Tektronix WFM8200 User Manual page 130

Monitoring the SDI Physical Layer
To Set Allowed Alarm
Responses
To Set Alarm Responses
Globally
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to the WFM and WVR Management Information Base (MIB) Technical
Reference for more information about using SNMP alarm notifications.
Ground Closure. The instrument sends a signal out the Remote port for a
remote notification that an alarm condition occurred. You must enable the
Remote Control Port in the Communications submenu of the Configuration
menu before notifications can be sent.
NOTE.
You can monitor alarm status. (See page 62, Alarm Status.)
The following procedure allows you to select what type of alarm response you
want for each alarm category:
1. From the CONFIG menu, select Alarms.
2. Navigate to the alarm category that you want to configure. For example,
Video Format.
3. Note that the alarms in the category you select appear to the right as you
highlight the alarm category. Press SEL to display a table that allows you to
set the responses for individual alarms.
4. For each alarm listed in the table, select the box to place (or remove) an X
in the box under each response that you want enabled (or disabled) for that
alarm. (See page 113, Possible Alarm Responses.)
5. Navigate to highlight the Return box, and press the SEL button to return
to the Configuration menu.
Repeat these steps to configure other alarm categories.
The following procedure allows you to set alarms for all alarm categories to the
setting on the global mask:
1. From the CONFIG menu, select Alarms.
2. Navigate to Set all Alarms to this Mask.
3. Press SEL to display a table for setting the allowed responses for alarm
settings to be applied to all alarm categories.
4. For each alarm listed in the table, select the box to place (or remove) an X
in the box under each response that you want enabled (or disabled) for that
alarm. (See page 113, Possible Alarm Responses.)
5. Navigate to highlight the Return box, and press the SEL button to return
to the Configuration menu.
WFM8200 and WFM8300 Waveform Monitors