the unit evaluates by means of a threshold value are the Major and
Minor Bit Error Rate (BER) alarms. You can set each alarm to occur in response to an error rate
of one error in 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, or 1,000,000 data bits. The on-screen entry fields display
those rates as 10E-3, 10E-4, 10E-5, and 10E-6.
Typically, you should configure the Minor BER alarm to occur at a lower error rate so it can serve
as an early warning signal, and configure the Major BER alarm to occur at an error rate that
seriously impacts operations. The threshold values you configure for BER alarms govern both
SNMP reporting and terminal interface display.
UAS 7616 Alarm Configuration
[1] Alarm Mask Loop1
[2] Alarm Mask Loop2
[3] Alarm Mask Loop3
[4] Alarm Thresholds
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