Monitoring the SDI Physical Layer
to the WFM and WV
R Management Information Base (MIB) Technical
Reference for more information about using SNMP alarm notifications.
Ground Closur
e. The instrument sends a signal out the Remote port for a
remote notification that an alarm condition occurred. You must enable the
Remote Control Port in the Communications submenu of the Configuration
menu before notifications can be sent.
NOTE. You can monitor alarm status. (See page 62, Alarm Status.)
To Set Allo
wed Alarm
Responses
The following procedure allows you to select w hat type of alarm response you
want for each alarm category:
1. From the CONFIG menu, select Alarms.
2. Navigate to the alarm category that you want to configure. For example,
Video Format.
3. Note that the alarms in the category you select appear to the right as you
highlight the alarm category. Press SEL to display a table that allows you to
set the responses for individual alarms.
4. For each alarm listed in the table, select the box to place (or remove) an X
in the box under each response that you want enabled (or disabled) for that
alar
m. (See page 113, Possible Alarm Responses.)
5. Navigate to highlight the Return box, and press the SEL buttontoreturn
to t
he Configuration menu.
Repeat these steps to configure other alarm categories.
To
Set Alarm Responses
Globally
The following procedure allows you to set alarms f or all alarm categories to the
setting on the global mask:
1. From the CONFIG menu, select Alarms.
2. Navigate to Set all Alarms to this Mask.
3. Press SEL to display a table for setting the allowed responses for alarm
settings to be applied to all alarm categories.
4. For each alarm listed in the table, select the box to place (or remove) an X
in the box under each response that you want enabled (or disabled) for that
alarm. (See page 113, Possible Alarm Responses.)
5. Navigate to highlight the Return box, and press the SEL buttontoreturn
to the Configuration menu.
114 WFM8200 and WFM8300 Waveform Monitors