Chapter 10 Unit Configuration
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Ellipse 3000 Release 3.0, Rev. B
Alarm Sub-Menu/Tab
The serial digital video input supports error detection and handling (EDH) as defined by the
specification SMPTE RP 165-1994 or the ITU standard ITU-R BT.1304, Error Detection for SD-SDI
input.
Front Panel
To display the
Alarm Configuration
menu on the front panel:
❖
Navigate
Root > Configuration > Unit > Alarm > Alarm Configuration
.
Select any alarm in the menu to set the alarm severity level: None, Information, Warning or
Critical. This setting also controls the operation of the two LEDs on the Ellipse front panel that
light up when an alarm is raised.
To set the alarm severity level using the front panel:
❖
Navigate
Root > Configuration > Unit > Alarm > Alarm Configuration > [Alarm Type] > Set
Severity
.
The Set Severity default value for all alarms is
Information
.
The available alarm severities are:
■
None
– No alarm is raised upon occurrence of the selected error.
■
Information
– Both LEDs remain lit green.
■
Warning
– When raised, the Warning LED is lit orange.
■
Critical
– When raised, the PWR/Fail LED is also lit red and the GPIO dry contact is activated,
allowing redundancy.
No Available Primary
This alarm is triggered by a backup Ellipse (active or inactive). If the
primary is running but not active the backup does not trigger this alarm. If
the primary has DRT or is not sending any HHP, this alarm is not triggered.
Solution:
Check the primary device.
No activity on a message port
No activity on a message port.
Set Severity
‚ None
ƒ Information
‚ Warning
‚ Critical
