Alarms Screen Navigation - Alcatel-Lucent 9500 MXC User Manual

Chapter 15. Diagnostics

Alarms Screen Navigation

Vol. IV-15-14
Item Description
7 Select an Alarm event then click Help for Alarm to view context-sensitive
help (requires installation of HSX Help on your PC).
Module. The Alarms screen for the 9500 MXC Node opens on the first filled slot
in an INU/INUe. Clicking the Select new module tab brings up a menu of links
and cards installed. In the example, RAC 2 (slot 2) has been selected. For the
9500 MXC Terminal the screen opens to the Radio module.
The alarm tree shows the opened-out history of the selected module. Where paths
in the tree have no alarm history the associated toggle is horizontal. Where there
is history, the toggle(s) are down through to the base level of the highlighted
alarm point.
Infill on the circular tabs indicate an active alarm point, and the color its severity.
Colors used reflect the international severity standard. See 9500 MXC CT
Symbols on page 1-3 of Volume IV, Chapter 1.
Where alarm events have been raised and then cleared within the period of
history capture, an up-down arrow is displayed next to the relevant circular
tab(s).
Active Alarm Icons
The three icons at the lower left of the screen provide quick identification of, and
navigation between active alarms, with controls for:
• View active alarms only
• Move to the next active alarm
• Move to the previous active alarm
Reset History
Click on Reset History to reset the tree. Historical events are removed to display
only currently active alarms and subsequently any new alarms, or change in
alarm status, from the time of resetting.
Help for Alarm
Clicking the Help for Alarm tab provides access to the Helpset alarm files, which
provide an on-screen alarm description, probable cause and recommended action
for the selected alarm. The information is identical to Alarm data provided in
Appendix B, 9500 MXC Alarms, and in CT Alarms on page 2-16 of the
Troubleshooting chapter in Volume 5.
Help for Alarm, and Help for Event in the Event Browser screen, access the same
Helpset files.
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