Major Alarm

[rocketcom]

Hi,

I am currently testing my fault monitoring system and want to test the alarm outputs from my meridian system. The outputs are connected up allready. I just need to generate alarms.

Is there any way to generate the Major and Minor alarm output from the system monitor.

Thanks

 

[Firebird Scrambler]

It's done in LD 117.

From Rlse 22 it is possible to filter out unwanted alarms, especially those that are not service affecting such as NWS 202 messgaes when the system tests MMail Loops during the midnight routines. Modify in LD 117 as follows:-

LD 117 c/r
PRT EPT ALL c/r
If the above comes back empty, you need to place the following alarm codes in there, as follows:-

NEW EPT CIOD107 INFO c/r
NEW EPT CIOD157 INFO c/r
NEW EPT NWS401 INFO c/r
NEW EPT NWS301 INFO c/r
NEW EPT EDD010 INFO c/r

Then check by doing PRT EPT ALL again. This has the affect of making the error codes in this table for "Information only".
Install any that are causing nuisance alarms that are not service affecting.
All the above will bring up a minor alarm unless they are place in the EPT table. If a code is down as minor, in the EDT table it will NOT generate a minor alarm, Only alarms flagged as MAJOR or CRITICAL will flag up a MN on the console. The EDT cannot but altered, but the system will check the EPT table if prog`d to see if a code appears there.


All the best

Firebird Scrambler
Meridian 1 / Succession and BCM / Norstar Programmer in the UK

http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbromley

If it's working, then leave it alone!.

 

[rocketcom]

Thanks for the reply. The problem is not that there are nusance alarms but that I want to trigger them. I believe its the remote alarm signals that I want to generate from the NT7D15 system monitor module.

I have a system that monitors the contacts coming out of the sys mon. They are normally open and when there is a fault the contacts close. I want to simulate a fault so that I can see the contacts close. This should bring up an alarm on my monitoring system.

Thanks

 

[Firebird Scrambler]

Sorry, in LD 117 try..

TEST ALARM [aaaa nnnn] basic-4.0
0
Generate an alarm.
Where:
• aaaa = any character sequence.
However, to test how an existing system message category
(for example, BUG, ERR, INI) appears in an alarm browser,
use an existing system message.
• (nnnn )= any numeric sequence
Defaults to 0000.
The output shown on the TTY is the system message used as
the parameter.
The actual trap sent to the trap destination list has the same
severity as an existing message defined in the EDT and EPT.
Nonexistent system messages have a severity of Info .
The following items are found in the details section of the trap
output:

In basic terms, try..

LD 117

test alarm ini 001

test alarm dta 203

You can use any valid alarm code I believe.

All the best

Firebird Scrambler
Meridian 1 / Succession and BCM / Norstar Programmer in the UK

http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbromley

If it's working, then leave it alone!.

 

[Dphone]

Ld 117
test alarm dta 011

 

[rocketcom]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the advice. I will give these ago. I just came back onshore and wont be back out to the installation for another 3 weeks. Once I get back I will have a go.

Thanks