User Manual

RF-Orchestra!™ Transmitter Installation and Operation / Appendix F
July 2000 6880493G02-C F-1
Alarms and Error Messages F
The RF-Orchestra! (RF-O!) paging station component has the ability to relay its current status
through a list of error codes. When an error is detected, the error is logged in the RF-O!
transmitter error log. The error log is read through the FIPS interface. Some of the errors are
also reported as alarms to the Choreographer! network manager through the OCM/BCM
Plug-and-Play interface. The Choreographer! network manager receives notification of
unsolicited alarms from the RF-B! transmitter controller asynchronously when the error
condition occurs.
Because the RF-O! transmitter does not support a network interface between itself and the
Choreographer! network manager, the RF-B! transmitter controller relays specific RF-O!
transmitter alarms to the Choreographer! network manager. These items identified as
“Reported as an SNMP Trap”.
Definitions
The definitions presented in Table F-1 are used with the alarm and error reporting functions of
the RF-O! transmitter.
Table F-1: Alarm and Error Code Terminology
Term Definition
Alarm A report of a system performance degradation
Alarm
Severity
There are four categories of alarm severity:
Critical: Caused paging transmissions to stop indefinitely. Without user interaction, paging
may not resume
Major: Caused a temporary interruption of paging transmissions. Paging will probably
resume without user intervention. Repetitive occurrences of these alarms can effectively
disable the station.
Minor: Probably did not cause interruption of paging transmissions.
Informational: For the user’s information only. No interruption of service occurred.
Error A report of a diagnosed problem or an information event. Some errors may trigger alarms.
Event
Report of some OCM action occurring. An event is usually reported for the user’s information
and not because of an adverse OCM operating condition.