Checking For Alarms/Events; Major Alarms Vs. Minor Alarms; Status And Informational Events; Event Code Definitions - GE MDS SD Series Technical Manual

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 screen. Here, you can check
Maintenance & Status>>Alarm Summary
for currently active alarms, whether they be Major, Minor, Status Conditions, 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 and click to
Maintenance & Status>>Event Log Show Log
view stored events (see Figure 42).
Figure 42. Event Log Screen
Both setting and clearing of major/minor alarms and status conditions are logged, as well as in-
formational events (i.e., remote rebooted, reprogramming in process, etc.).

Major Alarms vs. Minor Alarms

Major Alarms report serious conditions that generally indicate a hardware failure, or other ab-
normal condition that will prevent (or seriously hamper) further operation of the transceiver. Ma-
jor 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 op-
eration. This includes out-of-tolerance conditions, baud rate mismatches, etc. The cause of these
alarms should be investigated 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 (Inform) events pertain to those items which have occurred since boot up. They
may or may not indicate an error, and they do not show current conditions, just an event that oc-
curred at some point after boot-up (i.e., Event #32 ).
Booting Up

Event Code Definitions

Table 15 contains a listing of event codes that may be reported by the transceiver. The codes
shown are a subset of a larger pool of codes used for various GE MDS products. For this reason,
the table does not show a sequential listing of all code numbers. Only the codes applicable to this
product series are shown. This list is subject to change with product revision.
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