The Communications Module Status screen shown below provides the following:
Inventory Summary
Alarm Status
System Alarm Status
Alarm Cutoff
Partition Details
Note: Partition Details is applicable for SSU 2000 Linux Communication Module devices.
Note: The module image is dynamically updated if the auto-refresh function is used or when you click Refresh (under on the Main Menu).
Each field of the screen is described in the following table.
Field / Section |
Description |
Inventory Summary |
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Software Revision |
Indicates the latest revision level of the module software |
Hardware Revision |
Indicates the manufacturing revision of the module |
Part |
Indicates the part number of the specific revision |
Alarm Status |
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Alarm |
This field displays the communications module alarm number. Alarm numbers display in numerical order and correspond to an alarm description. Only active module alarms are indicated. |
Description |
This field displays a description of each module alarm indicated on the communications module. Only active alarms are indicated. If no alarms are present, the first alarm description displays No active alarms. |
Level |
This field indicates the severity of an alarm when it is first logged. Alarm level is set in the . Levels include: , , and . This is distinct from the Alarm Elevation Time setting, which allows the alarm severity to increase over a specified period of time. |
Service Affecting |
This field Indicates whether an alarm response message affects service. A response is either a Yes or No |
Message |
This message further describes the alarm description |
System Alarm Status |
The System Alarm Status field shows the highest active alarm in the system.
Note: This is a system alarm, not a module alarm. This system alarm will be reflected in the Alarms section of the simulated Communications module shown in the Communications Module Status screen. System alarm levels include: , , and . All LEDs are either ON in the designated color or OFF. |
Alarm Cutoff |
Clicking the Operate Alarm Cutoff button creates a momentary change of state (pulse) on the alarm relay, which allows a specially-built alarm panel to squelch the audio alarm. Alarm panels that do not have this capability ignore the pulse. Contact your Symmetricom representative for further details on this alarm panel. |
Partition Details |
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Current Partition |
The Partition where the software is currently running |
Next Reboot Partition |
The Partition where the module boots up |
Partition-0 Rev |
Firmware revision of the image on Partition-0 |
Partition-1 Rev |
Firmware revision of the image on Partition-1 |
Partition-0 Date |
Date on which image in loaded on Partition-0 |
Partition-1 Date |
Date on which image in loaded on Partition-1 |