Automatic Dialing Out When An Alarm Occurs - Paradyne 9161 Reference Manual

Automatic Dialing Out When an Alarm Occurs

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You can control whether generated alarm messages will initiate a call if a
connection on the COM port external device has not already been established.
To dial out when an alarm occurs you must:
Connect the modem to the COM port using the appropriate cable.
Select the ASCII alarms to receive for each interface.
Configure the phone directory to use for Dial Out Alarms.
Enable Alarm & Trap Dial Out.
Enable Call Retry, if desired.
Procedure
To enable the desired ASCII alarms for each interface:
1. Follow this menu selection sequence to display the Load Configuration From
screen:
Main Menu Configuration
2. Select the desired configuration area and press Return. The Configuration
Edit/Display screen appears.
3. Select the ASCII alarms to enable for the interface.
To enable . . .
T1 alarms
DSX-1 alarms
Sync Data Ports alarms
4. Configure the phone directory to use for dialing out alarms (see
Directory Numbers and
5. Select Alarm from the Configuration Edit/Display menu and press Return.
The Alarms Options screen appears.
To . . .
Automatically initiate a call (dial out)
Retry the call if the call cannot be
completed
Enable ASCII alarms
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Troubleshooting and Maintenance
Set the configuration option(s) . . .
Configuration
Configuration
Configuration
Changing Directory Numbers
Set the configuration option . . .
Alarm & Trap Dial-Out to Enable.
Call Retry to Enable.
Configuration
Network
DSX-1
Sync Data Ports
Displaying
on page 5-5).
Alarm
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