Location Of The Bip Alarm Module; Functions Of The Bip Alarm Module; Front Panel Of The Bip Alarm Module - Nortel 15000 Hardware Description

• BIP alarm LED board (page 50)

Location of the BIP alarm module

The BIP alarm module is located at the front, on the right side of the BIP. See
the figures
module of the BIP (page

Functions of the BIP alarm module

The alarm module:
• monitors and filters alarms for hardware indicators and software displays
• drives the alarm LED board, the board that activates the audio-visual
follow-me hardware indicators (see also
• is part of the aisle alarm system
• monitors the state of the power breakers
• has numbered switches on the top of the module that are preset at the
factory and must not be adjusted
The alarm module can monitor up to four cages contained in two nodes
housed in a single frame. The module can also be used to monitor external
office equipment.

Front panel of the BIP alarm module

The BIP alarm module front panel has the following features:
• a triangular and a rectangular alarm LEDs for the alarm module; see the
table
an explanation of the LED displays.
• three separate alarm indicators for minor, major, and critical alarms. See
Hardware alarm definitions and behaviors (page 48)
alarm types.
• a visual follow-me indicator of 10 LEDs to assist a crafts person to locate
a faulty module; see the table
module (page 47)
Attention: When a Multiservice Switch 15000 shares the BIP with a
Multiservice Switch 20000, that is, the two nodes are installed in the same
frame, the LED test function operates only for the Multiservice Switch 20000.
• a LEDTEST button which, when pressed for five seconds, causes all the
BIP LED alarm indicators to light up
• an audible alarm cut-off button labeled ACO
• a captive screw to hold the module in place
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Power LED status indicators for the BIP alarm module (page 47)
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