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MODULE 6
DE VENEZUELA S.A.
PLC
SYSTEM ALARMS
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86431 POWER UNIT ALARMS
Red LED (On)
Input power is removed (station battery)
Fuse is removed or blown
Internal DC-DC converter failed
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86432-51 STM-1 AGGREGATE and 86417-21
STM-4 AGGREGATE UNIT ALARMS
STM-N Red LED (On)
Loss of signal
Bad Line Frequency
Loss of Frame (6 bad frames while in OOF state
back to normal after 6 good frames)
Out of Frame (four consecutive frames with bad A1
& A2 bytes - restored with two consecutive good
frames)
Line-AIS received
Section-BER exceeding threshold (B1 BIP-8 byte)
Optic receive level below Fail threshold
Optic receive level below Alarm threshold
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86432-51 STM-1 AGGREGATE and 86417-21 STM-
4 AGGREGATE UNIT ALARMS
STM-N Green LED (Off)
Indicates a bad received signal causing MS-AIS to be
asserted
MS-AIS asserted if
LOS / OOF / LOF
Bad Line Frequency detected
MS-AIS recei ved
Optic level is below fail threshold
Regenerator Section BER exceeding threshold (B1 BIP-8 byte)
Yellow LED (On)
MS-RDI is being received (bad received STM-N signal
at far end) and MS-AIS not asserted locally
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86432-51 STM-1 AGGREGATE and 86417-21
STM-4 AGGREGATE UNIT ALARMS
ALARM LED (On)
FPGA did not boot correctly
SFP transcei ver is missing, failed or supports no DMI (OC-3 only)
2 kHz Sync-Tie clock is missing (SLAVE nodes only)
VCXO control voltage out of range
PLL Output
PWM Output
Laser current is too high
Section trace mismatch (if enabled)
Main-board temperature is too high (>100C) or too low (<-20C)
Sub-board module temperature is too high (>100C) (OC-12 only)
Bypass Alarm (if enabled; OC-12 only)
ALARM LED (Flashing)
CBW Port Alarm
No signal received on at least one of the provisioned CBW ports
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86432-51 STM-1 AGGREGATE and 86417-21 STM-
4 AGGREGATE UNIT ALARMS
VC-4 Red LED (On)
At least one of the recei ved (and terminated) VC-4s is abnormal.*
Loss of VC-4 pointer
Received AU-AIS pattern
VC-4 Path BER exceeding threshold (B3 BIP-8 byte)
VC-4 Yellow LED (On)
VC-4 RDI on at least one of the recei ved (and terminated) VC-4s*
Denotes abnormal condition on the far-end received VC-4
VC-4 Green LED (On)
All recei ved (and terminated) VC-4s are good*
All VC-4 LEDs are OFF
All VC-4s received are bypassed
* 86432-51 units send and receive onl y one VC-4, which is always terminated.
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86490 TUG-3 UNIT ALARMS
Green LED Off, Red LED On
Unit Internal Failure
Wrong TUG-3 Port configuration (on STM-1 unit)
Green LED Off, Red LED Off
Check Shelf Power
Red LED and Yellow LED Flashing
Absence of Sync signal from STM-1 unit's TUG-3
port
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86480 EXTERNAL SYNC UNIT ALARMS
A, B/C, LINE-L, LINE-R (Red)
Steady: The respecti ve ports input is enabled and the recei ved
signal is invalid (e.g. LOS, phase loss, frequency alarm etc. ).
Flashing: The respecti ve ports input is enabled and the recei ved
signal is being validated.
HOLDOVER LED Flashing
The unit is in Holdover mode. All provisioned sync inputs are
bad. The unit tries to preserve the last recei ved clock and times
the node with it.
ALARM (Red)
Steady: The unit is in alarm (e.g. paddleboard missing, high
temperature, Xilinx failed to load, etc. ).
Flashing: The unit is in Standby mode and it validates the timing
signal provided by the companion unit.
All LEDs flashing at 2 Hz rate
The unit is in SLEEP mode and is forced to Standby operation.
The unit can be forced to enter or leave the sleep mode using
VistaNET software.
