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Control Unit (NCU)
User Manual, UM1M830BNA
Spec. No: 1M830BNA, 1M830DNA Code: UM1M830BNA
Model No: M830B, M830D Revision M, May 12, 2017
REPORT ALARM
(REPT ALM {EQPT/COM})
Referenced In: TR-NWT-000833, Issue 5; pg. 5-5
General Description: Generated by an NE (NCU) to report the occurrence of alarmed events. Trouble events occurring in the NE (NCU)
are classified as alarmed or non-alarmed events.
Message Format:
cr lf lf
^^^<source identifier>^<date>^<time> cr lf
<almcde>^<atag>^REPT^ALM^EQPT
cr lf <rspblk> cr lf;
NOTE: The only second message modifier supported for this controller application is ‘EQPT’. Other message modifiers allowed by the TL1
protocol standards are not supported.
<rspblk>
This is the response block which may be repeated multiple times.
^^^”<aid>:<ntfcncde>,<condtype>,<srveff>, [<ocrdat>],[<ocrtm>],[<locn>],[<dirn>], [<monval>],[<thlev>][,<tmper>]
[:[<conddescr>],[<aiddet>][,<obsdbhvr>[,<exptdbhvr>]] [:[<dgntype>][,<tblistl>]]]”
In this application each individual response block specifies only one alarm. Use of multiple values for parameters (referred
to as parameter grouping) in the response block is not supported.
<aid>
Identifies the single entity in the NE (NCU) to which the alarm pertains.
<ntfcncde>
This is the notification code associated with a single alarm condition given in this block. Valid values are as follows:
CR Critical alarm
MJ Major alarm
MN Minor alarm
CL Cleared alarm
For this application, values are derived from the notification code configuration parameter of the controller configuration
with which the alarm condition is associated. The exception to this is the CL code which is used when reporting an alarm
has cleared.
<condtype>
This is the condition type of the alarm. It indicates the type of failure that has occurred/cleared.
<srveff>
This is the effect on service caused by the single alarm condition given in this block. Valid values are as follows:
SA Service-affecting condition immediate action required.
NSA Nonservice-affecting condition, action required.