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Alarm Configuration

7.3. The Lost Communication Alarm

The Lost Communication with Unit Alarm is intended to provide prompt notification

when communication with an attached WTI device is disrupted. When the Lost

Communication Alarm is triggered, the TSM/RSM can provide notification via Email,

Syslog Message or SNMP Trap.

Notes:

• InorderforthisalarmtoprovidenotificationviaEmail,communication

parametersmustfirstbedefinedasdescribedinSection5.9.11.

• InorderforthisalarmtoprovidenotificationviaSyslogMessage,Syslog

parametersmustfirstbedefinedandSyslogMessagesmustbeenabledas

describedinSection5.9.2.

• InorderforthisalarmtoprovidenotificationviaSNMPTrap,SNMP

parametersmustfirstbedefined,andSNMPTrapsmustbeenabledas

describedinSection5.9.7.

• InorderfortheLostCommunicationAlarmtofunction,theHeartbeat

parametermustbeenabledateachserialportthatyouwishtomonitor.For

example,inordertomonitoraWTIdevicethatisconnectedtoSerialPort3,

theHeartbeatfunctionmustbeenabledatSerialPort3.

To configure the Lost Communication Alarm, access the TSM/RSM command mode

using a password that permits Administrator Level commands. Enable the Heartbeat

function and select the "Any-to-Any" port mode at the desired Serial Port as described in

Section 5.8.2, and then proceed as follows:

Notes:

• TheLostCommunicationAlarmwillnotfunctioncorrectlyiftargetSerialPorts

arenotconfiguredforAny-to-AnyMode,oriftheHeartbeatfunctionisnot

enabledatthoseports.

• InorderfortheLostCommunicationAlarmtofunctioncorrectly,itmaybe

necessarytoupdatethefirmwareonyourremoteWTIequipment.

The Lost Communication Alarm Configuration Menu offers the following parameters:

• TriggerEnable: Enables/Disables the trigger for this alarm. When Disabled, this

alarm will be suppressed. (Default = On)

Notes:

• Tocancelanalarmwithoutcorrectingtheconditionthatcausedthealarm,

simplytoggletheTriggerEnableparameterOffandthenbackOnagain.

• TheTriggerEnable,NotifyonClear,EmailMessageandAddress1,2and3

Parametersallinclude"CopytoAllTriggers"optionsthatallowyoutoenable/

disablethecorrespondingparameterforallTSM/RSMalarms.Forexample,

iftheLostCommunicationAlarm'sTriggerEnableparameterissetto"On

(CopytoAllTriggers),thenallotherTSM/RSMalarmswillalsobeenabled.

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