The System Configuration screen displays:
Event Format
System Mode Settings
System Date and Time
System Identification
System Synchronization Settings
System Equipment Settings
System Status Settings
You can configure the TimeProvider event response to be in either Legacy format or GR-833 format.
The Legacy format contains the access identifier (aid), component of system (aidtype), condition type (condtype), effect of condition (condeff), occurrence date (ocrdat), occurrence time (ocrtim), and condition description (condscr).
The GR833 format contains the access identifier (aid), condition type (condtype), effect of condition (condeff), occurrence date (ocrdat), occurrence time (ocrtim), and condition description (condscr).
You can configure the TimeProvider to operate in one of three modes:
- as defined by Telcordia GR-378 Section 7
- when you connect the Symmetricom GPS Timing Antenna
The System Date And Time screen displays the date and time that is set on the TimeProvider. Offset, shown in hours and minutes, displays the Universal Time Conversion (UTC) setting. TimeProvider uses local time for all timestamps within the system.
The System Identification (SID) is the name of the TimeProvider that appears in normal and error response messages sent by the unit. It can be up to 20 alphanumeric characters.
Note: Do not use the " or space characters in a name.
The System Synchronization screen allows you to assign the following settings:
Reference Mode: Allows you to set the reference selection mode to AUTO or FORCED. In AUTO, the system uses QLEVEL and Priority to select the system reference. In FORCED, the user selects the system reference.
Reference Input: Allows you to manually select the input for reference. Reference Mode must be set to FORCED before you can select the input: GPS, PRS, INP1, INP2.
Clear Delay: Allows you to set the time before a fault is cleared or before it is declared valid. The range is 0 to 1000 seconds.
Fault Delay: Allows you to set the time before a fault is declared due to input faults: LOS, AIS, or OOF. The range is 1 to 15 seconds
The System Equipment Settings screen allows you to assign the following settings:
Inactivity Timeout: Allows you to define the amount of time for user command inactivity prior to automatic user logoff.
Echo Login/logout Events: Allows you to configure the system to echo the login or logout events.
The System Status Settings screen provides the status of the following items:
Power A: PWRA-OK or PWRA-FAIL. Indicates Power Supply A is OK, or has failed.
Power B: PWRA-OK or PWRA-FAIL. Indicates Power Supply B is OK, or has failed
Expansion Status: EXP-OK, or EXP-FAIL. Indicates the connection to the expansion output panel is OK, or has been lost.
External Fault 1: EXT1-OK or EXT1-FAIL. Indicates if connector 1 contact closures or OK or activated.
External Fault 2: Either EXT2-OK or EXT2-FAIL. Indicates if connector 2 contact closures or OK or activated.
IOC1 Equipment Status: Either IOC1-EQPT or IOC1-UNEQPT. Indicates if IOC card is plugged in, or not plugged in.
IOC2 Equipment Status: Either IOC2-EQPT or IOC2-UNEQPT. Indicates if IOC card is plugged in, or not plugged in.
Output Quality Level: Indicates the system output quality level (1 through 9).
Last Config Change: Time of last instance a user provisioned the system.