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7 eWEB
8 eSMTP_server
9 eDMSAPI
Byte 4-5 01-99 Input program sequence number
Avaya recommends using five digits to uniquely identify an input program. With the guidelines
above, the identifier implies the site, area, input program application and sequence number.
The ALA_id_n and ALA_INPGM_id_n both form a unique key, thus one input program with
ALA_INPGM_id_n value 11101 cannot have two records with the same ALA_id_n value
1110101.
An authorized of an entry typically found in this field is as follows: 11101
ALA_Descr_str
This field is a very important parameter in the DECT Messengeralarm handling.
Important:
Do not confuse this value with the ALA_Comments_str field for giving a description to the
alarm.
The ALA_Descr_str contains a string of one or more characters. The eCAP alarm capture
programs use these characters to find an appropriate alarm definition for a received alarm
string.
The proper usage of this field is highly depending on the proprietary protocol implementation
in eCAP and other input programs, such as eWEB. In many cases, some rules are defined for
handling alarms from external systems.
The alarm generates some kind of string with information, and DECT Messengermust find out
how to handle the string. The retrieval of the alarm definition from the eKERNEL_ALARM table
is performed using the ALA_Descr_str field.
A special value *OTHER can be defined. If specified, the *OTHER description is used to handle
alarms that were not identified by a qualified description.
Alarms with descriptions that do not either match a qualified description or the value *OTHER,
are ignored.
Refer to other reference material for detailed instructions for each alarm system. The following
authorizeds are provided to clarify the usage:
Example 1: ELDAD
If the alarm is described as ELDAD, alarms are sent where behavior depends on a tone code.
Alarms with tone code 1, 2, 3 and 4 each have different characteristics, and need different
alarm handling. In the case of ELDAD define the ALA_Descr_str values 1, 2, 3 and 4 for the
4 corresponding records.
eKERNEL_alarm parameters
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