User`s guide

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Alarm Configuration
7.3. The Lost Communication Alarm
The Lost Communication with Unit Alarm is intended to provide prompt notification
when communication with an attached WTI device is disrupted. When the Lost
Communication Alarm is triggered, the TSM/RSM can provide notification via Email,
Syslog Message or SNMP Trap.
Notes:
• InorderforthisalarmtoprovidenotificationviaEmail,communication
parametersmustfirstbedefinedasdescribedinSection5.9.11.
• InorderforthisalarmtoprovidenotificationviaSyslogMessage,Syslog
parametersmustfirstbedefinedandSyslogMessagesmustbeenabledas
describedinSection5.9.2.
• InorderforthisalarmtoprovidenotificationviaSNMPTrap,SNMP
parametersmustfirstbedefined,andSNMPTrapsmustbeenabledas
describedinSection5.9.7.
• InorderfortheLostCommunicationAlarmtofunction,theHeartbeat
parametermustbeenabledateachserialportthatyouwishtomonitor.For
example,inordertomonitoraWTIdevicethatisconnectedtoSerialPort3,
theHeartbeatfunctionmustbeenabledatSerialPort3.
To configure the Lost Communication Alarm, access the TSM/RSM command mode
using a password that permits Administrator Level commands. Enable the Heartbeat
function and select the "Any-to-Any" port mode at the desired Serial Port as described in
Section 5.8.2, and then proceed as follows:
Notes:
• TheLostCommunicationAlarmwillnotfunctioncorrectlyiftargetSerialPorts
arenotconfiguredforAny-to-AnyMode,oriftheHeartbeatfunctionisnot
enabledatthoseports.
• InorderfortheLostCommunicationAlarmtofunctioncorrectly,itmaybe
necessarytoupdatethefirmwareonyourremoteWTIequipment.
The Lost Communication Alarm Configuration Menu offers the following parameters:
• TriggerEnable: Enables/Disables the trigger for this alarm. When Disabled, this
alarm will be suppressed. (Default = On.)
Notes:
• Tocancelanalarmwithoutcorrectingtheconditionthatcausedthealarm,
simplytoggletheTriggerEnableparameterOffandthenbackOnagain.
• TheTriggerEnable,NotifyonClear,EmailMessageandAddress1,2and3
Parametersallinclude"CopytoAllTriggers"optionsthatallowyoutoenable/
disablethecorrespondingparameterforallTSM/RSMalarms.Forexample,
iftheLostCommunicationAlarm'sTriggerEnableparameterissetto"On
(CopytoAllTriggers),thenallotherTSM/RSMalarmswillalsobeenabled.