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86485 CMUX UNIT ALARMS
CBUS Red LED (On)
Received TU-11 abnormal condition
Bad V1 Byte (not 6C)
Bad pointer (Byte V2 not i n range)
Bad V5 label (Byte V5 not XXX0001X)
AIS (Byte V5 = 11111111)
High BER (Path BIP-2 bits)
CBUS Yellow LED (On)
Receiving VC-11 Path-Yellow (remote end is in alarm)
Yellow LEDs and Red LEDs Flashing
no TIFport receive clock
Green LED On and Red LED Flashing
64kb/s channel unit problem
All LEDs flashing randomly
TIFport is not configured properl y (not in TU-11 mode)
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86435 TIE UNIT ALARMS
Red LED (On)
Received TU-12 abnormal condition
Bad V1 Byte (not 68)
Bad pointer (Byte V2 not in range)
Bad V5 label (Byte V5 not XXX0001X or XXX0010X)
AIS (Byte V5 = 11111111)
High BER (Path BIP-2 bits)
Yellow LED (On)
Receiving VC-12 Path-Yellow (remote end is in alarm)
Yellow LEDs and Red LEDs Flashing
no TIFport receive clock, or
TIFport is not configured properl y (not in TU-12 mode)
Green LED On and Red LED Flashing
Bad tie-cable connection
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86439 E1 UNIT ALARMS
Green LED Off and Red LED On
Received TU-12 abnormal condition
Bad V1 Byte (not 68)
Bad pointer (Byte V2 not i n range)
Bad V5 label (Byte V5 not XXX0010X)
AIS (Byte V5 = 11111111)
High BER (Path BIP-2 bits)
Green LED On and Yellow LED On
Receiving VC-12 Path Yellow. Far-end E1 port is receiving abnormal TU-12.
Red LEDs and Yellow LEDs Flashing
No TIF Receive Clock, or
TIFport is not configured properl y (not in TU-12 mode)
Green LED On and Red LED Flashing
Abnormal condition of the incoming E1 signal (if enabled)
Green LED Off and Red LED Off
Port is not configured
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86438 ETHER-10 ALARMS (I)
Green LED Off and ALM LED On
Received TU-11 abnormal condition
Bad V1 Byte (not 6C)
Bad pointer (Byte V2 not in range)
Bad V5 label (Byte V5 not XXX0001X)
AIS (Byte V5 = 11111111)
High BER (Path BIP-2 bits)
Green LED On and Yellow LED On
Receiving VC-11 Path Yellow (RDI). Remote ETHER-10 is receiving
an abnormal TU-11.
ALM LED and Yellow LED Flashing
No TIF Recei ve Clock
Green LED Off and ALM LED Off
TIFport slot is not assigned
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86438 ETHER-10 ALARMS (II)
ALARM LED On
Xilinx FPGA did not boot
Unit temperature is high (>93C)
Paddleboard is missing
ALARM LED Flashing
Ether Module malfunction
Bad companion unit configuration (different LAN ID, different Site
ID)
Bridging Alarm, which is present when any of the following is true:
LAN Errors (Bad input from LAN, Bad output to LAN, Link
Integrity Pulse Errors)
TIF Errors (TIF Transmit, TIF Receive, Bad SONET Receive, TIF
Receive CRC-8 Errors)
Duplicate Site ID (Local Site ID observed elsewhere on the
ring).
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86418 ETHER-100 ALARMS (I)
Line Port Red LED On
Received TU-3 abnormal condition
Path AIS
High BER
Frame sync check has failed
TU-3 mismatch alarm
At least one of the TU-3s received is not from an ETHER-100 unit, or
The far-end unit is not set for the same number of slots, or
The order of TU-3s received has been changed with respect to their order at the far
end
Line Port Yellow LED On
Receiving VC-3 Path Yellow (RDI). Remote ETHER-100 is receiving an
abnormal TU-3.
