User manual
DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Maintenance for R8.2csi 
555-233-119  Issue 1
April 2000
Maintenance Commands 
2-318test alarms 
2
Field descriptions (Hardware Test Alarm Query)
Alarm Types
The type of alarm to be tested: put 
y
 or 
n
 in the field(s) to selects one 
or a combination of alarms.
Interval
Tests alarms for the last hour (
h
), last day (
d
), last week (
w
) or all (
a
) 
[default].
From
Test alarm from the specified time specified (
mm
/
dd
/
hh
/
mm
). If no 
from
 date is entered, then no checking is done and the alarms active 
since a month prior to the current time are reported.
To
Test alarms associated with records to the specified time specified 
(
mm
/
dd
/
hh
/
mm
). If no 
to
 date is entered, any alarm active after the 
from
 date is selected.
Equipment 
Type
The technician can choose from five different equipment types. If 
there is no input to any of these fields, the system defaults to all the 
equipment. The user can select one of the following fields:
■ Cabinet
: tests alarms associated with a particular cabinet (1-3). 
■ Port Network
: tests all alarms associated with a particular port 
network (1-3).
■ Board Number
: tests all alarms associated with a particular 
circuit pack (
PCSS
, default cabinet = 1).
■ Port
: tests all alarms associated with a particular port on a 
circuit pack (
PCSSpp
, default cabinet = 1).
■ Category
: Alarms for a particular equipment category
■ Extension
: Alarms associated with an extension number
■ Trunk
 (group/member): tests all alarms associated with a 
particular trunk group or trunk group member, 
XX
/
YY
, where the 
group identifier tests all alarms associated with a trunk group 
(
XX
/__), and the group identifier 
and
 member identifier are both 
entered to test all alarms associated with a specific trunk group 
member (
XX
/
YY
).










