Specifications

Managing Alarms and Events

Thecontrolsforthetelcoalarmcontacts(AlarmCritical,AlarmMajor,andAlarmMinor)are

standardHPIcontrols.OntheATCA‐6000shelf,thecontrolsfortheaudiblealarmandLCD

panelarealsostandardHPIcontrols.

ThecontrolsfortheAlarmLEDsontheATCA‐6000shelfareOEMcontrols,

andaredefinedin

detailintheLEDssectionoftheHPI‐to‐AdvancedTCAMappingSpecification.Youcansetany

desiredblinkingpatternfortheseLEDs,butbydefaultonlytheonandtheoffstatesareused

bytheShelfManagerforalarmindicationpurposes.Thesupportedcolorsarelistedbelow,

andtheyma ybesettoon,off,orblinking.Middlewarevendorsmayprovideasimpler

interfacetotheusertoupdateHPILEDcontrols.

Table 14. HPI controls for alarm indicators

Control # Name Type Notes Applies to

3 Critical Alarm LED OEM The supported color is Red. ATCA-6000

4 Major Alarm LED OEM The supported colors are Red (default) and Amber. ATCA-6000

5 Minor Alarm LED OEM The supported color is Amber. ATCA-6000

7 Audible Stream The two-byte stream represents a two-second duty cycle, with each nibble

representing one-half second of beeping. The user can select any stream

pattern to achieve the desired beeping pattern. By default, the Shelf

Manager uses the following patterns:

• 0xF0, 0xF0 for critical alarms (a short beep each second)

• 0xFF, 0x00 for major alarms (a long beep every 2 seconds)

• 0xF0, 0x00 for minor alarms (a short beep every 2 seconds)

ATCA-6000

8 LCD Panel Text The two-line stream of 40 bytes each can be set to any desired set ASCII

characters to provide a fixed message or a blank message.

ATCA-6000

9 Alarm Critical Digital Use SAHPI_CTRL_STATE_ON to close the critical alarm contact.

Use SAHPI_CTRL_STATE_OFF to open the critical alarm contact.

ATCA-6000, ATCA-6006

10 Alarm Major Digital Use SAHPI_CTRL_STATE_ON to close the major alarm contact.

Use SAHPI_CTRL_STATE_OFF to open the major alarm contact.

ATCA-6000, ATCA-6006

11 Alarm Minor Digital Use SAHPI_CTRL_STATE_ON to close the minor alarm contact.

Use SAHPI_CTRL_STATE_OFF to open the minor alarm contact.

ATCA-6000, ATCA-6006