Line Port Yellow and Red LEDs Flashing
No clock received on the Line port
All Line Port LEDs Off (for one Line Port)
The line port is not provisioned
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86418 ETHER-100 ALARMS (II)
ALARM LED On
Xilinx FPGA did not boot
Unit temperature is high (>93C)
Paddleboard is missing
1.5 VDC from internal voltage converter is out of limits
ALARM LED Flashing
A failure in the networks connectivity around the ring, i.e. the left-to-right
and/or the right-to-left path around the ring is affected;
An atypical behavior has been detected on one or more of the enabled
Ethernet drop ports, such as
Link Integrity Pulses are missing on RJ-45 ports
Fiber ports are not receiving a good optic power level
Reception of errored frame (FCS/CRC error)
Excessive collisions event (declared after 16 unsuccessful attempts to retransmit a
frame)
Late collision
Reception of an il legal-length frame (>1536 bytes, or with an " alignment" error)
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86441 and 86442 DTT UNIT ALARMS
DTT-XMT Red LED (On)
Loss of clock from CBUS
Failure of opto's self-test on keying loop
Wrong configuration (Main/Aux)
Unit temperature is high
DTT-RCV Red LED (On)
Loss of clock from CBUS
Wrong channel setting (No Green LED - No data
received)
Wrong BC96 address
Open loop on the Main Trip Output (can be disabled
through software)
Unit temperature is high
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86443 CDR UNIT ALARMS
Red LED (On)
Loss of clock from CBUS
Incorrect channel or BC96 address assignment
Failure of opto's self-test on keying loops
Open loop on DTT output
Absence of associated Interface unit (must be
installed immediately to the right)
Internal self-check of voltages
Unit temperature is high
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4W VF and 1-Channel 2W VF Unit Alarms
Red LED (On)
+5V to -5V & -8.5V converter (CODEC)
+5V to -48V DC-DC converter (FXS unit only)
Unit temperature is high
Busy (yellow) LED (On)
Busy/On-hook state
Busy (yellow) LED (Flashing)
Ringing state (FXO & FXS units only)
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4-Ch 2W VF FXO and 2-Ch 2W VF FXS
Unit Alarms
Red LED (On)
Absence of clock from CBUS
Unit temperature is high (>93C)
FPGA did not boot properly
Bad DAA chipset (4-Ch FXO only)
Bad SLIC (2-Ch FXS unit only)
Busy (yellow) LED (On)
On-hook state
Busy (yellow) LED (Flashing)
Ringing state
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HS DATA and DATA-LS UNIT ALARMS
Red LED (On)
Absence of clock from CBUS
Loss of Data Framing (not applicable to HS Data
unit configured for 64 kb/s data transmission)
Unit temperature is high
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DATA-G703 and DATA-NX64(F) UNIT ALARMS
Alarm (Red) LED ON
Absence of clock from CBUS
Circuit address mismatch
(DATA-NX64/64F onl y) Data rate mismatch
(DATA-NX64/64F onl y) Channel allocation mismatch
(DATA-NX64 only) V.35 paddleboard DCE/DTE jumper on paddleboard
does not match the software setting
Unit temperature is high (>93C)
FPGA did not boot properl y
Yellow LED ON
Loss of signal at the far-end unit (red LED steady on at far-end unit)
Alarm (Red) LED Flashing (DATA-NX64F only)
Incoming fibre signal alarm (bad data framing or channel mismatch)
Yellow LED Flashing (DATA-NX64F only)
Drop equipment is not recei ving valid data
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DATA-PTM UNIT ALARMS
Alarm (Red) LED ON
Absence of clock from CBUS
Loss of data framing in both channels A and B
Unit temperature is high (>93C)
FPGA did not boot properl y
Other LED indications
XMT, RCV
Flashing when data transitions are detected on respecti ve local terminal
(otherwise steady on)
RTS
MTU: Continually ON
RTU: ON when local drop equipment sets RTS=High i.e. data is being
sent to the loop (otherwise OFF)
RLSD
ON when unit is recei ving data from the loop (through either channel)
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86463 CONTACT I/O UNIT ALARMS
Red LED (On)
Incorrect channel or BC96 address assignment
I/O board is missing
Near-end and far-end I/O board orientations are
mismatched
High CRC error rate
ADC alarm (high unit temperature, FPGA did not
boot correctly). Use Z3 to determine the source.
Yellow LED (On)
Far-end unit is in alarm
Red LED (Flashing)
Input changed to active state (if alert is enabled)