Avaya S8700 Maintenance Manual page 765

ALARM-PT (ALARM PORT)
System Technician-Demanded Tests:
Descriptions and Error Codes
Always investigate tests in the order presented in the table below. For example,
by clearing error codes associated with the Battery Feed test (#35), you may also
clear errors generated from other tests in the testing sequence.
Order of Investigation
Battery Feed test (#35)
Station Status and Translation Audits and Updates test
(#36)
1. D = Destructive; ND = Nondestructive
Battery Feed Test (or Port Diagnostic Test) (#35)
The battery feed chip provides power to the telephone equipment, signaling,
rotary dial pulsing, transmission, and balance. This test checks the signaling and
switchhook capabilities of the battery feed chip by terminating the port, applying
battery, and trying to detect a current.
Table 8-17. Test #35 Battery Feed Test
Error Test
Code Result Description / Recommendation
ABORT Could not allocate the necessary system resources to run this test.
1. Retry the command at 1-minute intervals up to 5 times.
1000 ABORT System resources required to run this test are not available. The port may be
reporting an external device alarm.
1. Before retesting, enter test external-device-alarm port UUCSSpp to
2. If the port has no EXT-DEV failures, retry the command at 1-minute
1004 ABORT The port received an EXT-DEV failure during the test. The test has been
aborted.
1. Before retesting, enter test external-device-alarm port UUCSSpp to
2. If the port has no EXT-DEV failures, retry the command at 1-minute
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determine whether the port is reporting an EXT-DEV failure.
intervals up to 5 times.
determine whether the port is reporting an EXT-DEV failure.
intervals up to 5 times.
Short Test Long Test
Sequence Sequence
X X
X X
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D/ND
ND
ND
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