Communications Module Status


The Communications Module Status screen shown below provides the following:

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

 

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

 

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

 

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