Idu Alarms, Errors And Events - EMS 2000 IDU Series User Manual

3.1.2 IDU Alarms, Errors and Events

Series 2000/3000 IDU User's Manual
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Shows the current management (OAM) PID as set through the TIM message
RL Manage- once synchronisation has occurred. This is only displayed when the return
ment PID link burst type is MPEG.
Shows the current traffic PID when the SIT transitions from "OamActive" to
RL Traffic PID "Active" state. This is only displayed when the return link burst type is
MPEG.
Shows the current setting of the SIT transmit frequency (the center frequency
Tx Frequency
of the superframe).
FL Unicast Displays the current FL unicast PID. Note that the IDU maintains the unicast
PID PID after a reboot, and the PID is updated at SIT logon to the network.
FL measured Shows the current signal to noise ratio on the Forward Link as mea-
Eb/No sured by the IDU. Note that the value is expressed in dB.
Table 3.1 IDU Monitoring Parameters
The IDU Alarms/Errors and Events section of the IDU Monitoring page displays alarms,
errors and other events recorded by the IDU.
• An alarm is a non-recoverable fault that requires user intervention. Alarms are indi-
cated in red and prefixed with "!". Alarms also cause the alarm LED on the front of
the series 2000 IDU to illuminate (see
• An error is a problem that does not require user intervention. Errors are indicated in
blue and also prefixed with "!".
• Other events are indicated in black text.
The IDU stores up to approximately 100 records in a circular buffer (when the buffer is
full, each new record causes the oldest record to be deleted). The display is configurable.
• Filtering. From the drop-down list you can choose to display the last 20 events, all
events since the last reboot, or all events stored in the IDU.
• Ordering. From the drop-down list, choose whether to display the latest event first or
the earliest event first.
Click Apply to implement your choices.
You can download a complete list of events to the FTP server using the Dump Log to
FTP Server as SITLOG.BIN file button. For more information, see
Note: The SITLOG.BIN file cannot be viewed by the user. The file must
be sent to EMS for decoding. To save a text record of events, cut and
paste the text from the web browser to a text file. Alternately, save the
IDU Monitoring page directly in html format.
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